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Research Performance and Resource Allocation

Hicks, Diana; Katz, Sylvan - 2009

seems so extreme that it violates deeply held principles of equity in a democratic society. We will pursue this argument by … distribution characterizes research performance. Next, equity in the merit-based distribution of resources is discussed and recent … fundamental tension in between equity and excellence that can suppress incentives for excellence in innovation when equity is a …

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Human Capital Investment with Competitive Labor Search

Kaas, Leo; Zink, Stefan - 2008

We study human capital accumulation in an environment of competitive search. Given that unemployed workers can default on their education loans, skilled individuals with a larger debt burden prefer riskier but better paid careers than is socially desirable. A higher level of employment risk in...

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Essays on High Frequency and Behavioral Finance

Rezania, Omid - 2011

The thesis consists of empirical studies on currency market as well as US equity market. A new volatility estimator …

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Sources of Funding for Australia's Entrepreneurs

Terjesen, Siri A.; Frederick, Howard - 2007

(from Introduction): It is often said that if entrepreneurs are the engines that drive new companies, then financing is the fuel that propels them. The best sources of funding for the newest firms in Australia are bootstrapping (creative ways of launching a business), informal investment...

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Inter-sectoral Water Use in South Africa: Efficiency Versus Equity

Juana, James S.; Kirsten, Johann F.; Strzepek, Kenneth M. - 2006

While water supply sources are dwindling in South Africa, the demand for the scarce water resource is increasing. This situation requires a switch from supply to demand management of water in the country. The study updates the 1999 social accounting matrix for South Africa, using the Trade and...

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Globalization Equity and Justice in Small Nation States

Jolly, Curtis M.; Bayard, Budry; Ligeon, Carel; Keelfe, … - 2007

The effects of globalization on smaller nation Caribbean states have not been thoroughly examined, and the trade performance of these states has not been evaluated since the WTO came into existence. In this paper, we report on a study that conducted a comparative analysis of selected Caribbean...

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Private Wage Returns to Schooling in Nigeria: 1996-1999

Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - 2002

In the last two decades, primary and secondary school enrollment rates have declined in Nigeria while enrollment rates in post-secondary school have increased. This paper estimates from the General Household Survey for Nigeria the private returns to schooling associated with levels of...

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How Do Economists Really Think About the Environment?

Fullerton, Don; Stavins, Robert N. - 1998

On a topic like the environment, communication among scholars from different disciplines in the natural and social sciences is both important and difficult, but such communication has been far from perfect. Economists themselves may have contributed to some rather fundamental misunderstandings...

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Credibility of Collective Brand as a Source of Equity: An Empirical Application for Spanish Wine Market

Dopico, Domingo Calvo; Blazquez, F.; Tudoran, A. - 2009

of view, the mostreliable signal is the brand. Due to the territory image was earning more and more equity; an …

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Incentives for Residential Water Conservation: Water Price, Revenue, and Consumer Equity in Florida

Rawls, Colin; Borisova, Tatiana; Berg, Sanford; … - 2010

structure effects revenue variability. And, the third is to analyze the impact of different rate structures on consumer equity … three results suggest that customer equity is not adversely affected by conservation rates. When divided into income groups …

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