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Kooperationsl?sungen zwischen Staat und Wirtschaft: Selbstverpflichtungen als umweltpolitisches Instrument
Zerle, Peter - 2004
. Selbstverpflichtungen werden als neues Instrument in der Umweltpolitik diskutiert, um flexibel und g?nstig Umweltprobleme zu l?sen. Bei … Selbstverpflichtungen keine Vorteile gegen?ber anderen Instrumenten der Umweltpolitik: Das Problem des Freifahrerverhaltens und einer meist …?t und zur ?konomischen Ineffizienz. Die Kombination einer Selbstverpflichtung mit einer Zertifikats- oder Abgabenl?sung zu …
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The optimal initial allocation of pollution permits: a relative performance approach
MacKenzie, Ian A.; Hanley, Nick; Kornienko, Tatiana - 2008
The initial allocation of pollution permits is an important aspect of emissions trading schemes. We generalize the …
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Key recommendations for waste management policy decision-makers: a case study of future opportunities for non-municipal waste facilities in Northamptonshire, UK
Bates, M.; Phillips, P.; Mbeng, L.; Montasser, W.; … - 2008
This research identifies the barriers (e.g. planning) and drivers for the development of new non-municipal wastes management facilities in Northamptonshire, an English County in the East Midlands of England. The aim of the research was to give guidance to policy makers and planners at all levels...
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Incorporating uncertainty into electric utility projections and decisions
Hanson, D.A. - 2008
This paper focuses on how electric utility companies can respond in their decision making to uncertain variables. Here we take a mean- variance type of approach. The mean'' value is an expected cost, on a discounted value basis. We assume that management has risk preferences incorporating a...
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Zur dynamischen Anreizwirkung umweltpolitischer Instrumente
Unold, Wolfram - 2000
Im Mittelpunkt der vorgestellten Arbeit steht die dynamische Anreizwirkung umweltpolitischer Instrumente. Die voliegende Arbeit erstellt einen differenzierten Vergleich umweltpolitischer Instrumente. Hierzu wird die Anreizwirkung von Steuern, Subventionen, Zertifikaten und einheitlichen...
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Determinants of the Speed of Adoption of Soil Fertility-Enhancing Technologies in Western Kenya
Odendo, Martins; Obare, Gideon A.; Salasya, Beatrice - 2010
Most adoption studies have employed cross-sectional data in a static discrete choice modellingframework to analyze why some farmers adopt at a certain point in time. The static approachdoes not consider the dynamic environment in which the adoption decision is made and thusdoes not incorporate...
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The increasingly mixed proportional hazard model: An application to socioeconomic status, health shocks, and mortality
Frijters, Paul; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Shields, Michael A. - 2011
We introduce a duration model that allows for unobserved cumulative individual-specific shocks, which are likely to be important in explaining variations in duration outcomes, such as length of life and time spent unemployed. The model is also a useful tool in situations where researchers...
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The Economics of Nuclear Power
Horst, Ronald L - 2006
We extend economic analysis of the nuclear power industry by developing and employing three tools. They are 1) compilation and unification of operating and accounting data sets for plants and sites, 2) an abstract industry model with major economic agents and features, and 3) a model of nuclear...
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Lessons for the aggregate labor market from employment and turnover patterns across workers
Mustre-del-R?o, Jos? (1983; Bils, Mark
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester. Dept. of Economics, 2011.
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Las reformas de la Ley concursal durante la Gran Recesión
García-Posada, Miguel; Vegas Sánchez, Raquel - 2016
Tradicionalmente, los concursos de acreedores en España han sido procedimientos largos y costosos, que casi siempre terminaban en la liquidación de la empresa concursada (95 %). Estas disfuncionalidades quedaron en evidencia con el fuerte aumento de los concursos de acreedores durante la...
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