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Education, Innovation, and Growth - Critical Appraisal and Cliometric Analyses with Implications for Present Economic Policy
Müller, Normann - 2009
'.The first project reveals that the prevailing notion of education externalities is misleading and therefore empirical … externalities of education according to Lucas (1988) are likely to be internalized on the labor market. Education is recognized as a … education. Further, by differentiating 'education' and 'knowledge' it becomes obvious that growth externalities according to …
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The Economic and Policy Setting of Renewable Energy: Where Do Things Stand?
Darmstadter, Joel - 2003
renewables in most places. Viability of renewables-based electricity is undermined by the cost of externalities for which fossil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445447
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A Multiscale Forecasting Methodology for Power Plant Fleet Management
Chen, Hongmei - 2005
In recent years the electric power industry has been challenged by a high level of uncertainty and volatility brought on by deregulation and globalization. A power producer must minimize the life cycle cost while meeting stringent safety and regulatory requirements and fulfilling customer demand...
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Modelling the initial pit design: the first step for project valuation
Martinez, Luis A.; Wolff, Rodney C. - 2006
One critical factor in open pit mining projects is the estimation of the recoverable reserves. The reason for this is that at the valuation stage there is a lack of information about future metal prices and production costs. Consequently, the estimation of the recoverable reserves needs to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437735
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EXTRATIVISMO DA CARNAÚBA: O DESAFIO DE ESTIMAR OS RESULTADOS ECONÔMICOS
Alves, Maria Odete; Coelho, Jackson Dantas - 2008
O objetivo principal deste trabalho foi estimar custos e lucro líquido nas etapas de campo (incluindo a elaboração de cera de origem) do extrativismo da carnaúba. A coleta dos dados ocorreu ao longo dos anos de 2005 e 2006, por meio de entrevistas abertas e observação de campo, ocasião em...
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Estimation of Commodity Specific Production Costs Using German Farm Accountancy Data
Bahta, Sirak; Berner, Anja; Offermann, Frank - 2011
A central problem in estimating per unit costs of production originates from the fact that most farms producemultiple outputs and standard farm-accounting data are only available at the whole-farm level. The seeminglyunrelated regression (SUR) approach is used to estimate per unit production...
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AVALIAÇÃO ECONÔMICA DE DIFERENTES ESTRATÉGIAS DE GANHO DE PESO DIÁRIO NA TERMINAÇÃO DE BOVINOS EM CONFINAMENTO
Filho, Moises de Andrade Resende - 2008
Esse artigo avalia a viabilidade econômica da terminação de bovinos em confinamento para o ano de 2008. Dezessete cenários são simulados considerando-se diferentes ganhos de peso vivo diário para 220 animais, machos castrados, ½ Zebu  ½ Holandês, com peso inicial médio de 354 kg,...
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Economics and agricultural market impacts of growing biofuel production
von Lampe, Martin - 2007
technologies. An expected growth in biofuel production is, therefore, likely to have a significant increasing impact on world …
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The Growth and Direction of the Biodiesel Industry in the United States
Paulson, Nicholas D.; Ginder, Roger G. - 2007
The biodiesel industry in the United States has realized significant growth over the past decade through large increases in annual production and production capacity and a transition from smaller batch plants to larger-scale continuous producers. The larger, continuous-flow plants provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445586
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RENTABILIDAD DEL NOGAL PECANERO BAJO SISTEMAS DE PRODUCCIÓN DE MEDIANA TECNOLOGÍA EN DELICIAS, CHIHUAHUA
Lopez Diaz, Julio Cesar; Arras Vota, Ana Maria; Salas … - 2011
Pecans (Carya Illinoinensis [Wangenh] K. Koch) are a native food of North America andrepresent a high economic crop value in the north of Mexico, mainly in the state of Chihuahua,the biggest pecan nut producer in this country. The goal of this study was to evaluate theprofitability of pecan...
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