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Hedonic travel cost and random utility models of recreation
Pendleton, L.; Mendelsohn, R.; Davis, E.W. - 2009
Micro-economic theory began as an attempt to describe, predict and value the demand and supply of consumption goods. Quality was largely ignored at first, but economists have started to address quality within the theory of demand and specifically the question of site quality, which is an...
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You catch more flies with sugar...marketing RIM
KEENEN,MARTHA JANE - 2008
There is a difference between marketing and selling. Marketing is finding out what the customer wants and/or needs and showing that customer how a product meets those needs. Modifying or repackaging the product may be required to make its utility clear to the customer. When it is, they'll buy...
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Supporting Photovoltaics in Market-Rate Residential NewConstruction: A Summary of Programmatic Experience to Date and LessonsLearned
Barbose, Galen; Wiser, Ryan; Bolinger, Mark - 2008
As a market segment for solar photovoltaic (PV) adoption, new homes have a number of attractive attributes. Homebuyers can easily roll the cost of the PV system into their tax-deductible home mortgage and, with rebates and other financial incentives, potentially achieve an immediate net-positive...
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U.S. Aims for Zero-Energy: Support for PV on New Homes
Barbose, Galen; Wiser, Ryan; Bolinger, Mark - 2009
As a market segment for solar photovoltaic (PV) adoption, new homes have a number of attractive attributes. Homebuyers can easily roll the cost of the PV system into their mortgage and, with rebates or other financial incentives, potentially realize an immediate net positive cash flow from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437184
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Labor market imperfections: effects on occupational injuries and earnings
Germiniasi, Andrea - 2010
the arts occupations. Female artists generally earn less than male artists who work in the same occupation. This gender … workers, and gender pay differentials in the arts occupations.The first chapter of my dissertation investigates the ….S. Census, a modified Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique (Yun, 2005) is applied to the gender wage gap for eleven arts …
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Culture and Finance in a Globalised World - An Uneasy Relation
Reszat, Beate - 2000
financial centers and taking a closer look at the role of the arts among the variety of forms of cultural practices. Then the … Kunst für die Repräsentation von Finanzzentren gerichtet ist. Zudem untersucht sie zwei Phänomene, die auf den ersten Blick …
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Cultural differences in ultimatum game experiments: Evidence from a meta-analysis
Oosterbeek, H.; Sloof, R.; Kuilen, G. van de - 2004
This paper reports the findings of a meta-analysis of 37 papers with 75 results from ultimatum game experiments. We find that on average the proposer offers 40% of the pie to the responder. This share is smaller for larger pie sizes and larger when a strategy method is used or when subjects are...
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Uncertainty avoidance and the rate of business ownership across 21 OECD countries, 1976–2004.
Wennekers, Sander; Thurik, A. Roy; van Stel, André; … - 2007
Persistent differences in the level of business ownership across countries have attracted the attention of scientific as well as political debate. Cultural as well as economic influences are assumed to play a role. This paper deals with the influence of cultural attitudes towards uncertainty on...
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THE ECONOMICS OF A YOUNG AUDIENCE
Bosley, Cicely - 2010
As a theatre for young audiences (TYA) teacher, artist, and administrator, I seek to explore where and how TYA fits into business and economic models to open a dialogue between TYA practitioners and business administration professionals. Through this qualitative study, I endeavor to foster a...
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The impact of socialist imprinting and search on resource change: a study of firms in lithuania
Kriauciunas, Aldas; Kale, Prashant - 2006
Firms in transition economies experienced a large exogenous shock in their external business environment in the late 1980s when these economies moved from a socialist-oriented economic environment to a more market-oriented economic environment. This paper examines the following research question...
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