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The Challenge of Implementing the Overlapping Regional Trade Agreements in Egypt
Afifi, Tamer Mohamed Ahmed - 2007
Beside its membership (1995) in the World Trade Organization (WTO), Egypt joined Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) such … Egyptian RTAs. Although the RoO can indeed be regarded as a Non-Tariff Barrier (NTB) for Egypt as a common country in Euro …-Med, COMESA and GAFTA, most of the inputs that are used in the Egyptian products originate in Egypt, in the EU or in countries …
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Untersuchungen zum Schatzhaus im Neuen Reich ; The treasury in the New Kingdom
Khaled Ahmed Hamza Awad - 2002
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Essays in macroeconomics
Trabandt, Mathias - 2007
/oder Subvention von Kapital und Löhnen nicht wichtig für die Wohlfahrsgewinne einer hinreichend vorangekündigten Steuerreform sind. … (2005) show that pre-announcement of an optimal tax reform is costly in terms of welfare. We reexamine their claim by taking … short-run confiscation and/or subsidy of capital and labor income is not important for the welfare gains of pre …
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FIRMS’ RESPONSES TO NUTRITIONAL POLICIES
Duvaleix-Treguer, S.; Hammoudi, H.; Rouached, L.; … - 2010
The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of nutritional policies on the behavior of firms, particularly in terms of food quality and prices, and to assess the potential impacts of such policies from a public health point of view. We determine how new products that are nutritionally...
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Reputationskonstitution: Medienberichterstattung und Rankingsysteme
Widlar-Rainer, Bettina - 2008
Zentrales Anliegen der Forschungsarbeit ist es, einen möglichen Zusammenhang zwischen der Medienberichterstattung über CEOs und der Reputation, i.e. dem öffentlichen Ansehen dieser Personen ausfindig zu machen. Es wird im Sinne der Agenda-Setting-Theorie unterstellt, dass die quantitative und...
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Determining perception-based impacts of noxious facilities on wage rates and property values
Nieves, L.A.; Clark, D.E. - 2008
This document, written for the US Department of Energy, discusses current information and the need for future research on estimating the impacts on wages and property values that could result from people's perceptions of the risks associated with noxious facilities. Psychometric studies indicate...
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Industry survey of the need for a Federal grant-assisted geothermal demonstration power plant. Final report
2007
Findings are presented from two separate studies: a preliminary study of leaders of the geothermal industry and a second study of a ten percent representative sample of other firms. The studies are intended to determine if a need still exists for a federal grant-assisted geothermal demonstration...
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An R and D Agenda to enhance electricity system reliability by increasing customer participation in emerging competitive markets
Eto, J.; Marnay, C.; Goldman, C.; Kueck, J.; Kirby, B.; … - 2008
Recent electricity price spikes are painful reminders of the value that meaningful demand-side responses could bring to the restructuring US electricity system. Review of the aggregate offers made by suppliers confirms that even a modest increase demand elasticity could dramatically reduce these...
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Willingness to pay for electricity from renewable energy
Farhar, B.C.; Houston, A.H. - 2009
National polls reveal widespread public preference and willingness to pay more for renewables. ``Green pricing`` programs attempt to capitalize on these preferences and on an expressed willingness to pay more for environmental protection. This report explores the utility option of green pricing...
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Empirical investigation of the effect of amenities and other factors on business location decisions
Calzonetti, F.J.; Allison, T. - 2008
The impacts that risk perceptions have on those deciding whether to locate a business activity in an area likely to host a nuclear waste facility have become an important consideration in analyses that deal with choosing a site for nuclear waste facilities. This report presents empirical...
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