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Presented at: NATIONAL AUTONOMUOS UNIVERSITY OF NICARAGUA, LEONINVESTIGATION VICERECTOR, POSTPGRADUATE AND SOCIAL PROJECTION2th SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS¨THE INVESTIGATION A WAY TO THE KNOWLEGE AND DEVELOPMENT¨17 NOVIEMBRE 2009
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The principal aim of this paper is to measure the amount by which the profit of a multi-input, multi-output firm deviates from maximum short-run profit, and then to decompose this profit gap into components that are of practical use to managers. In particular, our interest is in the measurement...
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The method of elicitation has an important effect on valuations. We investigate the effect of perspective on decision makers' elicited values. We conduct experimental sessions in which participants act as sellers or buyers, and replicate the disparity between willingness to accept and...
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Cada año se invierte una significativa cantidad de recursos en mejorar las infraestructuras de transporte de los países en desarrollo. En este artículo investigamos los efectos de un gran proyecto de este tipo: el Golden Quadrilateral de la India. Para ello, utilizamos un modelo de comercio...
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farm and off-farm labor supply functions to determine the factorsthat influence labor allocation. Both the shadow wage and …
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-made scarcity. Scarcity is not always reflected in the market. In the case of air pollution, scarcity is not endogenous since … action problem, if scarcity is reflected in the market. A CPR problem is called an impure collective action problem, if the … market does not reflect scarcity and treats the good as non-rival. Pure collective action problems arise within and remain …
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I review the literature on natural resource scarcity indicators further developing my previous work on this issue … (Cleveland and Stern, 1993). Scarcity indicators can be classified by what is being measured eg. in situ value, commodity value … exchange value or indicators of "exchange scarcity" and unit costs can be seen as use value indicators or indicators of "use …
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estimation accuracy on the solution of marketing allocation problems conditional on the number of observations. Is there a …
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A positive mathematical programming model was constructed in this study to assess theeffect of three water pricing scenarios on Teboulba’s agricultural production systems.The effects of these scenarios were estimated for three groups of farmers from three irrigated districts. Results show that...
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high population growth. According to the vicious circle theory, natural resource scarcity coupled with poverty leads to …This dissertation examines whether the vicious circle theory applies in three developing countries characterized by … leads to a further increase in natural resource scarcity, creating a "feedback loop." This is the first study to use micro …
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