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Is mandatory disclosure an effective consumer protection mechanism in Australian real estate markets? The perspective of Queensland industry experts

Miller, Evonne; Duncan, William D.; Christensen, Sharon A. - 2006

This exploratory qualitative study investigates the reaction of the selling side of the real estate market to the mandatory disclosure of information as a consumer protection mechanism in residential property transactions, the largest purchase most consumers will ever make. In Australia, where...

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Multi-Period Emissions Trading in the Electricity Sector - Winners and Losers

Bode, Sven - 2004

Emission trading has become recently more and more import in environmental regulation. In the context of controlling greenhouse gas emissions, the directive on a Europewide trading scheme for large immobile sources may be perceived as one of the most important milestones in recent years. Prior...

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Analyzing the standard deduction as a presumptive tax

Slemrod, Joel B.; Yitzhaki, Shlomo - 1994

Presumptive taxes can be found in the tax system of most developing countries and make sense when the desired tax base is difficult to measure, verify, and monitor. As a substitute for the desired tax base, the presumed tax base is derived from items that can be more readily monitored. Presumed...

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RINs and the ethanol supply chain: an alternative view

Figer, Luiz - 2011

Biofuels are meant to be an environmental friendly alternative for the use of fossil fuels. Thisidea led to the use of subsidies in order to support their production and use. In the USA, the EPAis in charge of establishing mandates to obligated parties and enforcing compliance....

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Legislation and SME retailers – compliance costs and consequences

Schmidt, Ruth A.; Bennison, David J.; Bainbridge, Stephen; … - 2007

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, published by and copyright Emerald.

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Evidence on UK directors' compliance with disclosure timing regulations

Balmforth, Brian; Burton, Bruce; Cross, Stuart; Power, David - 2007

Purpose – This study aims to examine the extent to which UK directors failed to report their share trading in the timeframe required by extant regulations in the run-up to the changes in insider trading law contained in the Financial Services and Markets Act. Design/methodology/approach –...

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An international perspective on small business implementation costs of a new tax and managerial benefits derived

Rametse, N - 2010

This paper highlights an international perspective on the economic significance of small businesses and the regulatory compliance requirements they face. Importantly, it discusses small business implementation costs of a new tax, particularly, the year 2000 Australian Goods and Services Tax...

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Comparative analysis of corporate risk management practices in Croatian and Slovenian companies

Sprcic, Danijela Milos; Sevic, Zeljko - 2008

majority of analysed companies in both Croatia and Slovenia are using some form of risk management to manage interest …

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MARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTS FOR REDUCING LEACHING OF NITRATES IN CROATIAN FARMING SYSTEMS

Sumelius, John; Grgic, Zoran; Mesic, Milan; Franic, Ramona - 2003

The aim of this paper is to identify optional ways of preventing NO3-levels from rising within Croatian farming systems, and the implications from the viewpoint of the manager. More specifically, the purpose is to 1) Determine whether Croatian farmers exceed profit maximising levels of...

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QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACTS OF CROATIA´S AGRICULTURAL TRADE POLICY ON THE AGRI-FOOD SECTOR

Weingarten, Peter; Frohberg, Klaus; Winter, Etti; … - 2003

Croatia recently signed several trade liberalisation agreements. The cornerstones of its trade policy are WTO … membership, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU and Croatia's application of membership as well as bilateral … impact of Croatia's agricultural trade policy on the agri-food sector. For the analysis, a partial equilibrium model based on …

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