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The effects of rent seeking over tradable pollution permits
Hanley, Nick; MacKenzie, Ian A. - 2009
The establishment of a tradable permit market requires the regulator to select a level of aggregate emissions and then distribute the associated permits (rent) to specific groups. In most circumstances, these decisions are often politically contentious and frequently influenced by rent seeking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465937
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The effects of rent seeking over tradable pollution permits
Hanley, Nick; MacKenzie, Ian A. - 2010
The establishment of a tradable permit market requires the regulator to select a level of aggregate emissions and then distribute the associated permits (rent) to specific groups. In most circumstances, these decisions are often politically contentious and frequently influenced by rent seeking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465961
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Theory and Practice of ITQ's in Iceland; Privatisation of Common Fisheries Resources
Eythorsson, Einar - 1995
common property rights into private property rights under the ITQ regime, is basically consistent with the economic theory of … ITQ's, though this part of the theory is often undercommunicated in the political rethorics. In the Icelandic case, the … theory of ITQ's also assumes that quota market prices will reflect the resource rent generated by the fisheries under an ITQ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468403
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Corruption and Pro-Poor Growth Outcomes: Evidence and Lessons for African Countries
Ndikumana, Léonce - 2006
There is growing consensus on the view that corruption hurts economic performance by reducing private investment, by adversely affecting the quantity and quality of public infrastructure, by reducing tax revenue, and by reducing human capital accumulation. In addition to inefficiency effects –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468223
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Essays on Budgetary Institutions: Theory and Evidence
Amoroso, Nicolas Emiliano - 2006
The dissertation offers an analysis of the role of budgetary institutions on the determination of fiscal outcomes. In the second chapter I provide a theoretical model that rationalizes differences in fiscal outcomes of two countries that are supposed to obey the same set of numerical constraints...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450941
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Dienstebasierte Informationssysteme im öffentlichen Sektor: Ein Gestaltungsorientierter Ansatz zur elektronischen Verfahrensabwicklung von G2B-eServices
Hogrebe, Frank - 2010
Die Zuständigkeiten für Produkte, Prozesse und Dienste liegen in öffentlichen Verwaltungen verteilt im Organisations-, IT- oder Finanzbereich. Dies erfordert Strukturen, durch die Zusammenhänge und Interdependenzen berücksichtigt werden. DienstebasierteInformationssysteme sind ein...
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Relationship marketing: Its potential to enhance public-private sector initiatives
Faculty of Built Environment, Art and Design
In an effort to obtain value for money and eliminate waste and inefficiency, inherent within the public sector, Governments throughout the world are actively encouraging the private sector to become interested in funding public infrastructure projects. There are several examples within Australia...
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Stakeholder Engagement in Infrastructure Projects Through Art in Infrastructure Delivery
Furneaux, Craig W.; Brown, Kerry A.; McCabe, Angela C. - 2008
Government is a major client of infrastructure projects and can exert considerable influence on the industry sector through the government’s regulatory power and the sheer scale of procurement of public works currently underway in Australia at the moment. Government can also seek to satisfy a...
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Lessons of Corporate Entrepreneurship for Motivating Public Sector Employees
Morris, Robyn J. - 2007
This paper aims to contribute to the field of public entrepreneurship by addressing the question of what can public sector organizations learn from corporate entrepreneurship to create a more motivating work environment. The study develops a scale developed to measure key organizational work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437624
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Customer satisfaction measures in the public sector: what do they tell us?
Conroy, Denise K. - 2001
In attempting to devise customer satisfaction measures, there are a number of factors which can affect the interpretation of results - the nature of the customer, service provision, service quality and, for the public sector, the extent to which consumer sovereignty exists. It is the contention...
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