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The Induced Innovation Hypothesis and Energy-Saving Technological Change

Newell, Richard G.; Jaffe, Adam B.; Stavins, Robert N. - 1998

We develop a methodology for testing Hick's induced innovation hypothesis by estimating a product-characteristics model of energy-using consumer durables, augmenting the hypothesis to allow for the influence of government regulations. For the products we explored, the evidence suggests: (i) the...

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Computeer-based decision support tools for evaluation of actions affecting flow and water quality in the San Joaquin Basin

Quinn, N.W.T. - 2008

This document is a preliminary effort to draw together some of the important simulation models that are available to Reclamation or that have been developed by Reclamation since 1987. This document has also attempted to lay out a framework by which these models might be used both for the...

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A cost comparison of traditional drainage and SUDS in Scotland

Duffy, A.; Jefferies, Christopher; Blackwood, David J.; … - 2008

and flooding issues necessitated a holistic approach to drainage planning and the site has become a European showcase for … the application of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS). However, there is minimal data available regarding the real … the UK where actual costs of constructing and maintaining SUDS have been compared to an equivalent traditional drainage …

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Trickle by trickle: municipalization of the New Orleans water system in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Kolb, Carolyn - 2000

Regionalism is being explored by a wide variety of community players who include representatives from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors (Dodge 1996, 1). Intermunicipal agreements, county service expansion, new region-wide special purpose governments, and multi-sector coalitions of...

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Adoption and economic impact of water conservation and intensification methods on input demand, output supply, and net returns in lowland rice production of northern Ghana

Andrea Liane Linda Faltermeier - 2009

Rice is an important cereal to Ghana’s economy and agriculture. While there is huge potential for lowland rice cultivation in northern Ghana, erratic rainfall and low and degrading soil fertility remain the key constraints of production. The present study analyzes the adoption decision and the...

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The rationalities behind the adoption of cyberinfrastructure for e-science in the early 21st century U.S.A.

Browning, Larry D. (contributor) - 2010

Based on grounded theory and thematic analysis of 70 in-depth interviews conducted over 32 months (from November 2007 to June 2010) with domain scientists, computational technologists, supercomputer center administrators, program officers at the National Science Foundation, social scientists,...

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Modeling adoption of solar photovoltaics and analysis of net metering in the city of Austin

Rai, Varun (contributor) - 2011

Solar photovoltaics have received government support in the form of rebates, tax credits and net metering tariff mechanisms. The intended goal of these incentives is to encourage innovation in the manufacturing and installation of these systems, which is expected to eventually help overcome the...

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Technology Adoption in West Africa: Adoption and Disadoption of Soybeans on the Togo-Benin Border

Jones, Kelly Michelle - 2005

New agricultural technologies are promoted in developing countries to bring about some combination of economic, environmental, and or health benefit. All of these benefits are considered to improve the livelihoods of the households that adopt them. However, the adoption of these new innovations...

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Globalization, Crop Choice and Property Rights in Rural Peru, 1994-2004

Field, Alfred J.; Field, Erica Marie - 2002

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Competing Technologies in the Database Management Systems Market

Kretschmer, Tobias - London School of Economics - 2005

In this paper, we study the dynamics of the market for DatabaseManagement Systems (DBMS), which is commonly assumed to possess networkeffects and where there is still some viable competition in our studyperiod, 2000 – 2004. Specifically, we make use of a unique anddetailed dataset on several...

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