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This dissertation examines the relationships among measures of mortality, fertility,burden of disease, and … fertility levels; (2) if achild health model provides a stronger indicator of fertility than child mortality alone;and (3) what … indicatorsof fertility change and produce better results than population mortality or socioeconomicfactors alone. Use of health …
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In this thesis it is analyzed if promoting product market competition can help to to fight unemployment in Europe. We have used a general equilibrium model in order to study how reducing mark-ups and increasing productivity in one sector affect aggregate unemployment for an exogenously given...
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. According to the 2000 census, the total fertility rate (TFR) for China was 1.22—well below 2.1, the replacement level of …In order to maintain itself into the future, the People’s Republic of China undertook in the 1970s a legendary … stabilization and eventual decline of the population, via fertility at below-replacement levels for an extended period of time …
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This paper examines the interdependence between imperfect competition and emis-sions trading in a two-sector (clean and dirty) economy. We compare the welfare implica-tions of an absolute cap-and-trade scheme (permit trading) with a relative intensity-basedscheme (credit trading). We nd...
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We use a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to investigate impacts of three exogenous shocks to Alaska fisheries: i) a 31% reduction in the walleye pollock allowable catch; ii) a 125% increase in fuel price; and iii) both shocks simultaneously. The latter scenario reflects actual industry...
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This study analyzes the potential consequences of an outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1) on Taiwan¡¦s macro economy and individual industries. Both the Input-Output (IO) Analysis Model and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model are used to simulate the possible damage brought by lowering...
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and prices of forest products in most countries. In the short-run, national welfare in China and Japan would increase … China, Mexico and Thailand would increase between $US230 million and $US295 million. Food production in Australia, Chile and …
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Seit Start des EU-weiten Emissionshandels am 1. Januar 2005 können emissionsintensive Industrieanlagen und Anlagen der Energiewirtschaft erste Erfahrungen mit dem Handel von Emissionsberechtigungen machen.Eine im Mai 2005 durchgeführte Befragung hatte deshalb zum Ziel, Informationen zu den...
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Im Rahmen der internationalen Verhandlungen zum Klimaschutz haben sich die Industrieländer zur Deckelung ihres …
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Zur Zeit entwickelt sich auf Grundlage des Kyoto-Protokolls ein internationaler Markt für Klimaschutzzertifikate, die von den sogenannten Annex-B-Ländern für die Erfüllung ihrer Klimaschutzziele benötigt werden. Russland ist der größte potentielle Anbieter von...
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