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We show that in a large class of distributed optimal control models (DOCM), where population is described by a McKendrick type equation with an endogenous number of newborns, the reproductive value of Fisher shows up as part of the shadow price of the population. Depending on the objective...
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The reproductive value (see Fisher 1930) arises as part of the shadow price of the population in a large class of age-structured optimal control models.
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Firms grant to their employees non-tradable stock options as an incentive device. Is the opportunity cost of issuing these options equal to the amount the company would receive if it sold the same options to outside investors? No, it is not, since the options granted to employees are non...
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We argue that economics - as the scientific method of analyzing trade-offs - can be helpful (and may even be indispensable) for assessing the trade-off between intergenerational and intragenerational justice. Economic analysis can delineate the opportunity set of politics with respect to the two...
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International and national investors are often exposed to real wealth risks, stemming from volatile asset prices and …, price level and futures price and hence real wealth is stochastic. For a risk averse investor, optimal consumption and …
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In diesem Artikel stellen wir den Sustainable Value Added, einen neuen Ansatz zur Bewertung des Nachhaltigkeitsbeitrags von Unternehmen, vor. Bestehende Verfahren zur Messung der Nachhaltigkeit basieren auf einer vergleichenden Bewertung ökologischer und sozialer Belastungen und können daher...
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With the liberalisation of the European electricity market, new instruments are searched for in order to co-ordinate climate change initiatives with competition. This paper analyses the potential of a system of green electricity certificates to regulate the introduction of renewable energy...
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This is an entry for The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Ed.
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the Netherlands in the period 1995 through 2001, we analyse the impact of wealth, savings, and debt position on job exit …Theoretical models predict a positive impact of the level of individual wealth on the job exit probability. Empirically … this prediction is most likely to be relevant for elderly workers who have accumulated wealth throughout their working life …
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through 2001, we analyse the impact of wealth, savings, and debt position on job exit rates. We find evidence for a positive …In the literature theoretical models have appeared that predict a positive impact of the level of individual wealth on … to accumulate wealth throughout their working life and whose residual working life is relatively short. In the …
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