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Competition in public utility sectors has been encouraged in recent years throughout Europe. In this paper we try and analyse the welfare effects of these reforms in Italy, with particular attention to water and energy goods. The first step is to introduce a sensible measure of affordability of...
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We study a long-term relationship between a risk-neutral firm that has been delegated to manage a local utility project and a regulator that has always the option-to-revoke the delegation. We show that when the threat of revocation is credible and the cost of exercising it is not too high, the...
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Seit 1998 sind wettbewerblich organisierte Energiemärkte Wirklichkeit geworden. Vor allem die Initiativen der Europäischen Union haben dazu geführt, daß die alten Monopolstrukturen aufgelöst worden sind und sich die Anbieter auf Strom- und in Zukunft auch auf Gasmärkten der Konkurrenz...
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Two separate cohorts of immigrants to Australia are compared in order to assess the potential role of immigrant … arrivals. Although these two cohorts entered Australia only five years apart, their initial labor market outcomes varied …
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This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia's immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants …' remittance behaviour. More precisely, we compare the remittance behaviour of two cohorts who entered Australia before and after … existing evidence, time spent in Australia positively affects the probability to remit while in terms of regional effects …
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This paper analyses the impact of a change in Australia's immigration policy, introduced in the mid-1990s, on migrants …' remittance behaviour. More precisely, we compare the remittance behaviour of two cohorts who entered Australia before and after … evidence, time spent in Australia positively affects the probability to remit while in terms of regional effects, South Asians …
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This paper uses highly detailed, quarterly data for five major industrialized economies to estimate the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on import protection policies over 1988:Q1 - 2010:Q4. First, estimates on a pre-Great Recession sample of data provide evidence of two key relationships....
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effects. This paper focuses on inter-cohort differences in the intensity and pattern of internal migration in Australia, while … Australian baby boom compared to the US. The baby boom in Australia was delayed and much smaller in terms of absolute and …
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Australia, is used to test the model. This survey had three waves, at about 6 months, 18 months and 3? years after immigration …
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for Australia. It focuses on both visa category and variables derived from an economic model of the determinants of …
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