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Does it matter how people speak?
Chong, Alberto - 2006
Language serves two key functions. It enables communication between agents, which allows for the establishment and operation of formal and informal institutions. It also serves a less obvious function, a reassuring quality more closely related to issues linked with trust, social capital, and...
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Properties of a Non-Competitive Electricity Market Dominated by Hydroelectric Power
Hoel, Michael; Førsund, Finn R. - 2004
An important conclusion from the literature on hydropower is that if there are no other constraints than the available … hydropower being non-concave. This non-concavity can be caused by short-run capacity limits either on exports and imports of …
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Impact of climate change on irrigation, crops and hydropower in Vietnam
Gebretsadik, Yohannes; Fant, Charles; Strzepek, Kenneth - 2012
; and changes in river flow with impacts on hydropower and the ability to meeting water requirements for municipal … and hydropower generation out to the year 2050. These climate scenarios show a drying trend in the north with an increase … overall hydropower generating capacity is typically only mildly affected by 2041 to 2050. …
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Electricity prices in a mixed thermal and hydropower system
Hoel, Michael - 2004
also in the long-run equilibrium where capacities are endogenous. In such an equilibrium the hydropower monopoly will get a …
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Properties of a non-competitive electricity market dominated by hydroelectric power
Førsund, Finn R.; Hoel, Michael - 2004
An important conclusion from the literature on hydropower is that if there are no other constraints than the available … hydropower being non-concave. This non-concavity can be caused by short-run capacity limits either on exports and imports of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284467
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Hydropower economics
Førsund, Finn R. - 2005
The key question in hydropower production is the time pattern of the use of the water in the reservoir. The water used … to produce electricity today can alternatively be used tomorrow. The analysis of the operation of hydropower is therefore …
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Energy in a bathtub: Electricity trade between countries with different generation technologies
Førsund, Finn R. - 2009
Many countries have followed a policy of being self-sufficient in electricity. However, in the last two decades exchange of electricity across borders has become more widespread, and the European Union's policy is to encourage a gradual expansion of cross-border trading and integration of...
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An econometric model of production with endogenous improvement in energy efficiency 1970 - 1995
Conrad, Klaus - 1998
The purpose of this paper is to introduce a modification of a standard four input production process where energy is used in an inefficient way due to partly unnecessary waste of energy. In this production process, R&D investment is an additional input in order to improve energy efficiency. It...
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The choice of environmental policy instruments: Energy efficiency and redistribution
Haupt, Alexander; Stadejek, Magdalena - 2010
We analyse optimal environmental policies in a market that is vertically differentiated in terms of the energy efficiency of products. Considering energy taxes, subsidies to firms for investment in more eco-friendly products, and product standards, we are particularly interested in how...
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Enhanced fee-for-service model and access to physician services: Evidence from Family Health Groups in Ontario
Kantarevic, Jasmin; Kralj, Boris; Weinkauf, Darrel - 2010
, Canada. In contrast to the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model, the FHG model includes targeted fee increases, extended …
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