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Efficiency is an important consideration for those who manage public services. Costs vary with output and with a … these factors into account, costs vary across providers because of differences in efficiency. Such differences offer clues … about good practice that can lead to improvements in the system as a whole. The role of efficiency is illustrated by …
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The Observatorio de Costes y Financiación del Transporte Urbano Colectivo (Cost and Funding of Urban Transport Watchdog) and its annual reports on this industry provide an excellent platform to improve awareness of its cost structure, to enable benchmarking strategies/practices for companies,...
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This paper presents an overview of the economics literature on the effect of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards on the new vehicle market. Since 1978, CAFE has imposed fuel economy standards for cars and light trucks sold in the U.S. market. This paper reviews the history of the...
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, however, constitutes a lasting obstacle to integration. The aim of this paper is to assess these costs of supervisory …
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internal audit services and cluster this service portfolio according to transaction costs or risks associated with them … analysis of deviations between the expected and the actual performance, the second approach uses the comparison of actual costs … with costs of outsourcing solutions adjusted for the specific risks incurred. Both approaches are subject to further …
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allow farmers to continue production activity in terms of economic efficiency. To facilitate analysis of the economic …
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We analyze mortality and follow-up costs of heart attack patients using administrative data from Austria from 2002 … in relative terms for patients below the age of 65. We do not find significant effects on longterm inpatient costs and … find only marginal increases in outpatient costs. …
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We analyze mortality and follow-up costs of heart attack patients using administrative data from Austria from 2002 … in relative terms for patients below the age of 65. We do not find significant effects on longterm inpatient costs and … find only marginal increases in outpatient costs. …
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We analyze mortality and follow-up costs of heart attack patients using administrative data from Austria from 2002 … in relative terms for patients below the age of 65. We do not find significant effects on long-term inpatient costs and … find only marginal increases in outpatient costs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382725