This paper provides empirical evidence on international price differences in ski lift tickets based on 214 ski areas in …

Purpose - In this paper, we introduce firm heterogeneity in the context of a model of non-compliance with minimum wage … non compliance. Findings - The introduction of heterogeneity in the ease with which firms can be monitored for non … compliance allows us to show that non-compliance will persist in sectors which are relatively difficult to monitor, despite the …

This paper investigates the performance and efficiency of the public sector in 74 countries worldwide for the years … 1985, 1990, 1995 and 2000. Similar to what is done in Afonso / Schuhknecht / Tanzi (2005, Public Choice), I calculate …. These performance measures are then used as output variables in a non-parametric FDH (free disposable hull) and DEA (data …

Nowadays in highly competitive precision industries, the micromachining of advanced engineering materials is extremely … demand as it has extensive application in the fields of automobile, electronic, biomedical and aerospace engineering. The … present work addresses the modeling and optimization study on dimensional deviations of square-shaped microgroove in laser …

Golden Rice has been genetically engineered to produce beta-carotene in the endosperm of the grain. It could improve … the vitamin A status of deficient food consumers, especially women and children in the developing world. This paper … analyses the potential impacts in a Philippine context. Since the technology is still at the stage of R&D, benefits are …