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Transportation infrastructure is an exciting topic for public policy, private sector and the connection between them. This study deals with the impact of railways as hard type of transportation infrastructure on economic growth and population density. The purpose of this study is to search for...
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liberalization of the rail operators market is a priority as without this, the improvement mentioned above would not affect the modal …
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Die hohe Mobilität der Bevölkerung trägt zur Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt und am gesellschaftlichen Leben bei. Dabei ist der Mobilitätsbedarf stark von der Lebenssituation abhängig; so haben Studenten und Erwerbstätige die höchste Verkehrsnachfrage. Anders als in früheren Jahrzehnten wächst...
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85-percent share of all mileage, automobiles dominate our roads. This transport demand pattern is predominantly created … be opting for the most suitable form of transport rather than traveling exclusively with their own vehicles. -- road … transport ; mileage travelled ; fuels ; motorized vehicles …
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A quantitatively and qualitatively efficient transport infrastructure is a fundamental requirement for the success and … central Europe. The transport infrastructure represents a considerable economic capital stock with gross fixed assets of 778 … a substantial neglect of investment in the maintenance and quality assurance of the transport infrastructure. Against …
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complete reform of the public transport system in Santiago, Chile, named Transantiago, on a specific aspect of interest …
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Preisgarantien im Einzelhandel scheinen auf den ersten Blick Ergebnis eines intensiven Wettbewerbs zu sein. Theoretische Analysen und empirische Studien zeigen jedoch, dass dies in der Regel nicht der Fall ist. Preisgarantien und hier vor allem Garantien, bei denen mehr als die Differenz zu...
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We investigate the impact of agent communication networks on prices in an artificial stock market. Networks with different centralization measures are tested for their effect on the volatility of prices. Trading strategies diffuse through the different network topologies, mimetic contagion...
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This paper employs an asymmetric component generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (AC-GARCH) model to test the relation between securities transaction tax (STT) and market volatility. Proponents of an STT argue that such a tax will reduce market volatility by discouraging the...
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In this paper we analyze empirically different specifications of a sample selection model. We are interested in how the estimates vary across alternative assumptions concerning the joint conditional distribution of the sample selection equation errors, such us the specification of error...
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