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Random incentive systems in a dynamic choice experiment
Baltussen, Guido; Post, G.; Assem, Martijn; Wakker, Peter - In: Experimental Economics 15 (2012) 3, pp. 418-443
the experiment are for real. The most common type pays every subject one out of her multiple tasks (within …. The present study investigates RISs in a more complex, dynamic choice experiment. We find that between …
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Measurement of current distribution in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell with various flow arrangements – A parametric study
Alaefour, Ibrahim; Karimi, G.; Jiao, Kui; Li, X. - In: Applied Energy 93 (2012) C, pp. 80-89
Understanding of current distributions in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is crucial for designing cell components such as the flow field plates and the membrane electrode assembly (MEA). In this study, the spatial current density distributions in a single PEMFC with three...
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An experimental test of the concentration index
Bleichrodt, Han; Rohde, Kirsten I.M.; Van Ourti, Tom - In: Journal of Health Economics 31 (2012) 1, pp. 86-98
The concentration index is widely used to measure income-related inequality in health. No insight exists, however, whether the concentration index connects with people's preferences about distributions of income and health and whether a reduction in the concentration index reflects an increase...
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The BWS Open Business Enterprise System Architecture
IONITA, Cristian - In: Informatica Economica 15 (2011) 4, pp. 155-166
Business process management systems play a central role in supporting the business operations of medium and large organizations. This paper analyses the properties current business enterprise systems and proposes a new application type called Open Business Enterprise Sys-tem. A new open system...
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The PQUAL Open System Quality Model
IONITA, Cristian - In: Informatica Economica 16 (2012) 1, pp. 87-97
Quality assessment of open business enterprise systems is very important because those plat-forms play a central role in the organizations that implement them. The current paper proposes a new easily applicable software quality model called PQUAL that evaluates the quality of such systems. The...
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Finding items cannibalization and synergy by BWS data
Lipovetsky, Stan; Conklin, Michael - In: Journal of choice modelling 12 (2014) C, pp. 1-9
Best-Worst Scaling (BWS) modeling is widely used for finding probabilities of choice among multiple items. The paper … considers how to apply BWS data to another problem – of finding the items׳ cannibalization and synergy. For a product of primary …
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Gesundheitsreform 2010: Einstieg in den Systemwechsel?
Rösler, Philipp; Pimpertz, Jochen; Breyer, Friedrich; … - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 63 (2010) 16, pp. 03-21
Im Herbst soll im Bundestag eine Reform der GKV verabschiedet werden und zum 1. Januar 2011 in Kraft treten. Philipp Rösler, Bundesgesundheitsminister, unterstreicht, dass die Reform den Einstieg in den Systemwechsel bedeutet: Denn mit der Festschreibung des prozentualen Beitragssatzes und der...
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Does health technology assessment benefit health services and politics?
Sigmund, H.; Kristensen, F. B. - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 3 (2002) 1, pp. 54-58
years ago. This happened when politicians and health service decision-makers realized that due to the increasing pressure on … information designed for decision-making. Events speeded up from that point on: a national HTA strategy, a national HTA … and decentralization of decision-making combined with a broad and interdisciplinary approach to methodology guided the …
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Wie gut können wir die Folgen des demographischen Wandels abschätzen? Was ist sicher? Wozu brauchen wir bessere Daten?
Börsch-Supan, Axel - In: AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv 6 (2012) 1, pp. 65-82
Demographic change in Germany, as one of the megatrends of the 21st century, is a well-known fact which will, without a doubt, profoundly change the country’s social and economic situation and challenge our whole economic system. Spurred by statements by press and political representatives,...
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Health Financing Options for Samoa : Challenges and Opportunities
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
Samoa currently faces two important public policy challenges in the health sector. One is to stem, and then reverse, the rapid rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The second challenge is to put the country on a health-financing path that is effective, efficient, and financially affordable...
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