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Transboundary Pollution From Consumption In A Reciprocal Dumping Model

Kayalica, M. Ozgur; Kayalica, Olgay - In: Global Economy Journal 5 (2005) 2

We analyse transboundary pollution externalities caused by consumption of goods. The model is of a reciprocal dumping type in which there are two countries and two firms. Each firm produces a homogeneous good to be consumed in both markets. There are two policies available to the governments of...

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The Pollution Haven Paradox: Can an Effluent Tax Improve both Profits and Welfare?

Driskill, Robert; Horowitz, Andrew W. - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 7 (2007) 1

Abstract Stringent environmental taxes in high-income countries are assumed to drive dirty industries to low-income countries, but the empirical evidence for ``pollution havens" is surprisingly weak. We demonstrate that a government trying to prevent flight by a ``dirty" durable good monopolist...

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Assessing the Durbin Amendment’s Debit Card Interchange Fee Cap: An Application of the “Tourist Test” to US Retailer Data

Layne-Farrar, Anne - In: Review of Network Economics 12 (2013) 2, pp. 157-182

Abstract Payment cards have been a perennial source of debate among economists. That debate received additional fodder in 2010 with passage in the US of the Durbin Amendment, which targets debit card interchange fees. I assess the Durbin Amendment, testing the interchange fee cap it imposes...

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Payment Instruments, Financial Privacy and Online Purchases

Balgobin, Yann; Bounie, David; Quinn, Martin; … - In: Review of Network Economics 15 (2016) 3, pp. 147-168

Abstract The protection of financial personal data has become a major concern for Internet users in the digital economy. This paper investigates whether the consumers’ use of non-bank payment instruments that preserve financial privacy from banks and relatives may increase their online...

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The Impact of Turkish Agricultural Policy on Competitiveness of Cotton Production

Gürer, Betül; Türkekul, Berna; Ören, M. Necat; … - In: International Journal of Food and Beverage … 2 (2017) 1, pp. 20-30

This study applied Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) to assess the competitiveness of cotton production in terms of … Protection Coefficient (NPC) were calculated from PAM framework to measure competitiveness. This method is widely used to …

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The Competitiveness of Polish Apples on International Markets

Kraciński, Paweł Jakub - In: International Journal of Food and Beverage … 2 (2017) 1, pp. 31-43

The article presents the problem of competitiveness of Polish apples. In the paper the quantity of production and … competitiveness ex post measure has been used. The study covered 2004-2015. The assumed research hypothesis has been verified …

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Can Some Computer Games Be a Sport?: Issues with Legitimization of eSport as a Sporting Activity

Skubida, Dominika - In: International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated … 8 (2016) 4, pp. 38-52

This paper focuses on the problem of social legitimization of eSport in the context of traditional sports. Its objective is to investigate knowledge and attitudes towards eSports, as well as their recognition as legitimate sports. The first part of the paper consists of the definition and...

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The Competitiveness of Serbian Tourism in the Region During the Transition Period

Cvijanović, Drago; Gajic, Tamara; Vujko, Aleksandra - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 6 (2017) 4, pp. 13-20

The recent inadequate development of tourism in Serbia was conditioned by the poor economic and political situation that affected the state of the nineties of the 20th century. The authors of the paper pointed to the current situation of the separation of tourism in Serbia and the factors that...

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Competitiveness Measure of Managerial Performance: Romania, Where Are You?

Popescu, Constanta; Zaharia, Radu Serban M. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 7 (2018) 1, pp. 23-34

This article describes how competitiveness is a desideratum of any rational management process. Under the conditions of … competitiveness in most areas of activity. This places Romania in an unfavorable place in the world hierarchy. Based on these … considerations and based on data provided by the World Economic Forum through the Global Competitiveness Report for 2016-2017, this …

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Sustainable Tourism: The New Engine for the Economic Development of the 21st Century in APEC.

Ramirez, Cuauhtemoc; Rangel, José Ernesto - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economies … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 29-36

activity that interacts with the environment, causing positive effects such as the improvement of economic competitiveness; and …-tourist competitiveness. …

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