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Biofuels are prominent in current discussion both as a solution to problems and as a creator of problems. They have promise as a substitute for fossil fuels, particularly for petroleum as the raw material for transportation fuel. But biofuels also have pitfalls, especially when produced at a...
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the economic and political conditions that could explain why the governments in developed economies have intervened in the automobile industry. The author identifies the main reasons and the shortcomings of these public interventions....
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externality. This study aims to provide managerial implications on the decisions of delivery time and subsidy for food delivery … subsidy provided to delivery drivers to maximize the gig platform's profit and compare the results with those of a socially … subsidy when the food price becomes higher; nevertheless, the platform should shorten the delivery time and lower the subsidy …
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traditional low tuition‐high subsidy model of public higher education becomes increasingly unsustainable. The shift toward … practices can provide a meaningful path for public universities to sustain excellence in a period of declining subsidy. Social …
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security policy targets the urban poor. The result may help policymakers choose a desired subsidy scheme to ensure food … urban residents by different income level; evaluating the potential costs of shifting to income subsidy aiming to maintain … comparing with the cost of price subsidy to achieve the same policy goal. Findings – The paper finds that, food price surge will …
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Purpose – This paper aims to determine whether domestic cotton support permitted by the current or potential World Trade Organization (WTO) rules would be sufficient to compensate the cost to China's cotton farmers if the sliding scale duty (SSD) on cotton imports is removed....
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(low-carbon) products. Further, this study analyses the role of government subsidy policy, based on the results of the … government’s optimal green subsidy decision and its implication for green market segmentation and social welfare. Design …/methodology/approach This study adopts a Stackelberg game framework to study the interaction between the government’s subsidy regulations and …
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Political science research has long established a list of factors associated with higher levels of political knowledge. Among these are: education, income, political attentiveness, voter participation, and age. This analysis, using questions from California Field Polls taken in 2005 and 2009,...
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applying electoral systems theory as a test of claims about the consequences of reform.  …
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longer have to accept a pay penalty. A recent reform set a high incentive for temporary help agencies to pay their workers …
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