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We study the effects of labor market rigidities and frictions on firm-size distributions and dynamics. We introduce a model of endogenous entrepreneurship, labor market frictions, and firm-size dynamics with many types of rigidities, such as hiring and firing costs, search frictions with vacancy...
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Intangible capital is an important factor of production in modern economies that is generally neglected in business … cycle analyses. We demonstrate that intangible capital can have a substantial impact on business cycle dynamics, especially … if the intangible is complementary with production capacity. We focus on customer capital: the capital embodied in the …
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exogenous variables such as capital costs, fuel costs, and tax rates to determine the price of electricity as well as other …
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This study provides local economic impact estimates for a 100 megawatt (MW) geothermal power project in Oregon. The hypothetical project would be Deschutes County. Bonneville Power Administration commissioned this study to quantify such impacts as part of regional confirmation work recommended...
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The following subjects are included: a geothermal resource overview, the evolution of the current Texas geopressured-geothermal institutional structure, project evaluation with uncertainty and the structure of incentives, the natural gas industry, the electric utility industry, potential...
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This study provides local economic impact estimates for a 100 megawatt (MW) geothermal power project in Oregon. The hypothetical project would be in Harney Count. Bonneville Power Administration commissioned this study to quantify such impacts as part of regional confirmation work recommended by...
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spring resources, and one-fourth in identified systems. Water rates and direct capital costs for geothermal power plants were … resources for direct capital costs of $800/KW or less. The projected supply curve shows an estimated 30,000 to 60,000 MWe for 30 …
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producers' capital investment. This model consists of two major submodels: the exploration and development of a geothermal … calculated rate of return on the capital investment earned by the geothermal producer. The results of the sensitivity analysis of …
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