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Traditional economic theory regards the social costs of monopoly as the reduction in both consumer and producer surplus as a result of monopolization of certain sectors of the economy. Recent research has shown that a proper accounting of the social costs of monopoly must include the costs of...
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Biogas recovery systems that use methane from manure to generate electricity have not been widely adopted in U.S. mainly because the costs of constructing and maintaining these systems have exceeded the value of the benefits provided. Climate change mitigation and renewable energy policies could...
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, to charge men and women the same price for life insurance would constitute a subsidy running from women (who would pay … to buy something, the idea that there is a subsidy implicit in unisex insurance rates is mistaken. For the consumer, the …
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Australia for the period 1950-2005. Cointegration and a vector error-correction model are used along with Granger causality … the cointegration analysis of production in Australia and should be included in the long-run production relationship along … capital and ICT are important drivers of output growth in Australia, so their omission from standard productivity measures …
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Australia`s electric power industry (EPI) is undergoing major restructuring. This restructuring includes … of the overall economic reform package that is being implemented in Australia. Enhancing efficiency in the economy …, Australia`s previous prime minister, Paul Keating, observed that {open_quotes}the engine which drives efficiency is free and …
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examine monopoly (South Africa) and duopoly (South Africa, Australia) with a competitive fringe (US, Canada, Poland, China and …
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Australia, a vigorous private sector economy could emerge if the lunar organization provided quasi-export earning through its …
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trialled over the past five years in the United Kingdom and Australia. The primary purpose is to examine Credit Guarantee …
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the voluntary use of internal audit by Australian publicly listed companies and to identify factors that lead listed companies to have an internal audit function.Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on the Institute of Internal Auditors'...
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