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Analysis of Acquirer Stock Performance in Mergers and Acquisitions in Alberta's Oil and Gas Industry
Zivot, Harrison A - 2010
This paper develops a framework that analyzes how mergers and acquisitions in Alberta’s oil and gas industry affect stock prices. In this experiment, a multivariate regression is applied to several industry-specific variables to determine if they have impacts on the abnormal stock returns of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468725
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IRP and the electricity industry of the future: Workshop results
Tonn, B.; Hirst, E.; Bauer, D. - 2009
During the next several years, the U.S. electricity industry is likely to change dramatically. Instead of an industry dominated by vertically integrated companies that are regulated primarily by state public utility commissions, we may see an industry with many more participants and less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436243
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Mitigation potential and cost in tropical forestry - relative role for agroforestry
Makundi, Willy R.; Sathaye, Jayant A. - 2009
This paper summarizes studies of carbon mitigation potential (MP) and costs of forestry options in seven developing … forestland for other uses such as agriculture and pasture. By using data on estimated carbon sequestration, emission avoidance … and potential area currently engaged in agriculture, but they pose unique challenges for carbon and cost accounting due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436333
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Index of harm: a measure for comparing occupational risk across industries
Solomon, K.A.; Abraham, S.C. - 2008
fatality rates by showing the riskiest industries to be mining; agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; construction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436578
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The effect of the foreign capital and European subventions on the competitiveness of the Hungarian agribusiness’ enterprises in the last 15 years
Karolyne Zdenko, Ildiko; Illes B., Csaba; Pataki, Laszlo; … - 2009
In our research we examine the foreign investments from the change of regime, privatization; EUaccession, possibilities offered by subventions (2004-2006); so the experiences of the last 15 years, and we draw upthe expectations from the actual New Hungary Rural Development and National...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445962
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Natural Disasters and Agriculture: Individual Risk Preferences towards Flooding
Sauer, Johannes - 2011
This study contributes to the understanding of behavioural responses to climate change induced extreme weatherevents. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method is outlined using the empirical case of agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442826
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Die Politiken der Gemeinschaft und die Berggebiete : Konferenzbeiträge ; Brüssel 17.-18. Oktober 2002
Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion … - 2003
2002 war das Internationale Jahr der Berge. In diesem Zusammenhang fanden in aller Welt zahlreiche Veranstaltungen statt, um das Verständnis für die Bedeutung der Bergwelt aus historischer, ökologischer, kultureller und wirtschaftlicher Sicht zu verbessern. Ferner sollte nach Wegen gesucht...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715232
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ON INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS AND THE ALLOCATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RUSSIA’S TRANSITION
Petrick, Martin - 2010
historische Hinweise, dass dieVerbreitung von unternehmerischen Eigenschaften und Verhalten in Russland deutlich geringerist als …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442729
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India's iron and steel industry: Productivity, energy efficiency and carbon emissions
Schumacher, Katja; Sathaye, Jayant - 2008
Historical estimates of productivity growth in India's iron and steel sector vary from indicating an improvement to a decline in the sector's productivity. The variance may be traced to the time period of study, source of data for analysis, and type of indices and econometric specifications used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435634
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Assessment of pre-competitive research and development needs for industrial waste minimization
Young, J.K.; Fassbender, L.L.; Sen, R.K. - 2008
This report summarizes the findings of the first phase of a study undertaken to define a role for the Advanced Industrial Concepts (AIC) Division of the Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) in developing waste minimization technologies for the industrial sector. The report describes the...
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