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Covers conditions under which public-sector policies, programs, and projects succeed in enhancing the economic activities of poorer groups and micro-regions in developing countries. Topics include local economic development; small enterprises; various forms of collective action; labor and worker...
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Previous studies suggested that a monopoly durable goods seller can useleasing to effectively avoid the time-inconsistent problem raised byCoase Conjecture. This paper extends those previous works by examiningthe monopoly seller's selling and leasing strategy for a special type ofdurable good...
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history and worst-case data from RMP*Info. Risk Analysis, 23(5), 865–881.] summarize the accident frequencies and severities …. Systematic analyses of the databases also help to avoid future accidents, thereby reducing the risk.More specifically, this paper … estimate the capital at risk within an industry utilizing the frequency and loss-severity distributions. …
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A novel survey dataset on computed tomography (CT) machine acquisition is used to explore which theories best answer two questions from the decision making literature. First, what determines how much uncertainty a firm has when investing in updated technology? Second, what determines the value...
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In four studies, student and nonstudent participants evaluated the possible outcomes of binary decisions involving health, safety, and environmental risks (e.g., whether to issue a dam-failure evacuation order). Many participants indicated that false positives (e.g., evacuation, but no dam...
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In four studies, student and nonstudent participants evaluated the possible outcomes of binary decisions involving health, safety, and environmental risks (e.g., whether to issue a dam-failure evacuation order). Many participants indicated that false positives (e.g., evacuation, but no dam...
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infrastructure projects in more than 85 countries. PPPs are a procurement methodology that brings a rigorous risk-weighted approach … depth and state/government risk allocation with lenders expected to take a tougher approach to the support of delivery and … scientifically costed approach to risk allocation, state guarantee support, improved underlying credit credentials and a rethinking …
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compliance weighted average scheme cost ratios. Beside technological and economic performance measures, we also incorporate risk … performance and risk. …
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Esse trabalho teve como objetivo verificar a viabilidade financeira da implementação de um sistema automatizado de irrigação por miniaspersão na cultura do feijão. O trabalho toma como referência a teoria de análise financeira de investimentos, considerando a abordagem determinística e...
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. It suggest a microeconometric method for measuring flooding related risk preferences of affectedindividuals. The method …-experimental approach to measure differences in the risk attitudes of farmers located in highflooding risk areas versus farmers located in … low flooding risk areas is followed. Changes in flooding risk relatedbehaviour over time is analysed and marginal effects …
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