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A Dynamic Equilibrium Model of Real Exchange Rates with General Transaction Costs

GOSWAMI, GAUTAM; SHRIKHANDE, MILIND; WU, LIUREN - 2002

We study the behavior of real exchange rates in a two-country dynamic equilibrium model. In this model, consumers can only consume domestic goods but can invest costlessly in capital stocks of both countries. Nevertheless, transporting goods between the two countries is costly and, hence, the...

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Pricing Multicast Communication: A Cost-Based Approach

Chuang, John C-I; Sirbu, Marvin A. - 1998

Multicast and unicast traffic share and compete for network resources. To facilitate efficient and equitable resource allocation between traffic types, this paper advocates a costbased approach to multicast pricing. When prices are set to reflect actual network resource consumption, market...

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Nachfrageanalyse, Economies of Scale und Preisdifferenzierung im deutschen Lebensmitteleinzelhandel

Silke Maria Schmitz - 2007

Die Nachfrage nach Nahrungsmitteln unterliegt in Deutschland seit Jahrzehnten einem anhal-tenden Veränderungsprozess. Um auf veränderte Konsumansprüche reagieren und zukünftige Entwicklungen abschätzen zu können, erzielt die Analyse der Nahrungsmittelnachfrage an-hand der Schätzung von...

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Are credit unions in Ecuador achieving economies of scale?

Marchio, Nick A - 2009

This study tests the assertion that membership growth in credit unions is constrained by their unique structural features, such as their non-profit mission and member-based ownership. Although these features enhance inclusiveness, existing theory suggest that they work against efficiency when...

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A GERAÇÃO DE EXTERNALIDADES E O PROCESSO DE RECICLAGEM: A APLICAÇÃO DA METODOLOGIA DA ANÁLISE DO CICLO DE VIDA COMO FERRAMENTA GERENCIAL

Souza, Roberta Fernanda Da Paz De - 2008

externalities and the method of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) make part of this device. From its application the adoption of measures …

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An Economic Approach to Climate Change

Bogard, Matt - 2008

situations where choices are incompatible, (often referred to as externalities) and proposing solutions. This presentation … reviews some of the literature and economic theory related to externalities, and focuses on two particular economist …

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The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Credit Behavior in Colombia

Pineros, Brittany - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer program in Colombia, on participant credit behavior. The motivation of the research is derived from previous studies which indicate that conditional cash transfer programs have effects on households aside from...

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Adaptation, Internalization and Environmental Damage

Abrego, Lisandro; Whalley, John - 2002

significance of these responses to congestion externalities, and argue that they need to be taken into account in designing … internalization instruments. We consider labor-leisure, regional labor mobility and house price responses to congestion externalities … consequences of internalizing externalities. If adaptation is present, externalities will be partially internalized, the gains from …

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Under-connected and over-connected networks

Buechel, Berno; Hellmann, Tim - 2008

. We approach this gap by analyzing the role of positive and negative externalities of link formation. We find general … results that relate situations of positive externalities with stable networks that cannot be "too dense" in a well …-defined sense, while situations with negative externalities, tend to induce "too dense" networks. …

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14.452 Economic Growth, Fall 2008

Acemoglu, Daron - 2008

The basic machines of macroeconomics. Ramsey, Solow, Samuelson-Diamond, RBCs, ISLM, Mundell-Fleming, Fischer-Taylor. How they work, what shortcuts they take, and how they can be used. Half-term subject. From the course home page: Course Description This half semester class presents an...

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