We evaluate the conservation potential of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for managing the rapidly increasing electrical energy and peak demand in India and Brazil. Using very conservative assumptions, we find that the cost of conserved energy using 16 W CFLs is 4 and 6 times less than the long...

Policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. Reviews available technologies, but emphasizes the planning and policy process, including economic, social, environmental, and health issues. Incorporates considerations of financing, pricing,...

Trust is particularly important in online markets to facilitate the transfer of sensitive consumer information to online retailers. In electronic markets, various proposals have been made to facilitate these information transfers. We develop analytic models of hidden information to analyze the...

Information systems and the Internet have facilitated the creation of used product markets that feature a dramatically wider selection, lower search costs, and lower prices than their brick-andmortar counterparts do. The increased viability of these used product markets has caused concern among...

This analysis presents the determination of an import demand function for the world rice market using annual data from 1994 to 2007. In the specification and analysis of a world rice market import demand function, Ordinary Least Square (OLS), Instrumental Variables (IV) with Generalized Method...

The Daintree Rainforest is a prime attraction for Tropical North Queensland as a touristdestination. Visitation of the rainforest, specifically the Cape Tribulation section, hasincreased rapidly as impediments to self-drive access have been removed. This paperexamines the potential for the local...

Analyzing consumer welfare from observable data, or empirical demand functions has been a very controversial issue in economics. One metric often used is deadweight loss from a tax or price increase. A classic debate in economic history regarding the appropriate methodology for measuring...

Bereits in den frühen 1990er-Jahren öffneten Großbritannien und Norwegen ihre Elektrizitätsmärkte. Im Jahr 1996 erfolgte mit der EU-Elektrizitätsbinnenmarktrichtlinie der Beschluss der EU auch ihre Mitgliedsmärkte für den Wettbewerb zu öffnen. Zu den wichtigsten Zielen zählten eine...

In dieser Studie über die Nahrungsmittelverfügbarkeit in der Europäischen Union mit den Mitgliederstaaten von 2009, werden Food Balance Sheets (FBS) der Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) von 1961 bis 2003 analysiert. Obwohl die Zuverlässigkeit und Präzision der FBS Daten stark von der...

Ein sehr treffendes Anwendungsgebiet der ökonomischen Theorie stellen die netzgebundenen Industrien, insbesondere die Elektrizitätswirtschaft dar. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit werden die regulierungsökonomischen Gesetzmäßigkeiten und deren Ursprunge beleuchtet und mit den realen Gegebenheiten...