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Establishing the applicability of multi-item measures is important for making valid inferences when testing theories cross-nationally. Typically, researchers have relied upon the tenets of classical measurement theory (CT) using confirmatory factor model invariance testing to conclude that a...
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The burden of small business acting as an 'unpaid tax collector', particularly for the Goods and Services Tax (GST), is currently subject to much political debate in Australia. However, realistic proposals as how best to alleviate this burden are few and far between. This article reviews...
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compliance enforcement methodologies and are based largely on trust. The primary focus is on delinquent filers with a very small …
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Competitive bidding for electric power is maturing. Increasing numbers of utilities are soliciting proposals from …
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(Electric Power Supply Analysis Model), one component of this overall program, is a simulation model of the electric supply … test their effect on the cost and availability of power. ELSA is divided into three major sectors: production, regulatory …
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This study identifies a strategy that (1) provides future energy services for Hainan in the least environmentally degrading way, (2) eliminates the need to build significant amounts of new fossil-fueled, electric generating capacity, saving capital to invest in other development projects, (3)...
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expansion to meet current and future electric power demand. …
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A number of modeling attempts to analyze the implications of increasing competition in the electric power industry … only modest mechanisms to facilitate increased bulk power transactions between utility systems. More fundamental changes in … market structure, such as the existence of independent power producers or wheeling transactions between customers and utility …
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steam and binary power cycles are closely competitive; the binary cycle appears better when the brine temperature is below … reduction in power costs would be achieved by reducing well drilling costs, stimulating well flow rates, reducing powerplant …
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The Community-Level Impacts Projection System includes a set of techniques for providing detailed advance information required for rational planning. The computerized system generates reports which enable the user: to describe the energy development activity in terms of its employment demands...
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