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Capital and operating cost estimates. Volume I. Preliminary design and assessment of a 12,500 BPD coal-to-methanol-to-gasoline plant. [Grace C-M-G Plant, Henderson County, Kentucky...

2009

This Deliverable No. 18b - Capital and Operating Cost Estimates includes a detailed presentation of the 12,500 BPD coal-to-methanol-to-gasoline plant from the standpoint of capital, preoperations, start-up and operations cost estimation. The base capital cost estimate in June 1982 dollars was...

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A Review of Recent RTO Benefit-Cost Studies: Toward MoreComprehensive Assessments of FERC Electricity RestructuringPolicies

Eto, Joseph H.; Lesieutre, Bernard C. - 2009

During the past three years, government and private organizations have issued more than a dozen studies of the benefits and costs of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs). Most of these studies have focused on benefits that can be readily estimated using traditional production-cost...

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Green Pricing Program Marketing Expenditures: Finding the Right Balance

Friedman, B.; Miller, M. - 2009

In practice, it is difficult to determine the optimal amount to spend on marketing and administering a green pricing program. Budgets for marketing and administration of green pricing programs are a function of several factors: the region of the country; the size of the utility service area; the...

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Getting the Sharks to Bite in Your Ocean: A Look at Regional Differences in Funding Components in China and the United States

Schwall, Jennifer Ashley - 2011

This study explores the relationship between a venture capital firm?s geographic region and the investment traits that it values. This study?s results will help determine whether venture capital firms, by geographic region, emphasize certain investment traits over others when funding new...

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Trade Equilibrium, Jobs, & Stimulus

Bhandari, Narendra C. - 2009

As long as the U.S. continues to have huge trade deficits, the American jobs would continue to be off-shored and no net … new jobs can be created. Spending billions of American stimulus dollars would end up stimulating foreign economies. It … appeals) have failed to solve the problems.In order to spur its economy and jobs, the U.S. “must” adopt, as its “mission …

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Organizational Inequality in Job Promotions

Jason, Kendra Jeanel - 2006

In this study I explore the distribution of promotion opportunities between jobs in a general sample of Australian … (AusNOS) and extend previous studies by examining which jobs are on job ladders, by analyzing the mechanisms associated with …

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14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2006

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Angrist, Joshua - 2006

Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and...

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Does Red Tape Hold Back Entrepreneurs? Evidence from Portugal

Venancio, Ana - 2010

the program increases the number of start-ups by approximately 17.2 percent and creates seven new jobs per month, county …

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Job Growth in Early Transition: Comparing Two Paths

Jurajda, Stepan; Terrell, Katherine - 2002

Small start-up firms are the engine of job creation in early transition and yet little is known about the characteristics of this new sector. We seek to identify patterns of job growth in this sector in terms of niches left from central planning and ask about differences in job creation across...

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The Reallocation of Workers and Jobs in Russian Industry: New Evidence on Measures and Determinants

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2002

Gross job and worker flows in Russian industry are studied using panel data from a recent survey of 530 firms selected through national probability sampling. The data permit an examination of several important measurement issues – including the timing and definition of employment, the roles of...

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