Compensating balances are deposits the borrowing firm keeps with the lending bank in non-interest bearing accounts on loans. It is well known that, when there is no compensating balance imposed, the effective cost of debt remains the same in the two different payment methods, full amortization...

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar o estudo comparativo de retorno de investimentos em três áreas de terras arrendadas, de diferentes tamanhos, localizadas na região noroeste do Paraná, mais especificamente no município de Umuarama. Nesta região de solo arenoso, denominado...

Many claim that, with regard to transportation infrastructure, only partnerships between public and private entities, which draw on the strengths of both, can achieve the goals of enhancing operational efficiency, increasing service delivery, improving asset maintenance, and stretching scarce...

This study examines the financial feasibility of producing ethanol biofuel from sugar beets in central North Dakota. Under the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, biofuel from sugar beets uniquely qualifies as an “advanced biofuel”. EISA mandates production of 15 billion...

Water resources around the globe are at risk from expanding demand and decreasedavailability. All sectors of society rely on water for operation – agriculture, industry, powergeneration, and domestic users all require a constant, clean supply. As a result of populationgrowth and environmental...

The interannual variability of streamflow in Australia is greater than elsewhere in the world. Reliable forecasts of streamflow would go a long way towards improving the management of water resources systems by enabling them to cope better with the high inter-annual variability. In the first...

Public water utilities have increasingly turned to increasing block rate price structures to reduce water consumption and signal the high environmental costs of water supply. Hsu evaluates the impact of a new and substantially higher price block added to the existing block rate price structure...

Real options theory has become an influential explanatory and normative framework for making resource allocation decisions. Despite a growing body of strategy research regarding real options, however, there is as of yet little empirical confirmation (1) that firm resource allocation behavior...

Supporting thermoelectric power generation requires a significant quantity of water, primarilyfor cooling operations. Lack of available water due to physical scarcity or thermal permit limitsassociated with the Clean Water Act 316 (a) can result in a forced curtailment of plant operation,known...

The objective of this paper is to set a complete ex-ante evaluation to support Decision Makers in designingmore efficient and effective agri-environmental contracts, through an integrated modelling of elements ofprivate and public decision making. Ex-ante comparison of policy design options in...