An aggregate integrated assessment model is used to investigate the relative merits of hedging over the near term against the chance that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide will be limited as a matter of global policy. Hedging strategies are evaluated given near term uncertainty about...

There is a growing concern over our reliance on conventional electricity sources and their long-term environmental, climate change, and security of supply implications, and much hope is vested in the ability of future technological progress to tackle these issues. However, informed academic...

The incentives that motivate respondents to reveal their preferences truthfully havebeen a long-standing area of research in the non-market valuation literature. Anumber of studies have been undertaken to investigate incentive compatibility in nonmarketvaluation. Most of these used laboratory...

Em decorrência do contínuo crescimento da avicultura no Brasil, tanto de corte quanto de postura, ocorre concomitantemente um aumento de alojamento de matrizes e, portanto, dos resíduos formados pela incubação de ovos férteis. Em contrapartida no Estado de São Paulo criou-se,...

In this study I explore the distribution of promotion opportunities between jobs in a general sample of Australian organizations. Most empirical studies of promotion have focused on a single firm, a single occupation, or used an individual level analysis. Past studies often examine which types...

The institutional structure of global commodity chains and cross-border production networks has a profound impact on how the benefits of globalized production are distributed. This paper engages with this issue by developing a model that combines the insights of earlier unequal exchange...