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Bogard, Matt - 2008

reviews some of the literature and economic theory related to externalities, and focuses on two particular economist … situations where choices are incompatible, (often referred to as externalities) and proposing solutions. This presentation …

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Konferenz Sustainability 21 : Helsinki, 5. und 6. November 1999 ; Europäisches Beratendes Forum für Umwelt und nachhaltige Entwicklung

Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Umwelt - 2000

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Optimal Coverage of Installations in a Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)

Sanderson, Todd; Ancev, Tihomir; Betz, Regina - 2008

Trading schemes for emission allowances have become a panacea for nations aspiring toreduce their aggregate emissions of greenhouse gases from industry in a cost-effectivemanner. The contention of this paper is that an emissions trading scheme (ETS) shouldnot be based on blanket coverage of...

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Dynamic decision making and race games

De, Shipra - 2011

Frequent criticism in dynamic decision making research pertains to the overly complex nature of the decision tasks used in experimentation. To address such concerns we study dynamic decision making with respect to the simple race game Hog, which has a computable optimal decision strategy. In the...

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Policy Suggestions for Emissions Trading in the U.S.A.

Wallshein, Nathaniel - 2010

This honors thesis will examine current and theoretical "cap and trade" emissions trading schemes in an attempt to make recommendations on how to improve this regulated commodity market. The various control mechanisms available to regulators will be discussed: including allocation methodology,...

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14.452 Economic Growth, Fall 2008

Acemoglu, Daron - 2008

Description This half semester class presents an introduction to macroeconomic modeling, focusing on the theory of economic growth …

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Under-connected and over-connected networks

Buechel, Berno; Hellmann, Tim - 2008

. We approach this gap by analyzing the role of positive and negative externalities of link formation. We find general … results that relate situations of positive externalities with stable networks that cannot be "too dense" in a well …-defined sense, while situations with negative externalities, tend to induce "too dense" networks. …

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The Impact of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Credit Behavior in Colombia

Pineros, Brittany - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of Familias en Acción, a conditional cash transfer program in Colombia, on participant credit behavior. The motivation of the research is derived from previous studies which indicate that conditional cash transfer programs have effects on households aside from...

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A GERAÇÃO DE EXTERNALIDADES E O PROCESSO DE RECICLAGEM: A APLICAÇÃO DA METODOLOGIA DA ANÁLISE DO CICLO DE VIDA COMO FERRAMENTA GERENCIAL

Souza, Roberta Fernanda Da Paz De - 2008

externalities and the method of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) make part of this device. From its application the adoption of measures …

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Jointly-Determined Livestock Disease Dynamics and Decentralized Economic Behavior

Gramig, Benjamin M.; Horan, Richard D. - 2009

We develop a dynamic model of livestock disease and decentralized economic behavior as a jointly-determined system. By accounting for feedbacks between behavioral choices and disease outcomes we capture the endogenous nature of infection risks. We consider government mandated testing of...

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