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Projected refined product balances in key Latin American countries: A preliminary examination
2009
Over the years, the East-West Center (EWC) has developed considerable expertise in refinery modeling, especially in the area of forecasting product balances for countries, given planned capacity changes, changes in product demand, changes in crude slates, and changes in product specifications....
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Effect of market structure on international coal trade
Kolstad, C.D.; Abbey, D.S. - 2009
This paper is concerned with the determinants of international steam-coal trade. Most work in projecting coal trade has been either qualitative (a consensus of experts) or, if quantitative, has been based on competitive spatial-equilibrium models. Unfortunately, the competitive model of trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437106
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United States -- Mexican joint ventures: A case history approach
Moore, N.L.; Chidester, R.J.; Hughes, K.R.; Fowler, R.A. - 2008
Because the Mexican government has encouraged investment in Mexico by increasing the percentage of ownership of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435543
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Carbon mitigation potential and costs of forestry options in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines and Tanzania
Sathaye, J.; Makundi, W.; Andrasko, K.; Boer, R.; … - 2009
This paper summarizes studies of carbon (C) mitigation potential and costs of about 40 forestry options in seven developing countries. Each study uses the same methodological approach - Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (COMAP) - to estimate the above parameters between 2000 and 2030....
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Conservation potential of compact fluorescent lamps in India and Brazil
Gadgil, A.; Martino Jannuzzi, G. de - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP - 2008
electrical energy and peak demand in India and Brazil. Using very conservative assumptions, we find that the cost of conserved … of avoided peak installed capacity is 6 and 9.5 times less than the cost of new installed capacity for India and Brazil … national savings of the order of US $1.2 million per day for India and US $2.5 million per day for Brazil are reached in 10 …
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The fall of the labour income share in advanced economies
Estrada García, Angel; Valdeolivas Casillas, Eva - 2012
The labour income share is a key determinant of relevant macroeconomic variables, such as competitiveness, inflation, human capital accumulation, demand and income distribution. Simple economic models predict that the labour income share will fluctuate around a long-run value, thus implying a...
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Understanding the Spanish business innovation gap : the role of spillovers and firms' absorptive capacity
López García, Paloma; Montero Montero, José Manuel - 2010
This paper investigates whether the existence of knowledge spillovers, differences in the capacity of firms to assimilate them and disparities in some human resource management practices are related with the decision to innovate of Spanish firms. In order to do this, we employ data from the...
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Der Arbeitsmarkt für besonders qualifizierte Fach- und Führungskräfte : Jahresbericht 2003
Arbeitsmarktinformationsstelle der ZAV, Zentralstelle … - 2004
Dieser Bericht über den Arbeitsmarkt für hoch qualifizierte Fach- und Führungskräfte in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wird im Rahmen der Informationspflicht der Bundesagentur für Arbeit veröffentlicht.Zur Analyse dieses Teilarbeitsmarktes werden herangezogen:a) Die Statistik über...
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Der Arbeitsmarkt für besonders qualifizierte Fach- und Führungskräfte : Jahresbericht 2002
Arbeitsmarktinformationsstelle der ZAV, Zentralstelle … - 2003
Dieser Bericht über den Arbeitsmarkt für hoch qualifizierte Fach- und Führungskräfte in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wird im Rahmen der Informationspflicht der Bundesagentur für Arbeit veröffentlicht. Zur Analyse dieses Teilarbeitsmarktes werden herangezogen.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449368
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468745