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Thorn in the ACCC's side: Rent ad rants and the TPA
Millen, Damien W - 2004
French J). The question before the court was whether an advertisement setting out the periodic rent payable for the lease of … goods should also show the total rent payable over the term (at 48,525). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441784
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Rent Seeking in the Cameroon Economy: Krueger's Analytic Technique Helps to Account for Development Lag in Colonial States
DeLorme, Charles D.; Kamerschen, David R.; Mbaku, John M. - 1986
Traditional economic theory regards the social costs of monopoly as the reduction in both consumer and producer surplus … the term "rent seeking' to refer to the expending of scarce resources by entrepreneurs to fight for rents created through … pervasive since the latter part of the 1800s, opportunities have been created for rent seeking. This type of activity has helped …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480687
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Expert systems and the CPI product substitution review: A needs analysis for the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arrowood, L.F.; Tonn, B.E. - 2008
This report presents recommendations relative to the use of expert systems and machine learning techniques by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to substantially automate product substitution decisions associated with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Thirteen commercially available, PC-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435890
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Expert systems and the CPI product substitution review: A needs analysis for the US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arrowood, L.F.; Tonn, B.E. - 2008
This report presents recommendations relative to the use of expert systems and machine learning techniques by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to substantially automate product substitution decisions associated with the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Thirteen commercially available, PC-based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436174
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FACTORS INFLUENCING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN CARIBBEAN AND LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
Ligeon, Carel; Gregorowicz, Philip; Jolly, Curtis M. - 2007
Alcohol consumption is considered an important social activity but a major health risk in Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC). Alcohol consumption net benefits are doubtful and the factors influencing alcohol consumption in the LAC countries are not well documented. In this study, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443324
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Three Essays in Empirical Asset Pricing
Jacobs, Thomas A. - 2010
Inflation Indexed Swap Basis (IIS Basis) in examining the large differences between cash and derivative markets based upon … future U.S. inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It reports the consistent positive value of this measure …
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Formation and dispersion of expectations : an empirical analysis with special focus on inflation
Jonas Dovern - 2009
explain the development of inflation dynamics and the formation process of inflation expectations of households respectively. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429015
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Integration of hydrothermal energy economics related quantitative studies
2007
useful in judging the credibility as well as the relative weaknesses and strengths of the various cost of energy estimation …
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Geothermal probabilistic cost study
Orren, L.H.; Ziman, G.M.; Jones, S.C.; Lee, T.K.; Noll, R. - 2007
A tool is presented to quantify the risks of geothermal projects, the Geothermal Probabilistic Cost Model (GPCM). The GPCM model is used to evaluate a geothermal reservoir for a binary-cycle electric plant at Heber, California. Three institutional aspects of the geothermal risk which can shift...
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Summary of the technical report on estimating the impact of key programmatic risk allocation decisions on Phase 1 bids and U.S. Department of Energy costs
Keisler, J.M.; Buehring, W.A. - 2009
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is privatizing the processing of hazardous and radioactive tank waste at the Hanford Site in Washington State. As part of the privatization process, a request for proposals describing the conditions and DOE`s expectations for contractor performance and...
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