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Would Subsidizing a Food Pathogen Vaccine Upset the Food Policy Applecart
Marette, Stephan; Roe, Brian E.; Teisl, Mario F. - 2010
Vaccines against several common foodborne pathogens are being developed and could substantially alter the policy tools available to address foodborne illness. However, little analysis is available to suggest how social welfare would be affected by these new vaccines. To address this void, we use...
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Ownership concentration & firm performance: Evidence from an emerging market
Grosfeld, Irena - 2006
The initial view of the advantages of ownership concentration in joint stock companies was determined by the concern about the opportunistic managerial behavior. The growing importance of knowledge and human capital in the operation of firms shifts the focus of concern: excessive ownership...
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Essays in Corporate Governance: Issues and Evidence from Equity Carve-Outs
Kayanga, Andrew Mulindwa - 2008
This dissertation consists of three essays examining the relation between corporate governance and firm performance. The theme of this study is that the widely documented long-term underperformance in equity carve-outs can be partly explained by weak corporate governance. The first essay...
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Behavioural differences among Chinese firms - from the perspective of earnings determination
Meng, Xin; Perkins, Frances - 1996
China’s industrial sector: state enterprises, collective enterprises, and private enterprises. Market-oriented economic …
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Theory and Evidence on the Relationship Between Ownership Structure and Capital Structure
Brailsford, Tim; Oliver, Barry; Pua, Sandra L. H - 1999
The agency relationship between managers and shareholders has the potential to influence decision-making in the firm which in turn potentially impacts on firm characteristics such as value and leverage. Prior evidence has demonstrated an association between ownership structure and firm value....
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Pengaruh Struktur Kepemilikan, Ukuran Perusahaan, dan Praktek Corporate Governance Terhadap Kinerja Keuangan Perusahaan Perbankan yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia
Tarigan, Daniel Pasarella - 2011
The purpose of this research was to test the effect of ownership structure, company size, corporate governance practices in this research in which proxies into the size of the Board of Commissioners, the proportion of the Independent Commissioners and Audit Committee on Company Financial...
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Check-Testing of Manufacturer Self Reported Labeling Data& Compliance with MEPS
Zhou, Nan; Zhou, Nan; Zheng, Nina; Fridley, David; … - 2008
China first adopted minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) in 1989. Today, there are standards for a wide range of … domestic, commercial and selected industrial equipment. In 1999, China launched a voluntary endorsement label, which has grown … to cover over 40 products including water-saving products. Further, in 2005, China started a mandatory energy information …
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China Refrigerator Information Label: Specification Development and Potential Impact
Fridley, David; Fridley, David; Zheng, Nina; Zhou, Nan; … - 2008
In the last five years, China's refrigerator market has grown rapidly, and now urban markets are showing signs of … the first half of 2007, when the draft standard was completed under the direction of the China National Institute of … of the label on China's market, CLASP further provided assistance to CNIS to collect data on both the efficiency …
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Accelerating the Adoption of Second-Tier Reach Standards forApplicable Appliance Products in China
Lin, Jiang; Fridley, David - 2008
The minimum energy efficiency standards program for household appliances in China was initiated in 1989. Since 1996 …, CLASP and its implementing partner, LBNL, have assisted China in developing 11 minimum energy performance standards (MEPS … (under development). Before 2003, China's traditional approach to standards development involved small increases in …
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A prefeasibility study of energy resource options in Hainan, China
Hill, L.J.; Russell, M.; Barron, W.F.; LaRocco, P.; Shen, Z. - 2008
This study identifies a strategy that (1) provides future energy services for Hainan in the least environmentally degrading way, (2) eliminates the need to build significant amounts of new fossil-fueled, electric generating capacity, saving capital to invest in other development projects, (3)...
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