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This dissertation presents two essays on endogenous growth and renewable resources. The first essay explores the role of renewable resources in a tractable model of endogenous growth driven by horizontal and vertical innovation in the closed economy. The model is tractable in that it yields a...
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In the property rights theory of the firm, control over assets (ownership) affords bargaining power in the case of re-negotiation, providing incentives for parties to make relationship specific investments. The models predict that property rights will be allocated so as to maximise surplus...
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International clamor regarding the potential degradation of the environment in developing countries due to opening to trade has been an important issue that has moved from the streets into academic studies. This dissertation links the effect of opening to trade on resource stocks in developing...
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Taking advantage of randomly-assigned federal mineral rights, the first essay establishes the discount that mineral developers place on oil and gas leases with divided ownership. This discount is interpreted as an expectation of reduced profits as a result of transaction costs incurred in...
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Approximately one-third of the public gardens in this country areadministered by government agencies, or dependent upon … government funds forannual operating support. This research documents the basic financial frameworkfor this group of public … into three major income categories for analysis:government income, earned income, and contributed income. Funds for …
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computers for business and administrative work. The British government and civil service, paragons of meritocracy in a country … reconsolidate the nation's strength and reputation worldwide. To succeed in this project, the British government would need to …-train labor. By the 1970s, Britain's early lead in the field of computing had evaporated, government computing projects had …
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