Using the results of a survey on accepted means of payment, the authors examine merchant preferences and perceptions of retail payment reliability, risk, and costs; the share of each type of payment method over total sales; and the costs involved in accepting payments. Models are developed for...

« L’année 2021 a marqué les 50 ans de l’entrée en vigueur, au Québec, de la Loi sur la protection du consommateur. Cet ouvrage présente un bilan du mouvement consumériste au Québec, traite des enjeux qui caractérisent le rapport de pouvoir entre organisations et consommateurs et...

This volume was prepared by Luise Röpke while she was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in December 2013 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes three self-contained chapters about aspects of the integration of new...

Angesichts einer drohenden Veränderung des Weltklimas wurde die Notwendigkeit erkannt, den Ausstoß klimarelevanter Spurengase, insbesondere CO2, zu reduzieren. Ein Weg dazu könnte in der Substitution von Energieträgern bestehen, wobei sich der Elektrizitätserzeugungssektor als größter...

At present, oil markets appear to be behaving in a fashion similar to that in the late 1970s and early 1980s when oil prices rose sharply over an extended period. Furthermore, like at that time, analysts are split on whether such increases will persist or reverse, and if so by how much. The...