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This study examines the growth of global mobile telephony and the economic factors that affect this growth. Mobile telephony has exhibited substantial growth in the decade to 2000 and this growth is expected to continue with the introduction of technically advanced mobile cellular networks. A...
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Yohe and Tol (2001) built an indexing method for vulnerability based on the hypothesis that the adaptive capacity for any system facing a vector of external stresses could be explained by the weakest of eight underlying determinants – the so-called “weakest link” hypothesis. Subsequent...
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Traditional resource economics has been criticised for assuming too high elasticities of substitution, not observing … conditions even when elasticities of substitution between capital and resources are low and the supply of physical capital is …
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German airports possess market power and therefore need special regulatory attendence. We calculate a substitution … analysis is complemented by an assessment of intermodal substitution and countervailing power of airlines. The study gives …
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To quantify price responsiveness and economic substitutability among wheat classes, derived demand functions were specified from a normalized quadratic profit function. Own-price and cross-price elasticities were estimated for hard red winter, hard red spring, soft wheat (combined red and...
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substitution between any two production factors should be unaffected by a third factor that is separable from the others. This … energy affects the conclusions about the ease of substitution among nonenergy factors. We find ample empirical evidence to …
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This paper provides an overview of the analysis of the indirect effects of active labour market policies. Indirect effects arise where some of the improved labour market outcomes for programme participants come at the expense of other workers or jobseekers. The paper outlines some common...
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essentially assume substitution between different technologies. This result implies that fixed and mobile internet services …
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bookmakers to analyse potential substitution between lottery play and bookmaker betting. We find some evidence that bettors do ….e. when there is a rollover or Superdraw. This substitution has a highly specific pattern of timing that varies by sector. Our … results further suggest that bettors rationally engage in forward-looking substitution within their betting portfolios. …
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