This paper examines sater subsidies and their influence in consumption and demand on water. Actually, water prizes don't allow the full cost recovery as it's established in the Water Frame Directive of the European Union. In this sense, prizes policy doesn't give adequate information and...

From 1974 through 1997 the Galapagos experienced very rapid population growth, around six per cent per year. Sustained at this level, the population would continue to double every 12 years. Increased population brings an increased risk of invasive introduced species, which endangers the fragile...

This study shows that agricultural policies in Argentine agriculture substantially reduced the growth rate of output in 1940-1980.

This study is based on a statistical analysis of the Turkish professional football and provides a football competition index for over 40 years.

The paper provides a survey of Community Exchange and Trading Systems such as the 'Tauschringe'.

The Federal Government referred the citrus growing and processing industries to the Commission for inquiry and report. The inquiry examines the current situation and outlook for the citrus growing and processing industries and whether any measures are necessary to enhance the industry's...

Valuation studies have considerably increased our knowledge of the value of ecosystems. Their usefulness has often been undermined, however, by a failure to properly frame them so as to address the specific question of interest. Valuation is not a single activity, and the seemingly simple...

The expectations about the growth of e-commerce are often discrepant, because it’s not easy to qualify the importance of such a fast developing phenomenon. Beside estimations in which the number of the e- trading sites is constantly growing, we witnessed the failure of many successful...

„h Many resource users undertake actions that conserve biodiversity. If, however, there were public demand for more conservation than would be provided voluntarily by the private sector alone, there are two broad principles for determining who should bear the costs ¡X ¡¥impacter pays¡¦ or...