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Performance model to assist solar thermal power plant siting in northern Chile based on backup fuel consumption

Larraín, Teresita; Escobar, Rodrigo; Vergara, Julio - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 8, pp. 1632-1643

In response to environmental awareness, Chile introduced sustainability goals in its electricity law. Power producers …

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The state of solar energy resource assessment in Chile

Ortega, Alberto; Escobar, Rodrigo; Colle, Sergio; … - In: Renewable Energy 35 (2010) 11, pp. 2514-2524

measurement stations in northern Chile. Recent efforts by the authors have resulted in a preliminary assessment by satellite image … processing. Here, we compare the existing databases of solar radiation in Chile. Monthly mean solar energy maps are created from …

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Industry trade and exchange-rate fluctuations: Evidence from the U.S. and Chile

Bahmani-Oskooee, Mohsen; Harvey, Hanafiah; Hegerty, Scott W. - In: International Review of Economics & Finance 29 (2014) C, pp. 619-626

responses, but also dynamic effects such as the “J curve.” This study examines the United States' trade balance with Chile, both …

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A general equilibrium, ex-post evaluation of the EU–Chile Free Trade Agreement

Jean, Sébastien; Mulder, Nanno; Ramos, María Priscila - In: Economic Modelling 41 (2014) C, pp. 33-45

This paper evaluates the impact on the Chilean economy of the EU–Chile Free Trade Agreement, in force since 2003, based … agreement is found to be slightly beneficial to Chile's economy on the whole, benefiting mainly unskilled labor, with gains …

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Livestock manure and crop residue for energy generation: Macro-assessment at a national scale

Bidart, Christian; Fröhling, Magnus; Schultmann, Frank - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 38 (2014) C, pp. 537-550

Livestock manure and crop residue can be processed in an environmentally acceptable way through anaerobic digestion to generate biogas, also, under an integrated production scheme, providing fertiliser and heat as by-products. The most valuable use of the produced biogas (i.e. for the generation...

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Micro-multinational or not? International entrepreneurship, networking and learning effects

Dimitratos, Pavlos; Amorós, José Ernesto; Etchebarne, … - In: Journal of Business Research 67 (2014) 5, pp. 908-915

Micro-multinational enterprises (mMNEs) represent a new breed of smaller firms in the field of international entrepreneurship. This study investigates the effects of the three sets of variables, namely international entrepreneurship (which encompasses innovativeness, proactiveness and...

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Determinants of in-store price knowledge for packaged products: An empirical study in a Chilean hypermarket

Olavarrieta, Sergio; Hidalgo, Pedro; Manzur, Enrique; … - In: Journal of Business Research 65 (2012) 12, pp. 1759-1766

Understanding variations in shopper price knowledge is important to academics identifying their sources, and to retail managers whose pricing strategies may depend on the extent of shopper price knowledge (or lack of) within the items they manage, since price knowledge is an important driver of...

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Do reductions of standard hours affect employment transitions?: Evidence from Chile

Sánchez, Rafael - In: Labour Economics 20 (2013) C, pp. 24-37

This study exploits the reduction of weekly working hours from 48 to 45 announced in Chile in 2001 and implemented in …

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Inequality and the Politics of Social Policy Implementation: Gender, Age and Chile’s 2004 Health Reforms

Ewig, Christina; Palmucci, Gastón A. - In: World Development 40 (2012) 12, pp. 2490-2504

Regarding scholarship on the political determinants of inequality, little attention has been paid to policy … gender and age inequality. We find that reforms intended to decrease these inequalities largely failed. Analysis of this …

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Bauwens, Thomas; Lemaître, Andreia - In: World Development 64 (2014) C, pp. 65-78

, using a “popular economy” analytical framework and focusing on the case of Chile. First, we present the context of the … research, namely the economic and political evolutions in Chile since the 1970s and their effects on the popular economy. Then …

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