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Biofuel subsidies versus the gas tax: The carrot or the stick?

Mazumder, Diya B. - In: Energy Economics 44 (2014) C, pp. 361-374

This paper provides an analytical framework to examine the relative efficiencies of a revenue-neutral biofuel subsidy and a gas tax in the presence of pre-existing distortions and growing substitutability between fuels. Both policies are set to achieve a targeted reduction in gasoline use at the...

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Review of National Competition Policy Reforms

Commission, Productivity - Productivity Commission, Government of Australia

The Productivity Commission’s inquiry report into the ‘Review of the National Competition Policy Reforms’ was released in April 2005. In 2004 the Australian Government asked the Productivity Commission to look at the impact on the economy and the community of NCP and related reforms and...

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Review of National Competition Policy Reforms

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2005

In 2004, the Australian Government asked the Productivity Commission to look at the impact on the economy and the community of NCP and related reforms and for areas which offer opportunities for significant gains. The Commission found that the benefits of NCP have greatly outweighed the costs....

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Regional Inequality in Contemporary China

Zhang, Qinghua; Zou, Heng-fu - In: Annals of Economics and Finance 13 (2012) 1, pp. 113-137

This paper surveys the literature on regional inequality in contemporary China. It reviews the trend of convergence or divergence of real GDP or income across different regions in China since 1952, and examines the degree of regional inequality using different measurements. It then discusses...

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THE DIAGNOSIS ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL INNOVATION-APPROACHES AND OPINION

Hristea, Anca Maria - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2010) 1, pp. 59-65

The communitary strategic orientations that the European institutions promoted since Octomber 2006 have at their base the fact that research and innovation have a direct contribution at the prosperity and the welfare of the individual and of the community. The main objective of the research and...

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS IN ROMANIA-REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IPA CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION PROGRAMME

Popescu (Stingaciu) Ana-Maria; Nicolae-Eugen, Munteanu - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2012) 2, pp. 127-132

This research paper is based on the analysis of the sustainability aspects in cross-border cooperation programmes. The importance of this research topic consists in presenting if the implementation of the activities of the projects submitted under cross-border cooperation programmes is based on...

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Understanding Business Improvement District formation: An analysis of neighborhoods and boundaries

Meltzer, Rachel - In: Journal of Urban Economics 71 (2012) 1, pp. 66-78

Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) provide supplemental services to urban commercial corridors using funds from member assessments. They have become a very popular urban revitalization tool, but their formation is still largely unexplained. Theory implies that BIDs will form if they add to...

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INNOVATION - THE CORNERSTONE OF ECONOMIC SUCCES AT EUROPEAN LEVEL

Hristea, Anca Maria - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2010) 2, pp. 57-62

In a world that is in a permanent change, in which the interdependencies between the states are more and more obvious and the rivalry and the inequalities between the nations deepen, one of the main objectives of the actual era wishes to be the growth of the competitivity and innovation degree...

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Forecasting Investment Needs in South Africa's Electricity and Telecom Sectors

Å½eljko Bogetic; Fedderke, Johannes - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2005

The paper uses a 52-country panel-data for the period 1980-2002 to estimate demand for electricity and telecom services and, based on these estimates, project investment needs in South Africa through 2010 for two growth scenarios. Projections of average annual investment needs in electricity and...

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First Time Underwater: The Impact of the First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit

Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012

intention was to spur home buying and put an end to the plunge in home prices, which were dropping at an annual rate of close to … end of 2011, nationwide home prices had fallen by 8.4 percent since the credit-induced peak reached in the second quarter … to sell their homes at prices that were still partially inflated by the bubble. This was good for these homeowners, as …

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