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A typology of impact pathways generated by a public agricultural research organization
Matt, M.; Colinet, L.; Gaunand, A.; Joly, P.B. - Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, … - 2015
This paper builds a typology of impact pathways generated by an agricultural public research organization, namely INRA … of translation. One Class is characterized by long-term partnerships, generating high impacts. INRA coordinates complex … research projects and structures the diffusion process to facilitate market access. In a second Class INRA conducts long term …
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Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Democratic Ideal
Nyborg, Karine; Spangen, Inger - 1997
In traditional cost-benefit analyses of public projects, every citizen's willingness to pay for a project is given an equal weight. This is sometimes taken to imply that cost-benefit analysis is a democratic method for making public decisions, as opposed to, for example, political processes...
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Rising Creative Class in India
Rao, A. S. - 2015
Industrialization transformed the agrarian landscape of Europe and US into a land of glass amp; steel with bellowing chimneys dotting cities amp; country side. This massive transformation of economy catalyzed drastic, often calamitous, changes in social structure, attitudes and beliefs. Similar...
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On the Foundations of Well-Being Economics and Policy
munda, giuseppe - Unitat d'Història Econòmica, Universitat Autònoma de … - 2013
When one wishes to implement public policies, there is a previous need of comparing different actions and valuating and evaluating them to assess their social attractiveness. Recently the concept of well-being has been proposed as a multidimensional proxy for measuring societal prosperity and...
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Climate Justice
Farber, Daniel A. - 2014
In their book Climate Change Justice, Eric Posner and David Weisbach advocate adoption of an economically optimal climate treaty coupled with foreign aid (to handle distributional issues with poor countries) and increased investment (to transfer funds to future generations harmed by climate...
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Pareto Principle and Competing Principles
Kaplow, Louis - 2005
The Pareto principle, the seemingly incontrovertible dictum that if all individuals prefer some regime to another then so should society, may conflict with competing principles. Arrow's impossibility theorem and Sen's liberal paradox are two notable examples. Subsequent work indicates more...
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Time in Cost-Benefit Analysis
Rowell, Arden - 2015
Agencies are accustomed to considering questions of discounting — the process that makes monetary amounts comparable through time. But valuing the future is a distinctive enterprise for reasons that go beyond discounting. This Article explores two basic features of time that create challenges...
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Optimal Income Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This article explores subjects in optimal income taxation characterized by recent research interest, practical importance in light of concerns about inequality, potential for misunderstanding, and prospects for advancement. Throughout, the analysis highlights paths for further investigation....
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Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Democratic Ideal
Nyborg, Karine; Spangen, Inger - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 1997
In traditional cost-benefit analyses of public projects, every citizen’s willingness to pay for a project is given an equal weight. This is sometimes taken to imply that cost-benefit analysis is a democratic method for making public decisions, as opposed to, for example, political processes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980554
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L'évaluation peut-elle améliorer l'impact de la recherche ? L'approche ASIRPA
Joly, P.B.; Colinet, L.; Gaunand, A.; Lemarié, S.; … - Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, … - 2014
Cet article se fonde sur une expérience de recherche-intervention conduite au sein de l’INRA et dont l’objectif était … expérimentée à l’INRA ; elle a conduit à réaliser trente études de cas, leur analyse transversale et à intéresser les départements …
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