This paper presents operational metrics to determine a passenger transportation system's resilience to terrorism. The metrics range from those specific to the number of trips to more holistic measures that include the contribution of these trips directly and indirectly to economic activity....

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 HOW TO GET OUT OF A CONTRACT -- 2 IS THERE A CONTRACT? -- 3 ARE YOU A PARTY TO THE CONTRACT? -- 4 WHAT ARE THE KEY RELEVANT TERMS? -- 5 COMPETITION LAW ISSUES -- 6 TERMINATION FOR BREACH -- 7 MISREPRESENTATION AND WAIVER -- 8 REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT -- 9...

ABSTRACTSTaxes on environmental externalities have long been recognized in the economics literature as a cost-effective mechanism for reducing the costs of environmental degradation. However, in recent years there has been substantial interest in other possible benefits from environmental taxes,...

This thesis aims to contribute to a further understanding of the real dynamics of OPEC production behavior and its impacts on the world oil market. A literature review in this area shows that the existing studies on OPEC still have some major deficiencies in theoretical interpretation and...