Search Results - subject:"POLITICAL PROCESS"

Complementing distance based charges with discounted registration fees in the reform of road user charges: the impact for motorists and government revenue

Hensher, David; Mulley, Corinne - In: Transportation 41 (2014) 4, pp. 697-715

The call for a congestion charge is getting louder and more frequent in many countries as major metropolitan areas experience increasing levels of road congestion. This is often accompanied by a recognition that governments need to find new sources of revenue to maintain existing road networks...

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Ethics, politics, and Nonsatiation in Consumption: A Synthesis

Sanson, João Rogério - In: Economia 8 (2007) 1, pp. 1-20

In contrast with the production of goods and services by firms, where the production costs are minimized under appropriate behavioral assumptions, consumer-producers in neoclassical theory maximize consumption expenditure, i.e., production costs of their outputs. According to Kenneth Boulding,...

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Institutional Competition, Political Process and Holdup

Deffains, Bruno; Demougin, Dominique - Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, … - 2006

SFB 649 Discussion Paper 2006-027 Institutional Competition, Political Process and Holdup … R I S K B E R L I N Institutional Competition, Political Process and Holdup … closed economy and assume that the political process selects bargaining power to maximize society’s total welfare. Thus, we …

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Potential Pitfalls in PPP Policy Application: Lessons Learned from National Highway Development Programmes in India

Tsukada, Shunso - In: Journal of Infrastructure Development 5 (2013) 1, pp. 87-102

Successfully implementing publicâ€“private partnerships (PPP) depend on the establishment of effective policy and institutional frameworks. While such factors play a significant role, practitioners often face obstacles posed by other less visible, and often indefinable, factors. The purpose...

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The framing of product ideas in the making : a case study of the development of an energy saving pump

Gish, Liv; Clausen, Christian - In: Technology analysis & strategic management 25 (2013) 9, pp. 1085-1101

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Potential pitfalls in PPP policy application : lessons learned from national highway development programmes in India

Tsukada, Shunso - In: Journal of infrastructure development 5 (2013) 1, pp. 87-102

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Empirics of the median voter: democracy, redistribution and the role of the middle class

Scervini, Francesco - In: Journal of Economic Inequality 10 (2012) 4, pp. 529-550

This paper improves the empirical investigation on the effectiveness of the median voter theorem. Using high quality data, it is possible to directly observe individual net cash transfers in several countries and to investigate the effects of taxes and transfers on different social classes and...

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Is it possible to achieve both a simple and efficient public transport zone fare structure? Case study Oslo

Jansson, Kjell; Angell, Truls - In: Transport Policy 20 (2012) C, pp. 150-161

In many urban areas in the world zone systems are used for public transport fares. Such systems may approximately accord with economically efficient pricing. The reason is that zones can vary with size and location so that prices can approximately reflect the social marginal costs of journeys.

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Empirics of the median voter: democracy, redistribution and the role of the middle class

Scervini, Francesco - In: Journal of economic inequality 10 (2012) 4, pp. 529-550

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Leadership and Conflict

Jennings, Colin; Hamlin, Alan - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2004

We model the choice of leaders of groups within society, where leaders influence both the mode of interaction between groups (either peaceful compromise or costly conflict) and the outcome of these interactions. Group members may choose leaders strategically/instrumentally or they may choose...

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