Search Results - subject:"STANDARDS"

Spatial Heterogeneity and the Choice of Instruments to Control Nonpoint Pollution

Wu, JunJie; Babcock, Bruce - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 18 (2001) 2, pp. 173-192

Because it is difficult to monitor emissions and to implement differentialtaxes and standards, uniform taxes and … standards on agricultural chemicaluse are often proposed and used to control nonpoint-source pollution. Thisarticle analyzes the …

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Analyzing the Effects of Labor Standards on U.S. Export Performance: A Time Series Approach With Structural Change

Rodriguez, Gabriel; Samy, Yiagadeesen - Département d'Économie / Department of Economics, … - 2001

We analyze the empirical effects of different measures of labor standards on the export performance of the United … show that the labor standards, represented by the number of hours worked, the rate of occupational injuries and the … labor standards may both improve or lead to a deterioration in export performance. …

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Competitive Distortions in EU Environmental Legislation: Inefficiency versus Inequity

Laan, Rob Van der; Nentjes, Andries - In: European Journal of Law and Economics 11 (2001) 2, pp. 131-152

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Globalisation and the World Trade Organization

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001

In its latest annual report, of which this is an extract, the Productivity Commission responds to current misconceptions about globalisation and the World Trade Organization (WTO). The Commission notes that, among other trends, there has been a five-fold increase in average per capita income...

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The Adoption of Labour Standards Conventions: Who, When and Why?

Chau, Nancy H; Kanbur, Ravi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

The ratification of ILO Labour Standards Conventions is a key explanatory variable in the empirical literature linking … labour standards to economic performance. The assumption is that ratification gives information about labour standards … labour standards. We find considerable variation across different Conventions, and across developing and developed countries …

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Globalisation and GMOs: Evolution, Regulation and Distributional Consequences of the Biotechnological Food Revolution.

Thorpe, A.; Robinson, C. - Department of Economics, University of Portsmouth - 2001

This paper aims to identify the likely winners and losers in the biotechnological revolution by firstly reviewing the history of GM technology and identifies the scientific risks to the consumer and environment, arising from the cultivation of GM crops and the consumers perceptions thereof.

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Information retrieval commands for CD‐ROM: a comparison of SPIRS, OnDisc and ISI‐CD with NISO/ISO standards

Jeevan, V.K.J. - In: Online Information Review 25 (2001) 3, pp. 196-209

This paper deals with standardising commands for CD‐ROM searching, such as NISO Z 39.58 and ISO 8777, and the command languages evolved through EasyNet and Euronet. The standard commands are also compared with the software from database providers SilverPlatter, Dialog, and ISI. Apart from a...

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Accounting standards and the property manager: a case study

Eccles, Timothy; Holt, Andrew - In: Property Management 19 (2001) 5, pp. 417-433

accounts as a monopoly of its professional domination of the creation and implementation of accounting standards. Because of …

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Temporary social dumping, union legalisation and FDI: a note on the strategic use of standards

Leahy, Dermot; Montagna, Catia - In: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 9 (2001) 3, pp. 243-259

This paper analyses the welfare implications for a developing country of using union legalisation as a policy instrument to attract inward foreign direct investment. While its presence may discourage a foreign multinational (MNE) from locating in the host country, unionisation is an important...

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Why globalisation is good - some reflections on the ethics of globalisation

Machan, Tibor R. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 3 (2001) 2, pp. 186-199

standards of human life and should we, therefore, support it? Or do the many critics have a decisive point against it?" …

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