Search Results - subject:"commitment"

Possajennikov, Alex - School of Economics, University of Nottingham

The paper proves that in two-player logit form symmetric contests with concave success function, commitment to a … provides a contest-like game in which commitment does not increase a player's payoff for any number of players. … ___________________________________________________ Discussion Paper No. 08/13 Commitment in Symmetric Contests By Alex Possajennikov December 2008 …

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Dynamic environmental policy in developing countries in the presence of a balance of trade deficit and a tariff

Batabyal, A.; Beladi, H.; Lee, D. - Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

We first review the literature pertaining to the protection of the modern sector in developing countries (DCs). We then discuss the nexuses between protection, economic dualism, and optimal environmental policy in DCs. Next, in the theoretical part of the paper, we construct a dynamic model of...

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Dynamic environmental policy in developing countries in the presence of a balance of trade deficit and a tariff

Batabyal, A.; Beladi, H.; Lee, D. - Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

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Bad Translation or Double Standards? Productivity and Accountability Across the Private, Public and Voluntary Sectors

Stein, Janice - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

In this chapter by Janice Stein warns about the dangers of adopting a narrow conception of productivity and efficiency. Building on her analysis in The Cult of Efficiency, she argues that the language of efficiency, understood narrowly as cost-effectiveness, confronts distinctive problems when...

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Dynamic environmental policy in developing countries with a dual economy

Lee, D.; Batabyal, A. - Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University

We analyze a dynamic model of environmental policy in a stylized developing country (DC) with a dual economy. This DC’s economy is distorted because the government subsidizes the exports of the non-polluting sector of the economy. We analyze the employment and output effects of three different...

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UNCTAD - regulation versus self-regulation

Malinowski, W. R. - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 7 (1972) 9, pp. 279-282

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On the definition of transnational corporations in a UN code of conduct

Schetting, Gerd - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 15 (1980) 2, pp. 76-80

The UN Commission on Transnational Corporations which was appointed by ECOSOC will have its next meeting in May. An Intergovernmental Working Group will have held ten sessions by then and present a draft Code of Conduct dealing with transnational corporations. (For a review of the state of...

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The state of preparations for a UN code of conduct

Scheele, Hartmut - In: Intereconomics : review of European economic policy 14 (1979) 6, pp. 273-277

In the United Nations an Intergovernmental Working Group tries to cope with the phenomenon of transnational corporations by working on a code of conduct. Hartmut Scheele, who participated in this work, reviews the results the Group has achieved up to now.

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Are U.S. ReserveRequirements Still Binding?

Bennett, Paul; Peristiani, Stavros - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>

The Federal Reserve requires U.S. commercial banks andother depository institutions to hold a minimum level ofreserves in proportion to certain liabilities. On occasion, thecentral bank has reduced reserve requirements—such as in1990, when requirements on large time deposits were dropped,and...

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Balanced or Unbalanced Development: Special Economic Zones as Catalysts for Transition

Litwack, John; Qian, Yingyi - Department of Economics, Stanford University

: Unbalanced Development, Special Economic Zones, Political Constraint, Commitment, Transition Economies <p> Journal of Economic …

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