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The economic and environmental factors of water in arid regions: Study of the rural water use in Northern Darfur Region, Sudan
Mohamed, Issam A.W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We develop hypothetical policy scenarios in this part of the paper which are simulated using a product-by-industry economic-ecological model to investigate their impacts on water and other ecological commodities. Results are expected to contribute to the establishment of alternative policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147859
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Efficiency assessment of primary care providers: A conditional nonparametric approach
Ferrera, Cordero; Manuel, Jose; Alonso Morán, Edurne; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper uses a fully nonparametric approach to estimate efficiency measures for primary care units incorporating the effect of (exogenous) environmental factors. This methodology allows us to account for different types of variables (continuous and discrete) describing the main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114105
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Mutual Altruism: Evidence from Alzheimer Patients and Their Spouse Caregivers
König, Markus; Pfarr, Christian; Zweifel, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
. The treatment Stabilization prevents the worsening of the disease, bringing dementia to a standstill. Cure restores … patient health to its original level. In No burden, dementia takes its normal course while caregiver’s burden is reduced to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258126
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Improving the measurement of QALYs in dementia: developing patient- and carer-reported health state classification systems using Rasch analysis
Mulhern, B; Smith, SC; Rowen, D; Brazier, JE; Knapp, M; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
perform well with people with dementia. We report the development of a health state classification system amenable to … valuation for use in studies of dementia, derived from the DEMQOL system, a measure of health-related quality of life in … dementia by patient self-report (DEMQOL) and carer proxy-report (DEMQOL-Proxy). Methods: Factor analysis was used to determine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004841
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The Economic Costs of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Pacific Islands
Anderson, Ian - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2013
There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an important international and development issue globally, undermining health gains and imposing financial and economic costs on governments and households. NCDs are an important health challenge in the Pacific. First,...
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Business relationships in China: Lessons about deep trust
Kriz, Anton; Keating, Byron W. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Trust is acknowledged as a central tenet of business relationships. Yet for all the attention it receives, rarely has trust been investigated in the Chinese business setting. This paper uses an emic approach to unearth some within-culture ‘truths’ about Chinese notions of trust in business...
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Expressing Emotion and Fairness Crowding-out in an Ultimatum Game with Incomplete Information
Chen, Josie I; Kamei, Kenju - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Recent experimental research has shown that when rating systems are available, buyers are more generous in accepting unfair offers made by sellers. It has also shown that sellers make fairer decisions when they are rated, while some studies show that they are little affected by the rating...
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Predictable and Predictive Emotions: Explaining Cheap Signals and Trust Re-Extension
Schniter, Eric; Sheremeta, Roman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
apologies, to encourage trust re-extension. We used a pair of trust games with one-way communication and an emotion survey to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111225
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Satisfaction and Disappointment in Consumer Choices
Egbert, Henrik; Mengov, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This article investigates the role emotions play in economic decisions. In a computer based experiment our participants were the consumers of a fictitious service bearing resemblance to that offered by mobile phone operators. In each of 17 rounds a participant had to choose between retaining the...
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Genetic Determinants of Financial Risk Taking
Kuhnen, Camelia M.; Chiao, Joan Y. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Individuals vary in their willingness to take financial risks. Here we show that variants of two genes that regulate dopamine and serotonin neurotransmission and have been previously linked to emotional behavior, anxiety and addiction (5-HTTLPR and DRD4) are significant determinants of risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623528