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Urban water utilities are a typical case of a public service with regulated prices. This paper examines the costs of the service, which must be understood if rates are to be set and controlled on an appropriate basis. We adopt a highly practical approach. In the first place, we establish two...
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Individual behaviour with respect to time has received the attention of economists since the beginnings of the nineteenth century and, against this background, the aim of this work is to review the literature on the economics of time preference from both the theoretical and applied points of...
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Los aceites usados son un residuo peligroso del que pueden derivarse graves daños medioambientales si su gestión es inadecuada; al mismo tiempo, tienen un indudable valor económico, ya que conservan gran parte de los hidrocarburos que los lubricantes contenían originalmente. La gestión de los...
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En este trabajo se analiza la evolución de la productividad total de los factores (PTF) y su influencia en el proceso de convergencia regional en el periodo 1964-1991. El punto de partida es el cálculo de índices de PTF, incluyendo como factor productivo el capital público. Utilizando...
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