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Time Preference and Its Relationship with Age, Health, and Longevity Expectations
Chao, Li-wei; Szrek, Helena; Pereira, Nuno Sousa; … - 2007
Although theories in both evolutionary biology and economics predict that an individual’s health should be associated … collecting detailed measures of health, time preference, and expected longevity on a sample of individuals in townships around … preference and health, in an area of the world with high mortality and morbidity. Interestingly, we find that both physical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009439141
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Voices of the Poor: Poverty and Growth in Albania
Tsaneva, Magda - 2007
analysis is to investigate the importance of health, education, and infrastructure indicators for income growth. The second … health. Only the higher education of poor urban households seems to have affected prospects for growing out of poverty, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009474975
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Voices of the Poor: Poverty and Growth in Albania
Tsaneva, Magda - 2007
analysis is to investigate the importance of health, education, and infrastructure indicators for income growth. The second … health. Only the higher education of poor urban households seems to have affected prospects for growing out of poverty, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009474985
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Petroleum marketing monthly, April 1999, with data for January 1999
2009
The Petroleum Marketing Monthly (PMM) provides information and statistical data on a variety of crude oils and refined petroleum products. The publication presents statistics on crude oil costs and refined petroleum products sales for use by industry, government, private sector analysts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435396
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The importance of trade in services and environmental amenities to the location of producer service activities in the western United States
Allison, T. - 2008
The use of business services has had an increasingly important effect on economic performance in many industries, with the ability of firms in a given location to respond to changes in external markets, production techniques and material supplies often determined by the local provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435432
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Imbedding dynamic responses with imperfect information into static portraits of the regional impact of climate change
Yohe, G.W. - 2008
It is becoming increasingly clear, at least on a theoretical level, that modelers of the potential impacts of climate change must impose that change upon the world as it will be configured sometime in the future rather than confine their attention to considerations of what would happen to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435515
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United States -- Mexican joint ventures: A case history approach
Moore, N.L.; Chidester, R.J.; Hughes, K.R.; Fowler, R.A. - 2008
Because the Mexican government has encouraged investment in Mexico by increasing the percentage of ownership of a Mexican business that a US company can hold, joint ventures are more attractive now than they had been in the past. This study provides preliminary information for US renewable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435543
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The past, present, and future of U.S. utility demand-side management programs
Eto, J. - 2009
Demand-side management or DSM refers to active efforts by electric and gas utilities to modify customers` energy use patterns. The experience in the US shows that utilities, when provided with appropriate incentives, can provide a powerful stimulus to energy efficiency in the private sector....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435598
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Expanding the role of the cost engineer
Stutz, R.A.; Shaw, R.F. - 2009
doing routine occupation health physicals for the Laboratory. Generally, these questions are concerned about why the costs … levels; based on age, sex, type of work, and years since last physical. The LANL Health Services are housed in a 12 …,600 square foot building close to the population center of the Laboratory Health Services, produced by a staff of seven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435601
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Operations research and systems analysis of geopressured/geothermal resources in Texas. Final report
Lesso, W.G.; Zinn, C.D.; Cornwell, J. - 2007
A preliminary resource assessment, based on the best available parameters, was made to identify potentially suitable fairways. Of those examined only the Brazoria Fairway in the Frio Formation was able to produce sufficient fluid to meet the minimum requirements. These requirements are based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435603