This paper models the locations of landfills and transfer stations and simultaneously determines the sizes of the landfills that are to be established. The model is formulated as a bi-objective mixed integer optimization problem, in which one objective is the usual cost-minimization, while the...

The main objective of this study is to develop an economic analysis estimating the solid waste quantities and optimal hauling distance to install transfer stations in Colombia, according to landfill location. This goal is met by using a difference in differences approach (impact evaluation...

The main objective of this study is to develop an economic analysis estimating the solid waste quantities and optimal hauling distance to install transfer stations in Colombia, according to landfill location. This goal is met by using a difference in differences approach (impact evaluation...

This study considers the effect that judicial and police efficiency exercised on crime in 25 of the 33 political-administrative divisions in Colombia during the period 2000- 2011. Specifically, the study seeks to determine whether the reduction of crime was the result of increases in the cost of...

ABSTRACTEast Asia has been experiencing an epic progress of regionalism overthe last decade with China, Japan, and Korea (CJK) as the most prominentactors. Regionally speaking, East Asia has been nurtured by a market-drivenexpansion of trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) that leads the...

Service industries play a core role in advanced economies, both from a quantitative a strategic point of view. Traditionally, productivity has been introduced as explaining factor of tertiarization processes in developed economies, while it has been simultaneously assessed that services display...

The paper analyzes causes of movements in Indian wages for rural unskilled male laborers, and assesses their impact on inflation. Theoretical priors derived from an analytical framework based on the concepts of fair wages, salience and over-reaction are tested using a State level rural wage data...

Este trabajo discute el proceso de emparejamiento entre las vacantes y los desempleados para la ciudad de Santiago de Cali con datos de panel entre 1994 y el 2000 usando datos del SPE - SENA. Los resultados muestran rendimientos crecientes en la función de emparejamiento con respecto a las...

En este artículo se ofrece una metodología dirigida a cuantificar el grado de solidaridad interterritorial a través de los recursos con los que cuentan las Comunidades Autónomas (CCAA) procedentes, en su mayor parte, del sistema de financiación autonómica. Esta metodología se fundamenta...

The deforestation of the Amazon forest is one of the most important environmental problems faced by the Brazilian government. The economic literature points to numerous factors responsible for deforestation, and many of these are, directly or indirectly, derived from federal spending. This...