Large estimates of the benefits of microeconomic reform have been put forward in official studies. By contrast, Quiggin (1997) concludes that benefits of microeconomic reforms have been modest. A key area of disagreement relates to the claim that increased competition leads to increases in...

The evolution of social/physical distancing narratives throughout the COVID19 pandemic has left the concept itself ambiguous and vague while cutting through the borderlines between private and public. In the case of Serbia, economy-driven policies have shifted the focus from isolation, solitude...

A Brookings Intézet valódi amerikai „think tank”: olyan washingtoni székhelyű, nonprofit szervezet, amely a közpolitikák teljes spektrumát átfogó, színvonalas kutatási és oktatási tevékenységet folytat. Az Intézet elsősorban a társadalomtudományokra, azokon belül is a...

A tanulmány elsősorban európai gazdaságok nyugdíjrendszereinek helyzetét elemzi finanszírozási szempontból. Jelen cikkben egy korábban végzett OECD-országok közötti (Holtzer [szerk.] 2010), illetve egy európai országok közötti (Havran [2011]) elemzésre alapozva, az ott talált...

We estimate a wildfire risk model with a new measure of wildfire output, intensity-weighted risk and use it in Monte Carlo simulations to estimate welfare changes from alternative prescribed burning policies. Using Volusia County, Florida as a case study, an annual prescribed burning rate of 13%...

Given that information technology (IT) security has emerged as animportant issue in the last few years, the subject of securityinformation sharing among firms, as a tool to minimize securitybreaches, has gained the interest of practitioners and academics. Topromote the disclosure and sharing of...

A plethora of literature exists on irrigation development. However, only a few studies analyse the distributional issues associated with irrigation induced technological changes (IITC) in the context of commodity markets. Furthermore, these studies deal with only the theoretical arguments and to...

This thesis consists of three empirical chapters related to distributional outcomes, such as poverty and inequality, in three different contexts.Chapter 1 outlines a class of statistical procedures that permit testing of a broad range of multidimensional stochastic dominance hypotheses. We apply...

This thesis identifies the conditions under which and quantifies how much society gains from integrating demand response directly into wholesale electricity markets and the level of participation that will bring about these improvements. Furthermore, it identifies the conditions under which the...

Background Hungarian SF-36 population norm data were last collected in 1997–1998 and have not been updated since, reducing their relevance and limiting their usability and comparability. This study aimed to establish contemporary normative data for the SF-36 domain and standardised summary...