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Gadgil, A.; Martino Jannuzzi, G. de - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP - 2008

We evaluate the conservation potential of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) for managing the rapidly increasing electrical energy and peak demand in India and Brazil. Using very conservative assumptions, we find that the cost of conserved energy using 16 W CFLs is 4 and 6 times less than the long...

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Measuring Transaction Costs of Fisheries Co-Management

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Trust, Introspection, and Market Participation: an Evolutionary Approach

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Game theory on strategic communication: an approach from Thomas S. Schelling

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In their recent work Thomas S. Schelling (2007, 2010), reiterating original arguments about game theory and its applications to social sciences. In particular, game theory helps to explore situations in which agents make decisions interdependent (strategic communication). Schelling's originality...

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Fragments on black swan: money, credit and finance in The Arcades Project of Walter Benjamin

Estrada, Fernando - 2010

The main objective of this paper is to present a reading of The Arcades Project by Walter Benjamin in the context of the financial crisis, in particular, reflect from a few fragments of Benjamin's work appear to lie around a Black Swan. The recovery of the fragments of The Arcades seems...

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Fragments on the black swan: money, credit and finance in The Arcades Project of Walter Benjamin

Estrada, Fernando - 2010

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International labor migration, asymmetric information and occupational choice

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We study the effect of asymmetric information in the labor market of a country on the occupational choice pattern of …

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The problem of prevention

Benoît, Jean-Pierre; Dubra, Juan - 2006

Many disasters are foreshadowed by insufficient preventative care. In this paper, we argue that there is a true problem of prevention, in that insufficient care is often the result of rational calculations on the part of agents. We identify three factors that lead to dubious efforts in care....

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