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Nile perch demand in the Netherlands: are exports from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda source-differentiated?

Muhammad, Andrew - 2009

This study examined Nile perch demand in the Netherlands and assessed the importance of country of origin as a … determining factor. Import demand equations were estimated using the absolute price version of the Rotterdam model where Nile …). The Armington framework (source-differentiation) is often used when estimating import demand for a similar product from …

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Study on Universal Postal Service and the Postal Monopoly

Fritschler, A. Lee; Pommerening, Christine; Campbell, … - 2008

The following appendices have been prepared by a team of subject-matter experts at theSchool of Public Policy at George Mason University (GMU) under a contract with thePostal Regulatory Commission (PRC).Section 702 of the Postal Enhancement and Accountability Act (PAEA) required thePostal...

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Comparative statics of a signalling game: an experimental study

Potters, J.J.M.; Winden, F.A.A.M. van - 1996

In this paper a simple and basic signaling game is studied in an experimental environment. First, we check whether we can replicate some of the findings in the literature concerning equilibrium selection and the use and impact of costly signals. Second, and foremost, the comparative statics...

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EPRI Cogeneration Models -- DEUS and COPE

1983

In the Fall of 1978, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) initiated a program for the design and evaluation of alternate cogeneration systems. The primary objective of the study is to analyze the overall system value of cogeneration. A portion of the study involved the development of a...

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Effets d'une réforme fiscale sur l'offre de travail des ménages dans un cadre collectif simulé

Bargain, Olivier; Moreau, Nicolas - 2006

La littérature contient très peu de recherches empiriques concernant les effets distributifs du système sociofiscal à l’intérieur du ménage. Nous simulons cet effet dans le cadre du modèle collectif d’offre de travail lorsque l’on passe d’une taxation jointe à une taxation...

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Absolute return volatility

Cotter, John - 2006

Volatility modelling is a key issue for the finance industry from an academic and practitioner perspective. This is understandable given the importance that volatility plays in risk management and the development of accurate risk measures in a univariate or multivariate framework. To illustrate,...

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A Unified Economic View of Space Solar Power (SSP)

Charania, Ashraf; Olds, John R. - 2000

. Deterministic and probabilistic models reveal that inherent trade-offs exist in either making the transportation companies (an ETO …

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Relative income, happiness, and utility : an explanation for the Easterlin paradox and other puzzles

Clark, Andrew; Frijters, Paul; Shields, Michael - 2008

The well-known Easterlin paradox points out that average happiness has remained constant over time despite sharp rises in GNP per head. At the same time, a micro literature has typically found positive correlations between individual income and individual measures of subjective well-being. This...

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The didactic value of linking models: experiences from the LEI model funnel

Helming, John F.M.; Banse, Martin - 2008

The complexity of agri-environmental economic issues is such thata model that is fully consistent at all levels of aggregation and alltype of questions to be addressed is not available at the AgriculturalEconomics Research Institute in the Hague LEI. Such a model isprobably also not feasible. At...

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Regional Socioeconomic Impacts of Livestock Regulation - an Integrated Modelling Approach

Hasler, Berit; Jensen, Jorgen Dejgaard; Madsen, Bjarne; … - 2002

This paper addresses the combination of environmental regulation and rural development using an integrated economic modelling approach. Specifically, the regional impacts of regulating livestock density at the farm level are analysed in a projected 2010 setting. This scenario is motivated by a...

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