Public water utilities have increasingly turned to increasing block rate price structures to reduce water consumption … and signal the high environmental costs of water supply. Hsu evaluates the impact of a new and substantially higher price … those who consume very high quantities of water. The public water utility in Seattle added such a rate to its existing price …

that influence water policy. In the pages of this report we document the first steps toward developing a specialized … law, each of which influence the supply and demand for water. Specifically, these systems, their associated processes, and … Dispute Resolution (CADRe). The Center's mission is to manage water conflict through the application of computer …

) in the water andsanitation sector undertaken in Queenstown and DolphinCoast. The case studies offer important insights …,municipal tariffs for water and sanitation, customermanagement and impact on the poor. The case studyfindings are used to assess the … on theconditions under which PPPs in the water and sanitationsector work best. …

taxation on labor supply and savings; corrective taxes for externalities; taxation and corporate behavior; and tax expenditure …

Financialization is a process whereby financial markets, financial institutions and financial elites gain greater … influence over economic policy and economic outcomes. Financialization transforms the functioning of economic system at both the … contribute to wage stagnation. Additionally, there are reasons to believe that financialization may render the economy prone to …

Recent research has explored the growing ‘financialization’ process in the U.S. and other advanced economies. The term … explore the relationship between financialization in the U.S economy and real investment at the firm level. Using data from a … financialization. First, increased financial investment and increased financial profit opportunities may have crowded out real …

dynamics, fluctuate around the long waves. The second essay,“Macroeconomic Implications of Financialization,” examines …

together various arguments related to financialization (in the broad sense) from a macroeconomic point of view and investigate … financialization. Households experience higher debt levels. Rising profits of businesses come with only moderate investment. The notion …

financialization and neo-liberal policy changes on income shares. …