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Zhou, Yuan - 2005

This thesis investigates several selected environmental issues in China from an economic perspective. It consists of four self-contained papers. Chapters 2-4 address the issues related to water shortage, while Chapter 5 focuses on the cost of air pollution. Chapter 2 analyses the potential...

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STABILITY AND DYNAMICS OF SPATIO-TEMPORAL STRUCTURES

Hermann Riecke - 2009

temporally chaotic states, which is based on the statistics of defect trajectories, (4) prediction of complex states in thermally …

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Trajectories in the Evolution of Technology: A Multi-Level Study of Competition in Formula 1 Racing.

Jenkins, Mark; Floyd, Steven - 2001

This paper explores the trajectories of three key technologies in Formula 1 racing at the component, firm and system … of propositions specifying the evolutionary forces acting on technological trajectories within each level of analysis … that the forces acting on these two types of technological trajectories are self-reinforcing, so that as momentum builds …

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Information Outputs and International Trade: Evidence from U.S. State Level Data on Business Air Travel

Cristea, Anca D. - 2009

This paper provides theory and evidence examining the importance of information transfers in international trade. Information is modeled as an endogenous fixed cost of trade that enters as input into market-specific product appeal. Differences in bilateral communication costs, information...

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Hedging Price Volatility Using Fast Transport

Hummels, David L.; Schaur, Georg - 2010

Purchasing goods from distant locations introduces a significant lag between when a product is shipped and when it arrives. These transit lags are trade barriers for firms facing volatile demand, who must place orders before knowing the resolution of demand uncertainty. We provide a model in...

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Alternative scenarios for Federal transportation policy. Volume I. Summary. First year final report

Friedlaender, A.; Simpson, R. - 2008

A summary is given of research evaluating the economic effects of existing and prospective federal policies governing intercity and international freight and passenger transportation enterprises in the economy of the United States. The analysis encompasses all modes of transportation, including...

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Tracking and Monitoring of Radioactive Materials in the Commercial Hazardous Materials Supply Chain

Walker, Randy M; Kopsick, Deborah A; Warren, Tracy A; … - 2009

One of the main components of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Materials Program is to prevent the loss of radioactive materials through the use of tracking technologies. If a source is inadvertently lost or purposely abandoned or stolen, it is critical that the source be...

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Zukunft des Personenluftverkehrs : Flugroutenverkehrs- und -wahlprognose : Nachfrageanalyse durch stochastische Nutzenmaximierung (RUM) sowie szenariotechnische Routen- und Angebotsbestimmung relationsabhängiger Nachfragemengen als Elemente zur Prognose routenspezifischer Passagierzahlen im internationalen Personenluftverkehr

Makowski, Thorsten - 2006

Hauptziel dieser Arbeit ist die Erstellung eines Modells zur Ermittlung routenspezifischer Passagierzahlen. Dieses Modell soll aktuelle Passagierzahlen erklären und damit zukünftige routenspezifische Passagierzahlen vorhersagbar machen. Ein solches Modell existiert bisher nicht. Allerdings...

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Kundenzufriedenheit und Wartezeiten : eine empirische Analyse für den Luftverkehr

Bunse, Till - 2000

Eine Besonderheit bei der Bereitstellung von Dienstleistungen - im Vergleich zur Güterproduktion - liegt in der Notwendigkeit der zeitgleichen Zusammenkunft von Anbietern und Nachfragern. Wartezeiten entstehen immer dann, wenn einer von beiden nicht zum verabredeten Termin erscheint oder mehr...

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Auf dem Weg zu einem gemeinsamen Markt im Luftverkehr: Entwicklung der Liberalisierung und der Verkehrsmärkte in den USA und Europa

Schenk, Gordon Paul - 2004

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