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Allocation, externalities, and the fair division approach: an experimental study
Weiland, Torsten - 2008
We experimentally investigate four allocation mechanisms - all based on the fair division approach, with varying bid … elicitation methods and price rules - in terms of their allocation efficiency, distributional effects, and regularities in … complicating an efficient allocation. Indeed, observed bidding is dominated by strategic reporting which, however, only marginally …
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GDP and the value of family caretaking: How much does Europe care?
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Mangiavacchi, Lucia; … - 2010
This study estimates the size and value of unpaid family caretaking activities at a European level. While at a country level several studies are available, a comprehensive evaluation for Europe as a whole was missing so far, mainly due to data limitations. This paper fills this gap using a...
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Time-bound opportunity costs of informal care: Consequences for access to professional care, caregiver support, and labour supply estimates
Hassink, Wolter; van den Berg, Bernard - 2011
Patterns of informal care are documented throughout the day with Dutch time use diary data. The diary data enable us to identify a, so far overlooked, source of opportunity costs of informal care, i.e. the necessity to perform particular tasks of informal care at specific moments of the day....
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The Economic Opportunity Cost of Capital for Canada - An Empirical Update
Jenkins, Glenn; Kuo, Chun-Yan - 2007
The social or economic discount rate is the threshold rate used to calculate the net present value of an investment project, a program, or a regulatory intervention to see whether the proposed expenditures are economically worthwhile to undertake. The size of the economic rate of discount has...
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It's the opportunity cost, stupid!: How self-employment responds to financial incentives of return, risk and skew
Berkhout, Peter; Hartog, Joop; van Praag, Mirjam - 2011
There is no robust empirical support for the effect of financial incentives on the decision to work in self …
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Trade-offs between justices, economics, and efficiency
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Glotzbach, Stefanie; Hoberg, Nikolai - 2011
We argue that economics - as the scientific method of analyzing trade-offs - can be helpful (and may even be indispensable) for assessing the trade-off between intergenerational and intragenerational justice. Economic analysis can delineate the opportunity set of politics with respect to the two...
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On the opportunity cost of nontradable stock options
Moretto, Michele; Rossini, Gianpaolo - 2001
Firms grant to their employees non-tradable stock options as an incentive device. Is the opportunity cost of issuing these options equal to the amount the company would receive if it sold the same options to outside investors? No, it is not, since the options granted to employees are non...
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Modeling regional supply responses using farm-level economic data and a biophysical model: A case study on Brazilian land-use change
Balieiro, Samuel - 2023
Estimating farmers' supply responses to changes in framework conditions is important to in-form decision-makers on the … principles of minimum data, focusing on delivering timely and quantitative analyses with satisfactory accuracy to inform decision …
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Milchproduktion im Übergang: Eine Analyse von regionalen Potenzialen und Gestaltungsspielräumen
Lassen, Birthe J.; Isermeyer, Folkhard; Friedrich, Carina - 2008
In der vorliegenden Studie erfolgt eine regional differenzierte Analyse der Milchproduktion. Grundlage sind neben zahlreichen agrarstatistischen Quellen auch Expertenpanels in ausgewählten Regionen. Es werden Schlussfolgerungen über die künftige Standortorientierung der Milchproduktion...
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Wages, employment, and capital in capitalist and worker-owned firms
Pencavel, John H.; Pistaferri, Luigi; Schivardi, Fabiano - 2006
Differences in wages, employment, and capital between worker-owned and capitalist enterprises are computed from a …, employment, and capital equations largely corroborate the implications of the behavioral models of the two types of enterprise …
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