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This paper employs ordinary least squares (OLS) estimation to examine the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) and the effect of FDI on per capita GDP growth in Bolivia over the period 1990:1-1998:4. The regression results find that the real effective multilateral exchange rate, the...
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Elbert Dijkgraaf defended his PhD-thesis 'Regulating the Dutch Waste Market' at 5 november 2004. This thesis analyses whether the risen costs of waste collection and treatment can be diminished by changing policy instruments. The thesis shows that user fees are very effective in reducing the...
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To avoid the extremely high profit levels found in recent experiences with price cap regulation, some regulators have … profits. The model determines both the level of profits that triggers the profit- sharing mechanism and the consequent price … adjustment endogenously. There is an endogenous regulatory lag initially characterized by a price cap regulation, followed by a …
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Recent empirical evidence, from countries in the European Union in particular, are much more ambiguous on the costs savings from private production of local public services than previous literature used to be. In this paper, an explanatory model of factors driving costs in solid waste collection...
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This work is focused on identifying a circular pull production control system (PPCS) and make emphasis on the presence of a stability attribute. It is an introductory paper to an extended study of macroeconomic financial stability in a physically open but systemic closed system. Previous work...
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This paper examines the growth pattern followed by the Chilean economy with reference to the macroeconomic reforms undertaken during the Pinochet regime, which were largely maintained by successive democratic administrations and partially reproduced by neighbouring countries. The focus is on the...
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In this paper we analyse whether collusion exists in the Dutch waste collection market, which shows a high degree of concentration. Although scale effects might be in accordance with this market outcome, the question is whether this concentration is in fact a result of fair competition. Using...
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For a set of data from a survey of middle-sized and large industrial enterprise in Ukraine after privatization regression equations are estimated that explain the response of restructuring and performance indicators to ownership structures, competitive pressures, and hardening budget...
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To avoid the extremely high profit levels found in recent experiences with price cap regulation, some regulators have … profits. The model determines both the level of profits that triggers the profit-sharing mechanism and the consequent price … adjustment endogenously. There is an endogenous regulatory lag initially characterized by a price cap regulation, followed by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412990
Privatization became a central element of economic reforms in most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa during the 1990s. Yet, empirical evidence regarding the impact of privatization remains scarce. Since the seminal work of CAMPBELL-WHITE & BHATIA [1998], covering transactions on the African...
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