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Should Eliminativism Be Eliminated?, Sebastian Riccardi

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

A Moral Stance For The Alzheimer's Patient In Parfit, Dworkin And Wilkes, Andres Parada

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

Does Existentialism Produce An Ethics?, Kirstin Nystrom

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

A Discussion Of Some Consequences Of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems, Sebastian Lange

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

A Critique Of Richard Rorty And Postmodernism, Nena T. Davis

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

Beyond Fun And Games: Radical Misunderstanding And The Structure Of Knowledge In Empirical And Religious Controversy, Sean Campanella

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

Fascist Ironism!?, Christopher S. Boehlke

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

Kant And Romanticism, Gabriel Bell

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

Table Of Contents

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

No abstract provided.

Differentiated Instruction Institute, Beth E. Ackerman

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Gsu View, 2010-11-22, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Charlotte Minister To Speak On Imani At Dec. 1 Kwanzaa Celebration, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2010

• The Rev. Trevor Beauford '00, who earned his B.A. in history at Winthrop, is the keynote speaker for this year's Kwanzaa celebration.
• The celebration will be held Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. in the DiGiorgio Campus Center ballroom.

The Problem Of The Commons: Still Unsettled After 100 Years, Robert Stavins

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

The problem of the commons is more important to our lives and thus more central to economics than a century ago when Katharine Coman led off the first issue of the American Economic Review. As the U.S. and other economies have grown, the carrying-capacity of the planet - in regard to natural resources and environmental quality — has become a greater concern, particularly for common-property and open-access resources. The focus of this article is on some important, unsettled problems of the commons. Within the realm of natural resources, there are special challenges associated with renewable resources, which are frequently characterized …

On The Road To A Unified Market For Energy Efficiency: The Contribution Of White Certificates Schemes, Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet, Dominique Finon

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

White certificates schemes mandate competing energy companies to promote energy efficiency with flexibility mechanisms, including the trading of energy savings. So far, stylized facts are lacking and outcomes are mainly country‐specific. By comparing results of British, Italian and French experiences, we attempt to identify the core determinants of their performances. We show that (i) white certificates schemes are depicted in theoretical works as mandatory subsidies on energy efficiency goods recovered by an end‐use energy tax, whereby white certificates exchanges are not a central feature; (ii) at current stages, existing schemes are cost‐effective and economically efficient, with large discrepancies though; (iii) …

The Impact Of Protest Responses In Choice Experiments, Melina Barrio, Maria Loureiro

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Not much attention has been given to protest responses in choice experiments (CE). Using follow-up statements, we are able to identify protest responses and compute welfare estimates with and without the inclusion of such protest responses. We conclude that protest responses are fairly common in CE, and their analysis affects the statistical performance of the empirical models. In particular, when the sample is corrected by protests, our results come from utility consistent models. Thus, future choice experiments should consider the role of protest responses as contingent valuation studies have done.

Optimal Patentability Requirements With Fragmented Property Rights, Vincenzo Denicolò, Christine Halmenschlager

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

We study the effect of the fragmentation of intellectual property rights on optimal patent design. The major finding is that when several complementary innovative components must be assembled to operate a new technology, the patentability requirements should be stronger than in the case of stand-alone innovation. This reduces the fragmentation of intellectual property, which is socially costly. However, to preserve the incentives to innovate, if a patent is granted the strength of protection should be generally higher than in the stand-alone case.

Local Communities In Front Of Big External Investors: An Opportunity Or A Risk?, Angelo Antoci, Paolo Russu, Elisa Ticci

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

In the current age of trade and financial openness, local economies in developing countries are becoming increasingly exposed to external investments. The objective of the proposed two-sector model with environmental externalities is to provide an insight into the interaction between external investors and local communities with a focus upon the different strategies and income sources available to each category. In this context, analysis suggests that environmental regulations and incentives offered in order to attract external capital investment (whether foreign or national) may have an un-uniform impact on the two typologies of actors.

Climate Change Adaptation, Development, And International Financial Support: Lessons From Eu Pre-Accession And Solidarity Funds, Valentin Przyluski, Stéphane Hallegatte

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Funding adaptation requires adequate governance and there are different ways to organise and channel the funds to where it is most efficient and most necessary. This paper investigates this issue and studies the practical implementation of a development under conditionality, namely adaptation-development, and its requirement in terms of financing architecture. To contribute to this research, it looks at similar problems that have been met in the past, namely the European funding programs for Eastern Europe countries that were candidates to adhesion, and European internal structural and cohesion funds. These funding examples provide a pertinent analogy for the adaptation problem, and …

Valuation Of Linkages Between Climate Change, Biodiversity And Productivity Of European Agro-Ecosystems, Ruslana Rachel Palatnik, Paulo A.L.D. Nunes

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

It is clear that climate change involves changes in temperature and precipitation and therefore directly affects land productivity. However, this is not the only channel for climatic change to affect agro-systems. Biodiversity is subject to climatic fluctuations and in turn may alter land productivity too. Firstly, biodiversity is an input into agro-ecosystems. Secondly, biodiversity supports the functioning of these systems (e.g. the balancing of the nutrient cycle). Thirdly, agro-systems also host important wildlife species which, though not always, play a functional role in land productivity, nonetheless constitute important sources of landscape amenities. The present paper illustrates a unique attempt to …

Does The Cause Of Death Matter? The Effect Of Dread, Controllability, Exposure And Latency On The Vsl, Anna Alberini, Milan Ščasný

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

The Value of a Statistical Life is a key input into the calculation of the benefits of environmental policies that save lives. To date, the VSL used in environmental policy analyses has not been adjusted for age or the cause of death. Air pollution regulations, however, are linked to reductions in the risk of dying for cancer, heart disease, and respiratory illnesses, raising the question whether a single VSL should be applied for all of these causes of death. We conducted a conjoint choice experiment survey in Milan, Italy, to investigate this question. We find that the VSL increases with …

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Form And Function In The 21st Century, Gordon L. Clark, Ashby H. B. Monk

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

As representatives of nation-states in global financial markets, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) share a common form and many functions. Arguably their form and functions owe as much to a shared (global) moment of institutional formation as they owe their form and functions to the hegemony of Anglo-American finance over the late 20th and early 21st centuries. We distinguish between the immediate future for SWFs in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, and two possible long-term scenarios; one of which sees SWFs becoming financial goliaths dominating global markets, while the other sees SWFs morphing into nation-state development institutions that intermediate …

The European Emission Trading Scheme And Renewable Energy Policies: Credible Targets For Incredible Results?, Simone Borghesi

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European Trading System of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the comparison of past goals and present results, it is argued that more credible targets for carbon emission reductions and renewable shares would probably help the transition towards an alternative energy system and the necessary reduction of greenhouse gases.

Redd In The Carbon Market: A General Equilibrium Analysis, Francesco Bosello, Fabio Eboli, Ramiro Parrado, Renato Rosa

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Deforestation is a major source of CO2 emissions, accounting for around 17% of total annual anthropogenic carbon release. While the cost estimates of reducing deforestation rates vary considerably depending on model assumptions, it is widely accepted that emissions reductions from avoided deforestation consist of a relatively low cost mitigation option. Halting deforestation is therefore not only a major ecological challenge, but also a great opportunity to cost effectively reduce climate change negative impacts. In this paper we analyze the impact of introducing avoided deforestation credits into the European carbon market using a multiregional Computable General Equilibrium model – the ICES …

Repeated Cheap-Talk Games Of Common Interest Between A Decision-Maker And An Expert Of Unknown Statistical Bias, Irene Valsecchi

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Two agents are engaged in a joint activity that yields a common perperiod payoff at two rounds of play. The expert announces the probability that the current state of the world is low, instead of high, at each stage. Having received the report of the expert, the decision-maker takes action at every period according to his posterior beliefs. At the end of each round of play, the true current state is verifiable. The distinctive assumption of the paper is that the decision-maker makes a subjective appraisal of the expert’s reliability: he considers the expert’s true forecasts as the outcomes of …

Hrs Review, November 2010, Human Resource Services, Boise State University

HRS Review

No abstract provided.

Campus Assembly Minutes 11/22/2010, Campus Assembly

Campus Assembly

No abstract provided.

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (November 22, 2010), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Beyond Copenhagen: A Realistic Climate Policy In A Fragmented World, Carlo Carraro, Emanuele Massetti

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

We propose a realistic approach to climate policy based on the Copenhagen Agreement to reduce Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emissions. We assess by how much the non-binding, although official, commitments to reduce emissions made in Copenhagen will affect the level of world GHGs emissions in 2020. Our estimates are based on official communications to the UNFCCC, on historic data and on the Business-as-Usual scenario of the WITCH model. We are not interested in estimating the gap between the expected level of emissions and what would be needed to achieve the 2°C target. Nor do we attempt to calculate the 2100 temperature …

The Public Management Of Risk: Separating Ex Ante And Ex Post Monitors, Yolande Hiriart, David Martimort, Jerome Pouyet

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

When a firm undertakes risky activities, the conflict between social and private incentives to implement safety care requires public intervention which can take the form of both monetary incentives but also ex ante or ex post monitoring, i.e., before or after an accident occurs. We delineate the optimal scope of monitoring depending on whether public monitors are benevolent or corruptible. We show that separating the ex ante and the ex post monitors increases the likelihood of ex post investigation, helps prevent capture and improves welfare.

Lanthorn, Vol. 45, No. 26, November 22, 2010, Grand Valley State University

Volume 45, July 8, 2010 - June 9, 2011

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.