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Training And Technology Transfer, Neil Campbell, Neil Vousden
Training And Technology Transfer, Neil Campbell, Neil Vousden
Neil Campbell
This paper analyses technology transfer from a multinational corporation (MNC) to a developing economy via training of local workers by the MNC. The paper analyses the determinants of the level of training by the MNC assuming a local entrant can subsequently hire MNC–trained workers and compete with the MNC. It is shown that a small training subsidy paid by the host government may cause the MNC to switch from entry–deterring behaviour to entry–accommodating behaviour. Such a subsidy will cause an increase in the number of skilled workers but may increase or decrease the domestic welfare of the developing country.
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Russian Commercial Nuclear Initiatives And U.S. Nuclear Nonproliferation Interests, Michael T. Maloney, Oana Diaconu
Russian Commercial Nuclear Initiatives And U.S. Nuclear Nonproliferation Interests, Michael T. Maloney, Oana Diaconu
Michael T. Maloney
Recent proposals put forward by the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy (Minatom) aim to "privatize" Minatom's nondefense activities in hopes of making them commercially profitable. Through such reforms, Minatom is ostensibly seeking to generate funds that can be used to finance environmental remediation and nonproliferation activities, as well as support the vast social responsibilities (schools, hospitals, and the like) that it inherited from the Soviet era. Oana C. Diaconu and Michael T. Maloney, both of the Department of Economics at Clemson University, examine the obstacles Minatom faces as it attempts to commercialize its civilian activities. The authors argue that Minatom's …
Market Transparency And Market Structure: The Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act Of 1999, Azzeddine Azzam
Market Transparency And Market Structure: The Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act Of 1999, Azzeddine Azzam
Azzeddine Azzam
The premise of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 is that enhanced transparency promotes competition. This article provides a theoretical study of the consequences of such transparency for the structure, conduct, and performance of the livestock industry. I conclude that the usefulness of the Act to the livestock industry may not be in the value of reported information to feeders, as the supporters of the Act claim. Rather, by forcing packers to pool information at negligible marginal cost, the Act may foster more competitive conduct in the procurement of livestock.
Bayesian Modelling And Forecasting Of Intra-Day Electricity Load, Remy Cottet, Michael Smith
Bayesian Modelling And Forecasting Of Intra-Day Electricity Load, Remy Cottet, Michael Smith
Michael Stanley Smith
With the advent of wholesale electricity markets there has been renewed focus on intra-day electricity load forecasting. This paper employs a multi-equation regression model with a diagonal first order stationary vector autoregresson (VAR) for modeling and forecasting intra-day electricity load. The correlation structure of the disturbances to the VAR and the appropriate subset of regressors are explored using Bayesian model selection methodology. The full spectrum of finite sample inference is obtained using a Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling scheme. This includes the predictive distribution of load and the distribution of the time and level of daily peak load, something …
Environmental Project Evaluation In Developing Countries, Edward Barbier
Environmental Project Evaluation In Developing Countries, Edward Barbier
Edward B Barbier
No abstract provided.
Does Economic Development Lead To Mangrove Loss? A Cross-Country Analysis, Edward Barbier, Mark Cox
Does Economic Development Lead To Mangrove Loss? A Cross-Country Analysis, Edward Barbier, Mark Cox
Edward B Barbier
No abstract provided.
The Dollar And The Peso: Where Is The 'Peso Problem'?, Jorge Gonzalez, Roger Spencer, Daniel Walz
The Dollar And The Peso: Where Is The 'Peso Problem'?, Jorge Gonzalez, Roger Spencer, Daniel Walz
Jorge Gonzalez
No abstract provided.
Evolution Of Management Control In City Councils (In Italian), Paola Saracino
Evolution Of Management Control In City Councils (In Italian), Paola Saracino
Paola Saracino
No abstract provided.
Explaining Agricultural Expansion Resource Booms And Growth In Latin America, Edward Barbier
Explaining Agricultural Expansion Resource Booms And Growth In Latin America, Edward Barbier
Edward B Barbier
No abstract provided.