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ENERGY EFFICIENCY: ECONOMICS AND POLICY [PDF]
Journal of Economic Surveys, 2010 Abstract Energy efficiency and conservation are major factors in the reduction of the environmental impact of the energy sector, particularly with regard to climate change. Energy efficiency also contributes to reducing external dependence and vulnerabilities in the energy domain.
Linares Llamas, Pedro +1 more
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Economic efficiency requires interaction [PDF]
Proceedings of the forty-sixth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing, 2014 We study the necessity of interaction between individuals for obtaining approximately efficient allocations. The role of interaction in markets has received significant attention in economic thinking, e.g. in Hayek's 1945 classic paper. We consider this problem in the framework of simultaneous communication complexity.
Shahar Dobzinski, Noam Nisan, Sigal Oren
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The challenge of plastics in a circular perspective
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2022 Although plastic is a very important material in our economy and lifestyle, we need to deal with its pervasive impact and the huge amount of plastic waste produced, especially in the urban context.
Rovena Preka +3 more
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Economic Efficiency of Alcohol Policy [PDF]
Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 2010 The production, sale and use of alcohol has proliferated since the first recordings of alcohol use in the middle ages.[1] Today, alcohol is consumed by over 2 billion people, with global sales of alcoholic beverages in excess of $US967 billion (year 2005 value).[2,3] Alcohol has many positive features, including individual pleasure to the drinker; a ...
Christopher M. Doran +1 more
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Energies, 2022 Energy efficiency is a pillar for the energy system transition and for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals. In the light of the “energy efficiency first!” principle, European member states enforce policies to spread energy saving throughout the ...
Michele Preziosi +2 more
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Efficient District Heating in a Decarbonisation Perspective: A Case Study in Italy
Energies, 2022 The European and national regulations in the decarbonisation path towards 2050 promote district heating in achieving the goals of efficiency, energy sustainability, use of renewables, and reduction of fossil fuel use. Improved management and optimisation,
Mattia Ricci +6 more
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Economic efficiency of ecosystems [PDF]
BIO Web of Conferences, 2023 The digital transformation that we have witnessed in recent years seriously affects all spheres of public life, including economic processes. In the business landscape of the digital economy, new approaches to doing business are being actively formed ...
Musaev Magomed
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 This experiment was conducted to assess the possibility of replacing fish meal (FM) with soy protein peptide (SPP) at different levels—0% (FM), 14.29% (S5), 28.57% (S10), 57.14% (S20), 71.42%(S25)—and its effects on growth, histology, gene expression ...
Huaxing Lin +14 more
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The Efficiency Question in Economics [PDF]
Philosophy of Science, 2018 AbstractMuch philosophical attention has been devoted to whether economic models explain and more generally to how scientific models represent. Yet there is an issue more practically important to economics than either of these, which I label theefficiency question: regardless of how exactly models represent, or of whether their role is explanatory or ...
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 A three-month culture experiment was designed to assess the effects of photoperiod and feeding regime on growth, feed utilization, and food anticipatory activity (FAA) of juvenile rainbow trout.
Hanying Xu +10 more
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