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ABSTRACT Carbon dioxide capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is a potential key to mitigating anthropogenic CO2 emissions and associated impacts on global climate change. Successful CCUS deployment hinges on both technological advancements and public support.
Ting Xiao +6 more
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2007 Labour Overview: Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF]
[Abstract] In summary, as the 2007 Labour Overview which I am pleased to present demonstrates, Latin America and the Caribbean have made progress in improving some key labour market indicators, especially in reducing unemployment, but significant gaps ...
International Labour Office
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Asymmetric Information With Multiple Risks: The Case of the Chilean Private Health Insurance Market
ABSTRACT We extend the Rothshild and Stiglitz (1976) model to two sources of risk –inpatient and outpatient risk– to better proxy real‐world health insurance markets. We uncover an interesting theoretical possibility: Take individuals A and B, who are low risks in, say, the inpatient dimension but A is riskier in the outpatient dimension.
Dolores de la Mata +3 more
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Beyond Truth‐Telling: A Replication Study on School Choice
ABSTRACT In a recent paper, Fack et al. (2019, American Economic Review) convincingly argue and theoretically demonstrate that there may be strong incentives for students to play non‐truth‐telling strategies when reporting preferences over schools, even when the celebrated deferred acceptance algorithm is employed.
Tommy Andersson +4 more
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Reforming water allocation policy through markets in tradable water rights: lessons from Chile, Mexico, and California [PDF]
Increasing water scarcity, rising costs of irrigation subsidies, and general economic liberalization are creating strong incentives for comprehensive water reform with establishment of tradable water rights and the development of markets in these rights.
Gazmuri S., Renato, Rosegrant, Mark W.
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China in Latin America: lessons for South-South cooperation and sustainable development [PDF]
This repository item contains a report from the Boston University Global Economic Governance Initiative. The Global Economic Governance Initiative (GEGI) is a research program of the Center for Finance, Law & Policy, the Frederick S.
Gallagher, Kevin P. +3 more
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ABSTRACT Field visits are common phenomena with non‐governmental organisations in Uganda. During these visits, Ugandan national staff guide visitors on series of meetings and interactions in the field. Following an actor‐oriented approach and drawing on ethnographic data on 14 field visits, this paper understands the field visit as a microcosm for the ...
Caspar Edward Swinkels
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Statutory Rape Law in Chile: For or Against Adolescents?
This article sets forth the interests and conflicts involved in the current Chilean law on statutory rape. Through a thorough investigation of the conceptualization, implementation, and current life of this legislation, the possible effects of the Chilean case on adolescents’ rights is investigated and evaluated.
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ABSTRACT Nowadays, a substantial portion of investigations concerning the symmetry analysis of differential equations predominantly adhere to a framework comprising the following key procedures: (i) the derivation of symmetries, (ii) the determination of an optimal system, (iii) the utilization of these symmetries to construct invariants or ...
A. Paliathanasis +2 more
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ABSTRACT The analysis of certain properties of the underlying graph of a public transport network generates insights about the network's structure. Hereby, the choice of the graph representation depends on a trade‐off between complexity reduction and information preservation to adequately model a public transport network.
Michael Palk +2 more
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