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Cost–benefit analysis and ‘next best’ methods to evaluate the efficiency of social policies: As in pitching horseshoes, closeness matters

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Many policymakers are unwilling, or think that it is infeasible, to perform comprehensive cost–benefit analysis (CBA) of programmes in social policy arenas. What principles actually underlie CBA? An understanding is necessary to assess whether other evaluation methods are close enough to CBA to provide useful information on social efficiency ...
Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Review of the Literature on Firm-Level Theories on Ship Investment

open access: yesInternational Journal of Financial Studies, 2018
The maritime industry is one of those rare industries that are both highly international integrated to international trade and also highly capital intensive dependent on substantial investment amount.
Sinem Celik Girgin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding cooperative membership and maize market participation in Rwanda: A Bayesian triple‐hurdle analysis

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Smallholder market participation studies often focus narrowly on selling decisions, overlooking the institutional role of agricultural cooperatives, particularly in contexts like Rwanda, where cooperatives underpin agricultural policy. Consequently, empirical evidence on how cooperative membership shapes farmers’ commercialization across ...
John N. Ng'ombe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Further Considerations Needed to Assess Reshoring: Its Impact on Host Communities

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After several decades of offshoring, reshoring is becoming an emergent strategy in many countries and industries. Both governments compel firms to reshore their production to their home countries as firms find, in some cases, that it is more profitable for them to do so.
Fernando Merino
wiley   +1 more source

Online Interactive Pedagogical Tools for the Principles of Microeconomics Curriculum. [PDF]

open access: yesEast Econ J, 2023
Eremionkhale AE   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cross‐border reciprocal bartering in public–private tetradic networks

open access: yesDecision Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Under the background of semiconductor and vaccine shortages during COVID‐19‐driven supply chain disruptions, this article adopts a multimethodological approach to investigate strategic solutions for cross‐border scarce goods bartering in a public–private (P–P) tetradic reciprocal network, which involves two pairs of P–P collaborative dyads ...
Jiuh‐Biing Sheu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circular Economy: Municipal Solid Waste and Landfilling Analyses in Slovakia

open access: yesEconomies
The pursuit of shifting Slovakia towards a circular economy is met with a multitude of obstacles, including the pervasive consumerist mindset among Slovakians. This mindset favors packaged food, leading to its improper disposal in municipal waste instead
Emese Tokarčíková   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Increasing returns and fixed market shares [PDF]

open access: yes
theory of firm;equilibrium theory ...
Weddepohl, H.N.
core   +1 more source

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