Developing a Long-Term Monitoring Protocol for Assessing Freshwater Contaminants for the National Park Service in Southeast Alaska [PDF]
We are developing a long-term monitoring protocol for the National Park Service (NPS) through a collaboration with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and University of Alaska Southeast (UAS).
Bly, Mattie
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Long Term Risk Assessment in a Defined Contribution Pension System [PDF]
One of the most important consequences of the Chilean pension reform undertaken in the early 1980s was to transfer a significant portion of the risk associated to the financing of pensions, from the State, to the pension fund participants of the newly ...
Castaneda, Pablo
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used in industrial and consumer applications for ages. The pervasive and persistent nature of PFAS in the environment is a universal concern due to public health risks.
Chukwuebuka Gabriel Eze +6 more
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Growth Management Policies for Exurban and Suburban Development: Theory and an Application to Sonoma County, California [PDF]
This study examines the effectiveness of growth management policies on influencing future patterns of exurban and suburban development. We initially estimate a spatially explicit model of residential development with parcel data in Sonoma County ...
Berck, Peter, Newburn, David A.
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A benefit cost analysis on management strategies for Queensland Fruit Fly: methods and observations [PDF]
The Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF) — Bactrocera tryoni — poses a significant threat to horticultural production in Victoria causing losses of fruit and jeopardising access to interstate and international markets.
Fisher, Bill +3 more
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PENSION FUNDS AND CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT:HOW MUCH BANG FOR THE BUCK? [PDF]
This paper studies the relation between institutional investors and capital market development by analyzing unique data on monthly asset-level portfolio allocations of Chilean pension funds between 1995 and 2005. The results depict pension funds as large
Raddatz, Claudio, Schmukler, Sergio L.
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General trends in competition policy and investment regulation in mandatory defined contribution markets in Latin America [PDF]
Following Chile's pension reform in 1981, a wave of multi-pillar pension reforms took place in Latin America (LAC). Their implementation has revealed new policy challenges.
Dayoub, Mariam, Lasagabaster, Esperanza
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PFAS Exposures and the Human Metabolome: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Studies
Sandra India-Aldana +14 more
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Turnover and Regulation: The Chilean Pension Fund Industry. [PDF]
We study price competition in a model with differentiated products and searching costs. In this model firms charge a price above marginal costs. This positive mark-up gives firms incentive to steal consumers from their rivals.
Alejandro Micco, Solange Berstein
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Results of a Fall Prevention Educational Intervention for Residential Construction [PDF]
Dale, Ann Marie +6 more
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