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European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Does street‐level bureaucrats' (SLBs) willingness to sacrifice their own self‐interests to meet the needs of their clients vary depending on their contexts? To date, it has been very challenging to empirically examine how SLBs who have different orientations toward social values might act in different institutional and administrative contexts.
Nissim Cohen, Teddy Lazebnik
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On the Microeconomics of Quota Management in Fisheries [PDF]
This paper compares the economic incentives created by transferable and non-transferable quotas in a fishery, in particular the incentives to discard fish of certain species or grades when quotas are enforced at the landing site.
Hatcher, Aaron
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Free Trade’s Looming Threat to the World’s Garment Workers [PDF]
, 2003 In this working paper, the authors challenge the ideology of free trade. The paper focuses on the damaging effects of one particular free trade policy – the phase-out of textile and apparel quotas – and its impact on the global garment ...
Bas, Nikki Fortunato, Foo, Lora Jo
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Traditional air conditioners suffer from low energy efficiency and exacerbate grid peak loads. While ice storage offers energy‐saving potential, the systematic regulation of ice packing fraction (IPF) on cooling consumption and its synergy with dynamic carbon emissions remains unexplored.
Di Yang, Wenpeng Hong, Xu Jin
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NONLINEAR PANEL ESTIMATION OF TIME-VARYING EFFECTS OF IMPORT QUOTAS [PDF]
We develop a panel-based ICLS framework for estimating the export tax equivalent (ETE) of quotas where the ETEs vary over time. Working with a panel of bilateral data on textile and clothing trade, underlying bilateral tari?s, and the country-pair ...
Joseph Francois, Julia Woerz
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An Innovative Rural Heating System Utilizing Coupled Cascade Thermal Storage: A Performance Analysis
Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.Fig. 1. New rural heating system ABSTRACT This study presents a new rural heating system based on cascaded heat storage and air‐source heat pumps. Through a comparative analysis using the TRNSYS software between this system and the traditional solar‐assisted air‐source heat pump system, it was found that compared with the latter, the new system saves ...
Leilei Jiang +7 more
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CAN GENDER QUOTAS BREAK DOWN NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES? EVIDENCE FROM CHANGES IN ELECTORAL RULES [PDF]
In this paper we analyse the effect of gender quotas on women involvement in political activity using a rich data set providing information on all Italian local administrators elected from 1985 to 2007.
Maria De Paola +2 more
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To promote the development of renewable energy, China re‐implemented the Chinese Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) policy in 2023. This study explores certificated CO2 and air pollutants (i.e., NOx, SO2 and particulate matter (PM)) emissions reductions from China's solar thermal power (STP) industry at national scale and conducts the ...
Yun Li +3 more
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Pollution Permit Market: Using Incentive Contracts to Reduce Dominant Firm Inefficiencies [PDF]
Incentive contracts can be proposed to a dominant firm that has been excluded from the pollution permit market. We determine the optimal characteristics of a contract considering the trade-off between market efficiency and the cost of public funds.
Sonia Schwartz
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The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background No study has yet examined the conjoint role of institutional trust and COVID‐19 conspiracy beliefs on compliance with COVID‐19 preventive behaviours among populations of African countries. This study aims to deepen the understanding of the relationship between institutional mistrust, conspiracy beliefs, and health‐related behaviours
Gabin F. Morillon +2 more
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