"Where Ignorance is Bliss, 'tis Folly to be Wise": Transparency in Contests [PDF]
Increasingly, lobbying groups are subject to transparency requirements, obliging them to provide detailed information about their business. We study the effect this transparency policy has on the nature of lobbying competition.
Denter, Philipp +2 more
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Financing of forestry from public sources in the Czech Republic
Journal of Forest Science, 2013 Financial means for multifunctional forestry activities come from different public sources, both national and international ones. There are several basic types of financial instruments used for the supporting of non-market forest services, both direct ...
L. Šišák
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SCHOOL INPUTS AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN NORTH CAROLINA: COMPARISON OF STATIC AND DYNAMIC ANALYSES [PDF]
The relationship between student achievement and school inputs has long been a subject of academic research. The general conclusion of past research is that school inputs, such as the number of teachers relative to pupils, has little impact on student ...
Sisak, Mark R., Walden, Michael L.
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Rent-seeking Contests under Symmetric and Asymmetric Information [PDF]
, 2010 We consider a variant of the Tullock rent-seeking contest. Under symmetric information we determine equilibrium strategies and prove their uniqueness. Then, we assume contestants to be privately informed about their costs of effort. We prove existence of
Wasser, Cédric
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Spatial (Regional) Differences of Demographic Development of the Republic of Croatia [PDF]
Croatia is less populated than most of the European countries (84.6 inh./km2 in 1991). Relative underpopulation is the consequence of various natural and social factors, and the resultant of a very uneven spatial distribution of population.
Dražen Njegaè, Ivo Nejašmiæ
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Possibility of using domestic slag as concrete aggregate [PDF]
, 2010 Opisana su ispitivanja, provedena u skladu s hrvatskim normama, da bi se ustanovila mogućnost uporabe domaće zgure kao agregata u betonu. Agregat je specificiran prema razredbi danoj u HRN EN 12620/AC:2006 a dobiveni razredi po pojedinom svojstvu ...
Dubravka Bjegović +2 more
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Hrvatska ekonomija između europske periferije i poluperiferije: nalazi iz povijesti hrvatskih visokotehnoloških poduzeća [PDF]
, 2018 IN CROATIAN: U radu se tvrdi da je naglasak u istraživanju stanja hrvatske ekonomije potrebno staviti na historijsku kontingenciju i geopolitički položaj Hrvatske kako bi se nadopunila prevladavajuća objašnjenja koja naglašavaju kulturne ...
Petrović, Nikola
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Pro-Active Regional Development Policy - the Croatian Case [PDF]
The paper deals with existing regional development discrepancies in Croatia and discusses possibilities of initiating dormant development potentials and closing development gaps. Bottom up policy approach is analysed in view of Croatian specific regional
Marijana Sumpor, Nenad Starc
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The modification of rotation - advancement flap made in 1950 [PDF]
, 2017 The early techniques of cleft lip repair involved the straight-line technique, the triangular flap technique or some kind of geometric line (triangular, quadrangular closure). A turning point in cleft lip surgery was in 1955 when doctor.
Blivajs, Igor +5 more
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Characterization of Ladle Furnace Slag from Carbon Steel Production as a Potential Adsorbent
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2013 A promising type of steel slag for applications is the ladle furnace (LF) slag, which is also known as the basic slag, the reducing slag, the white slag, and the secondary refining slag. The LF slag is a byproduct from further refining molten steel after
Ankica Rađenović +2 more
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