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Unique Equilibrium in Two-Part Tariff Competition between Two-Sided Platforms [PDF]

open access: green, 2010
Two-sided market models in which platforms compete via two-part tariffs, i.e. a subscription and a per-transaction fee, are often plagued by a continuum of equilibria. This paper augments existing models by allowing for heterogeneous rading behavior of agents on both sides.
Markus Reisinger
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Pay for performance in health care: a new best practice tariff-based tool using a log-linear piecewise frontier function and a dual–primal approach for unique solutions [PDF]

open access: hybridOperational Research, 2019
AbstractHealth care systems worldwide have faced a problem of resources scarcity that, in turn, should be allocated to the health care providers according to the corresponding population needs. Such an allocation should be as much as effective and efficient as possible to guarantee the sustainability of those systems. One alternative to reach that goal
Diogo Cunha Ferreira   +2 more
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Separation of power systems into a unique set of zones based on transmission usage of network tariffs and transmission loss tariffs

open access: closedInternational Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 2015
Abstract Transmission usage of network tariffs (TUNT) and transmission loss tariffs (TLT) are among the most important pricing mechanisms that are utilized to recover main transmission costs in today’s electricity markets. Separation of entire power network into different tariff zones is a common approach which simplifies the tariff mechanisms ...
Osman Bülent Tör
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A Non-market economy’s admission to the General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade: China’s unique situation

open access: green, 2008
China's GATT application has been regarded as a unique case. This thesis attempts to explore the unique features of China's GATT application. It starts to review the historical background. It will examine the inherent conflict between GATT and non-market economy system.
Yibing Yan
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Relationship Between Weight Status and Health-Related Quality of Life in School-age Children in China [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, 2022
# Background Some studies from high-income countries suggest that overweight and/or obesity in children are negatively associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL).
Mandana Zanganeh   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Potential for Net-Zero Energy Communities in Kuwait: An Empirical Techno-Economic Modeling and Optimization Approach

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
A net-zero energy community (NZEC) is a promising paradigm that can directly contribute to a sustainable building sector and infrastructure. This research presents a unique empirical techno-economic optimization and evaluation approach for NZEC potential
Bader Alaifan, Elie Azar
doaj   +1 more source

Sewer system optimization in housing and communal services [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
The purpose of the article is to present the design decisions used in the construction of the extended main trunk sewer of the North in St Petersburg. One of its key elements is the siphon, a unique structure in engineering practice for optimal and safe ...
Smirnova Elena   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geothermal wellhead technology power plants in grid electricity generation: A review

open access: yesEnergy Strategy Reviews, 2022
Geothermal energy has a significant role to play in the global transition to renewable and low-carbon energy systems because of its ability to supply steady and flexible electricity particularly for baseload demand because of its cost competitiveness ...
Moses Jeremiah Barasa Kabeyi   +1 more
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Mitigating Non-Tariff Measures in Agriculture: Preferential Trade Agreements and Conversations

open access: yesThe School of Public Policy Publications, 2022
Regulatory divergence between countries is creating barriers to market access in international agri-food trade, becoming what are known as non-tariff measures (NTMs).
May Yeung
doaj   +1 more source

Application of the growth diagnostics approach in Iran: HRV decision tree [PDF]

open access: yesسیاست‌گذاری اقتصادی, 2023
Introduction: In spite of the fact that Iran's socio-economic development plans and other effective documents emphasize achieving high, stable and sustainable economic growth rates, the average real GDP growth in the last four decades has been less than ...
Ebrahim Eltejaei   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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