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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Price System"”.
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Inter-Provincial Income Inequality in China
… and sectoral pattern of China's economy and price system must be unwound before the tendencies of market forces can put their own stamp on the economy.
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The electricity poverty tariff in South Africa : possibilities and practicalities
… objective of this thesis is to investigate what price system will result in a sustainable electrification programme, a viable EDI, fit into the regulation system and address issues of equity and poverty. Specific attention is paid to the proposals around poverty tariffs for low-income domestic …
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The Inefficiency of the Judiciary and Alternative Forms of Social Control: A Case Study of Rental Contracts in Brazil
… study is to analyze how institutions, the legal system among them, affect the economic performance of a country. Specifically, a malfunctioning legal system creates uncertainties that might hamper the completion of new transactions, particularly those involving previously unfamiliar parties. As a …
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Essays on dynamic sales mechanisms
… The first chapter analyzes the Name Your Own Price (NYOP) mechanism adopted by Priceline.com. Priceline.com, a website helping travelers obtain discount rates for travel-related items, gained prominence for its Name Your Own Price system. Under Name Your Own Price, a traveler names his price …
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Transfer Pricing--Can It Effectively Be Applied To Computer Services?
… to remedy this situation by applying transfer price to computer services. Procedure. The research procedure consisted of an analysis of transfer price theory and its varied applications. Next, the most generally accepted methods of transfer price theory were applied to an actual computer …
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China’s Escape from the “Big Bang”: The 1980s Price Reform Debate in Historical Perspective
… Russia applied a ‘big-bang’ doctrine with rapid price liberalisation at its core. In contrast, a policy of experimentalist gradualism manifested in the dual track price system (DTPS) laid the foundations for China’s economic success. But the Chinese reform approach was highly contested in the …
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The Groundnut Market in Senegal: Examination of Price and Policy Changes
… highly regulated with government-set producer prices, groundnut oil processing mills owned by parastatals, and requirements that all groundnuts be sold to these quasi-governmental organizations. In recent years, these rules are being relaxed, and farmers are allowed to sell groundnuts on the …
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State-led urban development, displacement, resettlement, and livelihoods from a complexity perspective: A case study of Thu Thiem, Vietnam
… planning and implementation? The research used a systems approach and the sustainable livelihoods approach; data was collected via on-site observation of relocation areas, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and a questionnaire survey. The findings provide insights into complexity in DR …
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State-led urban development, displacement, resettlement, and livelihoods from a complexity perspective: A case study of Thu Thiem, Vietnam
… planning and implementation? The research used a systems approach and the sustainable livelihoods approach; data was collected via on-site observation of relocation areas, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and a questionnaire survey. The findings provide insights into complexity in DR …
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Intra-Household Decision Making
… externality. Illustrative examples, where prices may change as household structures change, are used to show how general equilibrium model with variable household structure works and some interesting results are discussed at the end of the first essay. In the second essay (Chapter four), …