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Showing 1 to 20 of 92 for “"social costs"”.
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The social costs of paper and electronic payments
… This paper updates the calculation of the total social cost of paper checks and their electronic substitute, automated clearinghouse payments.
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An Analysis of Industrial Social Costs: A Taxonomic Approach
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The social costs of adjustment : the case of Morocco
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1989.
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The social costs and benefits of volunteering for a public agency
… many municipal agencies. This study explored the social costs and benefits for volunteer coaches at a municipal park district. The study was conducted with the support of the Urbana (IL) Park District. A total of 14 volunteer youth sport coaches were interviewed. Utilizing grounded theory, the …
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Measuring the social costs of coal-based electricity generation in South Africa
… Energy technologies interact with the economic, social and environmental systems, and do so not only directly but indirectly as well, through upstream and downstream processes. In addition, the interactions may produce positive and negative repercussions. To make informed decisions on the …
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Office development linkage in San Francisco : exacting the social costs of growth
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1991.
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Air pollution, avoidance behaviors, and neglected social costs : evidence from outdoor leisure and commuting behaviors
The social cost of air pollution depends on both its biophysical impacts on health and productivity and the dynamic avoidance behaviors citizens proactively adopt. The literature has almost exclusively focused on the direct impacts, and the limited research looking into the avoidance behaviors has …
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Benefit-cost analysis as applied to insect pest control programs
A benefit-cost outline designed to evaluate the social value of on-going and proposed forest insect control programs is presented. Chapter two briefly discusses some economic concepts used in benefit-cost analysis. Those discussed are: consumer's surplus, social discount rate, shadow prices, …
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Social-Economic Benefits of Payment for Environmental Services in Yaque del Norte Watershed, Dominican Republic
This research analyzes private and social costs of forest conservation in Yaque del Norte watershed, DR. It calculates private costs as average annual income from farming activities and social costs as the externalities from erosion and CO2 emissions. Social cost estimates are based on the …
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Social Marginal Abatement Cost of Negative Emissions : Incorporating Externalities into the Private Costs of Carbon Dioxide Removal
… necessitating the integration of external costs into decision-making processes based on cost-efficiency. Previous literature has dominantly focused on the private costs associated with carbon dioxide removal, excluding external costs and their impact on society. The objective of this thesis …
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Enhancing Development in the Saudi Renewable Energy Sector: A Promising Strategy for Job Creation and Economic Diversification
… critical modern problem, has economic as well as social costs. While its economic cost can be illustrated through the loss of the value of labor, its social costs include divorce, addiction to illegal drugs, and decisions to drop out of school. This dissertation proposes investment in the Saudi …
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A Comparative Study of Confession Law: The Lesson for Thailand Regarding the Exclusionary Rule and Confession Admissibility Standard
When all the undesirable implications and social costs of the exclusionary rule are considered, Thailand needs to study the actual causes of police misconduct and implement the right tools to enhance police performance, such as professional training, and reform of the police force in other …
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BUSINESS FAILURE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THREE ESSAYS ON THE EFFECTS OF THE COST OF FAILURE
… they have to bear the financial, emotional, and social cost of failure. Prior research on the effects of these costs has focused mainly on entrepreneurial exit context or on the quantity of new firms. Moreover, these studies suggest to policy makers to establish institutions to lower the costs of …
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The growth of a myth : a case study of Chile's accession to the North American Free Trade Agreement
… agreement to consolidate neoliberal reforms, the social costs of implementing NAFTA and the social discontent it has generated.
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SOCIAL AND REPUTATIONAL DRIVERS OF SUNK-COST SENSITIVITY IN INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE DECISION-MAKING
… argues that sunk-cost behavior is shaped more by social pressures than by cognitive bias. Across three preregistered, “waste-free” studies, I show that people persist to protect reputation and relationships—especially when others have invested or when commitment signals reliability. When social …
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From cost-effectiveness to economic-efficiency in conservation planning: the importance of considering the economic benefits of conservation
… spatial cost benefit analysis of the opportunity costs and ecosystem service benefits associated with conservation. Additional scenarios assessed how reserve design and costs changed when communal-land agriculture and resource use were weighted to account for the social costs of conservation. …
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An Environmental Cost Basis for Regulating Aviation NOx Emissions/
… net climate impacts This paper introduces a social cost basis for evaluating aviation NO[subscript x] emissions regulations, and quantifies air quality damage, climate damage, and fuel costs associated with allowable emission levels. The result is monetized environmental and fuel costs …
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A preliminary investigation of the potential for deep well waste disposal
… management achieving the same effect. The social costs and benefits of deep well waste disposal were viewed in detail. Suggestions were made as how society might compensate the firm for the creation of social benefits in excess of social costs, and how they may be internalized into the …
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Wellbeing and Urban Regeneration in China: Towards a People-Centred Urban Agenda
… millions out of poverty. Nevertheless, the social costs of the country’s growth-oriented agenda have long been scrutinised, with phenomena such as rapid urbanisation being one of the most transformative forces in this process. Under the umbrella of urban regeneration and quality of life …
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The battle for policy space : strategic advantages of a human rights approach in international intellectual property negotiations
… rights of patent-owners against the inherent social costs of monopoly protection. The effective policy space within which states may establish domestic patent policy is increasingly circumscribed by international rules prescribing minimum protection levels regardless of local circumstances or …
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