Keyword: economics

Found 2641 papers in total
Evolutionary theory of routine: its role in results-based management
2006,
Research has demonstrated that public organizations commonly adopt performance...
Structural deficits and the politics of balancing the budget: the case of Missouri Fiscal Year 2004 budget
2006,
This paper uses the Missouri Fiscal Year 2004 budget as a case study to illustrate two...
Auction off the farm: signaling, politics and economic development
2006,
Local public officials rely on tax and non-tax incentive packages to develop their...
Public sector investment failures: theoretical contributions from new institutional and Austrian economic theory
2006,
This paper illustrates how two contemporary economic traditions – New...
Markovian networks in labour markets
2006,
In labour theory, equilibrium is described in terms of mean variables, which is...
Markets for surplus components with a strategic supplier
2005,
We study markets for surplus components, which allow manufacturers with excess...
Optimal policies in a three-sector economy with open unemployment and surplus labor
2005,
This article analyzes a three-sector economy with a significant subsistence sector....
Deforestation and foreign transfers: a Stackelberg differential game approach
2006,
In this paper, our concern is with deforestation as a global environmental issue....
Balanced environmental games
2006,
Focus is here on coalitional games among economic agents plagued by aggregate...
Regulation by reputation
2006,
We often see reputation used by regulators to enhance their regulatory leverage,...
Derivation of irrigation water demand functions through linear and non-linear optimisation models: application to an intensively irrigated area in northern Greece
2005,
The growing need for sustainable management of water resources has introduced the...
An application of the learning curve and the nonconstant-growth dividend model: IT investment valuations at Intel® Corporation
2006,
Technology benefits last years longer than the standard ROI valuation analysis but are...
Efficient strategy proof fair allocation algorithms
2006,
We study a fair division problem with indivisible objects like jobs, houses, and one...
An interconnection model of internet service providers networks
2005,
For internet service providers (ISPs), there are three common types of interconnection...
The use of fuzzy sets in the assessment of the social cost of electricity generation
1999,
Environmental impacts of energy are a great source of market distortion since they...
Measurement, imprecision and uncertainty in financial accounting: Can double entry be understood with fuzzy numbers?
1995,
The concepts of measurement and information are central to the accountancy model of...
The use of the preference disaggregation analysis in the assessment of financial risks
1998,
Multicriteria decision aid (MCDA) provides several methodologies which are well...
Fuzzy multiple criteria decision making for natural resource projects
1996,
A common problem faced by decision makers is choosing the best alternative from among...
Similarities in fuzzy regression models and application on transportation
1999,
In earlier papers we have studied the set of the solutions of a fuzzy regression model...
Neural networks for railway hazard analysis
1999,
The ability of neural networks to learn by example instead of simply applying a set of...
Decision theory in conditions of uncertainty (fuzzy decision)
1995,
The aim of this essay is to propose an alternative study of the model of...
Fuzzy approaches to modelling consensus in group decision support
1995,
In this paper we introduce some models and systems we developed in the field of group...
Expertons and management decision-making. Criteria interdependence and implications valuation
1996,
In this article we present the concept of expertons in a generalised context and...
Assessment of an event from individual opinions of a group of experts
1996,
Starting from the opinions X * i,j (i=1,...,n; j=1,...,m) of m...
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