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James K. Hammitt
vol. 7, n° 2, 2013, p. 199–218
What is the rationale for benefit-cost analysis (BCA)? The answer is critical for determining how BCA should be conducted and interpreted, and identifying its implications for policy. This article examines two possible justifications for BCA: positive and normative. The positive rationale is that...
Lisa A. Robinson et James K. Hammitt
vol. 4, n° 1, 2013, p. 107–130
Many public policies and private actions affect the risk of injury, illness, or death, yet changes in these risks are not easily valued using market prices. We discuss how to value these risk reductions in the context of benefit-cost analysis. We begin with a pragmatic focus, describing the...
Meng-Wen Tsou, Jin-Tan Liu, James K. Hammitt et Ching-Fu Fang
vol. 25-26, 2013, p. 68–79
Using a unique matched employer–employee dataset on Taiwanese manufacturing, we examine the impact of foreign direct investment in China on domestic employment adjustments controlling for firm and worker heterogeneity as well as for potential endogeneity of firms’ expansion in China. Our findings...
Daouda Diakité et Alban Thomas
vol. 79, n° 1, 2013, p. 83–114
Dans cet article, nous analysons la structure des coûts d’alimentation en eau potable des villes de Côte d’Ivoire à partir d’un panel des centres de production. Considérant les services d’eau comme des monopoles multi-produits fournissant conjointement deux biens (volumes d’eau facturés et volumes...
Jean-François Bonnefon
vol. 4, n° 1, 2013, p. 1–3
vol. 19, n° 3-4, 2013, p. 381–398
Farid Gasmi, Alexis Maingard, Paul Noumba Um et Laura Recuero Virto
vol. 45, 2013, p. 189–208
The aim of this paper is to highlight empirically some important worldwide differences in the impact of privatization of the fixed-line telecommunications operator on network expansion, tariffs, and efficiency during the 1985-2007 period for a large panel of countries. Our work suggests that the...
Ana P. Borges, Joao Correia da silva et Didier Laussel
vol. 43, 2013, p. 532–560
Michel Habib, Ulrich Hege et Pierre Mella-Barral
vol. 59, n° 12, 2013, p. 2790–2804
Eric Gautier et Yuichi Kitamura
vol. 81, 2013, p. 581–607
This paper considers random coefficients binary choice models. The main goal is to estimate the density of the random coefficients nonparametrically. This is an ill-posed inverse prob- lem characterized by an integral transform. A new density estimator for the random coefficients is developed,...
