Water Use Shadow Prices And The Canadian Business Sector Productivity Performance

Author : Harchaoui, Tarek M,Kaïs Dachraoui,Statistics Canada. Micro-Economic Analysis Division
Publisher : Statistics Canada
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Industrial productivity
ISBN : 0662387538

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Water Use, Shadow Prices and the Canadian Business Sector Productivity Performance by Harchaoui, Tarek M,Kaïs Dachraoui,Statistics Canada. Micro-Economic Analysis Division Pdf

This paper develops an approach to derive shadow values of water as a valuable input in a production process, which produces a socially valuable output (which is sold in the market). These shadow values are characterized as the amount producers would be willing, on the margin, to pay for the ability to use water as a free input. The magnitude of these economic benefits can therefore be examined by estimating the private costs that would be incurred in reducing water intake as a free input for a given level of the output.

Author : Kaïs Dachraoui,Tarek M. Harchaoui
Publisher : Statistics Canada
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0662387538

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Water Use, Shadow Prices and the Canadian Business Sector Productivity Performance by Kaïs Dachraoui,Tarek M. Harchaoui Pdf

This paper develops a production framework that allows for self-supplied water intake, an unpriced 'natural' input. The framework is then exploited to estimate the corresponding water shadow prices and to assess the extent to which water impacts on the multifactor productivity performance of the Canadian business sector's industries.

Author : Kais Dachraoui
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1290251538

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Water Use, Shadow Prices and the Canadian Business Sector Productivity Performance by Kais Dachraoui Pdf

This paper develops a production framework that allows for self-supplied water intake, an unpriced 'natural' input. The framework is then exploited to estimate the corresponding water shadow prices and to assess the extent to which water impacts on the multifactor productivity performance of the Canadian business sector's industries. Accounting for water intake leaves the aggregate business sector's multifactor productivity growth virtually unchanged over the 1981-1996 period, but it increases the productivity performance of the largest water-using industries by 0.7 percentage points on average. The shadow price of water intake amounts to $0.73 cubic meter and varies significantly across industries. While the introduction of water recirculation, a kind of water recycling, does not alter in a significant way most of these results, it reduces the shadow price estimate to $0.55 cubic meter and improves its reliability particularly for the largest water-using industries. Water is found to be a substitute to capital and labor inputs, suggesting that more of these inputs are required to bring about savings in water use.

Author : Ariel Dinar,Kurt Schwabe
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781782549666

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Handbook of Water Economics by Ariel Dinar,Kurt Schwabe Pdf

Water scarcity, whether in the quality or quantity dimension, afflicts most countries. Decisions on water management and allocation over time, space, and among uses and users involve economic considerations. This Handbook assembles research that represents recent thinking and applications in water economics. The book chapters are written by leading scholars in the field who address issues related to its use, management, and value. The topics cover analytical methods, sectoral and intersectoral water issues, and issues associated with different sources of water.

Author : Anja Malchin,Ramona Voshage,Joachim Wagner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783110510287

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Empirical Studies with New German Firm Level Data from Official Statistics by Anja Malchin,Ramona Voshage,Joachim Wagner Pdf

Since 2001 the Statistical Offices in Germany offer access to micro level panel data that linked information from various waves of a survey over time. These panel data enormously extended the research potential of data from official statistics by allowing dynamic analyses and control for unobserved heterogeneity via panel econometric methods. A second generation of data sets which became available recently has an even higher research potential. These new data combine information for firms gathered in different surveys (or from external sources) that could not be analyzed jointly before. Merging firm level data from different surveys to construct data sets that cover information on a wider range of variables than the ones collected in any of these surveys, one at a time, is the basic idea of the project AFiD. AFiD is an acronym for the German Amtliche Firmendaten fr Deutschland (official firm data for Germany). The papers in this issue present first results generated with this new type of firm level data and discussions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Brazil
ISBN : UIUC:30112102540892

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Economia aplicada by Anonim Pdf

Author : The Expert Panel on Business Innovation
Publisher : Council of CanadianAcademies
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781926558141

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Innovation and Business Strategy: Why Canada Falls Short by The Expert Panel on Business Innovation Pdf

Author : R. Maria Saleth,Ariel Dinar
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0821356569

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The Institutional Economics of Water by R. Maria Saleth,Ariel Dinar Pdf

This publication examines issues of water sector reform and performance from the perspectives of institutional economics and political economic studies. The authors develop an alternative quantitative assessment methodology based on the principle of 'institutional ecology', as well as data collected from 127 water experts from 43 countries and regions around the world using a cross-country review of recent water sector reforms within an institutional transaction cost framework.

Author : Ian Malcolm David Little,I. M. D. Little,Maurice FitzGerald Scott
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Capital
ISBN : UCSC:32106000884384

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Using Shadow Prices by Ian Malcolm David Little,I. M. D. Little,Maurice FitzGerald Scott Pdf

Textbook on economic analysis applications in project evaluation methodology originally devised by little and mirrlees - comprises case studies and economic models of the relevance of accounting prices (shadow pricing) in economic planning and programme planning. Bibliographys, references and statistical tables.

Author : Sanford Berg
Publisher : IWA Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781843392729

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Water Utility Benchmarking by Sanford Berg Pdf

Benchmarking is essential for those developing and implementing water policy. If decision-makers do not know where they have been or where they are, it would seem to be impossible to set reasonable targets for future performance. Information on water/sewerage system (WSS) operations, investments, and outputs is essential for good management and oversight. This book is designed to help decision makers identify the data required for performance comparisons over time and across water utilities, to understand the strengths and limitations of alternative benchmarking methodologies, and to perform (or commission) benchmark studies. This book provides an overview of the strengths and limitations of different methodologies for making performance comparisons over time and across water utilities (metric benchmarking). In addition, it identifies ways to determine the robustness of performance rankings. Current benchmarking activities in Latin America, Asia, Africa, Central Europe/Asia, and OECD nations are summarized. Five basic approaches to benchmarking characterize current studies: Core indicators and a summary or overall performance Indicator (partial metric method), Performance scores based on production or cost estimates (“total” methods), Performance relative to a model company (engineering approach), Process benchmarking, and Customer survey benchmarking. This volume is of interest to the water professionals, water utility managers and senior staff of regulatory agencies, professionals in related government agencies, and consultants. Visit the IWA WaterWiki to read and share material related to this title: http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/InfrastructureRegulationStateOwnedEnterprisesVsInvestor-ownedInfrastructureOperators

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Power resources
ISBN : UOM:39015026720204

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Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yiming Wei,Lancui Liu,Gang Wu,Lele Zou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642138478

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Energy Economics: CO2 Emissions in China by Yiming Wei,Lancui Liu,Gang Wu,Lele Zou Pdf

"Energy Economics: CO2 Emissions in China" presents a collection of the researches on China's CO2 emissions as studied by the Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research (CEEP). Based on the analysis of factors related to global climate change and CO2 emissions, it discusses China's CO2 emissions originating from various sectors, diverse impact factors, as well as proposed policies for reducing carbon emissions. Featuring empirical research and policy analysis on focused and critical issues involving different stages of CO2 emissions in China, the book provides scientific supports for researchers and policy makers in dealing with global climate change.

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Water resources development
ISBN : 9780889368040

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Water Management in Africa and the Middle East by International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Water Management in Africa and the Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021770966

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Dissertation Abstracts International by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henning Steinfeld,Pierre Gerber,T. D. Wassenaar,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Vincent Castel,Cees de Haan
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251055718

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Livestock's Long Shadow by Henning Steinfeld,Pierre Gerber,T. D. Wassenaar,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Vincent Castel,Cees de Haan Pdf

"The assessment builds on the work of the Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative"--Pref.