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Removing Barriers to Facilitate Efficient Water Markets in the Murray Darling Basin – A Case Study from Australia
No full textWater markets have been seen as an effective way of addressing water scarcity and allocation issues. In this paper we discuss the role and characteristics of water markets in facilitating efficient water allocation. Administrative, regulatory and/or political barriers to effective functioning of water markets are reviewed with a focus on southern Murray-Darling Basin in Australia. A mathematical model is developed to estimate the costs of existing restrictions and the benefits from potential changes in the water markets (eg. removing barriers in temporary water market). The modelling results reveal that when expanding trade from intraregional only to interregional trade, mean annual net returns increased from 2,590 million (i.e. an increase of 2,590 million to 17 million). The exclusion of any state from the interstate water trading market imposes significant costs. If South Australia, New South Wales or Victoria withdraws from the market, it reduces net returns by 31 million and $63 million, respectively, from water trading. In conclusion, the policy implications on strategies to removing market barriers are outlined to facilitate efficient and effective water trading.market barrier, opportunity cost, temporary water market, efficient water market, Australia
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Pop Chronicles Interviews
No full textRecording of John Gilliland interviewing author and critic George T. Simon for the Pop Chronicles radio program series
Forecasting banknotes
No full textA central bank’s liquidity forecast is important in ensuring that it supplies the banking system’s need for central bank money. Banknote (or currency in circulation) demand is the largest and for some central banks the most variable component of the liquidity forecast. Accurate forecasting of banknotes is essential in ensuring an accurate liquidity forecast and in turn effective monetary policy implementation. This Handbook discusses these issues and outlines a structural time series state space (STSSS) model which is now used by central banks including the Bank of England and ECB to forecast banknotes (currency in circulation).Forecasting banknotes
The translocation of golden perch, Murray cod and Australian bass, into and within Western Australia, for the purposes of recreational stocking, domestic stocking and commercial and non-commercial aquaculture
No full textThis discussion paper has been prepared to provide information to assist in assessment of the possible impact of the translocation of golden perch (Macquaria ambigua), Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii) and Australian bass (Macquaria novemaculeata) into and within Western Australia, for the purposes of recreational stocking, domestic stocking, commercial and non-commercial aquaculture.
In assessing the translocation of any aquatic species, economic and social benefits must be balanced with biological and environmental risks
(書簡)Date: 1951/5/22 ; Sender: Kuznets, Simon ; receiver: Author, Sessions on Economic Growth
No full textInternational Association for Research in Income and Wealth meeting, Royaumount, France, August 1951.1枚Social Science Council レター用紙オリジナルの所在: 一橋大学経済研究所資料室都留重人氏より寄贈1-T-5-02/0
Managerial Expectations on the Implementation of Reduced Work Hours: Evaluating Productivity, Leadership Adaptation, and Workplace Dynamics
No full textAbstract Title: Managerial Expectations on the Implementation of Reduced Work Hours: Evaluating Productivity, Leadership Adaptation, and Workplace Dynamics Author: Simon Bonnevier Supervisor: Michal T. Lysek Background: Over the past decade, organizations have experimented with Reduced Working Hours (RWH) while maintaining salaries to improve employee well-being without compromising performance. Although research suggests potential productivity gains and improved work-life balance, the leaders’ role in balancing flexibility with operational needs remains underexplored. Purpose: To explore how managers in the sports, construction, banking, travel, and automotive industries expect the implementation of RWH to affect productivity and leadership capabilities. Method: Outlines the qualitative, inductive study design with a subjectivist ontological perspective and a hermeneutic epistemology. Inspired by Classic Grounded Theory, an iterative process with theoretical sampling. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed through open and selective coding with constant comparison and memo writing until theoretical saturation. Five leaders in various organizations have been interviewed through qualitative interviews. Results and Discussion: Presents the model for Reduced Work Hours (RWH), developed through coding the empirical data. The model is illustrated as a triangular structure with three integrated Level 3 codes—“Conflicting Accustomations,” “Leadership Process for RWH,” and “Organizational-Level Strategies”—that interact to enable a sustainable and engaging implementation of RWH. The results are compared and discussed with existing research and relevant theories.
Managerial Expectations on the Implementation of Reduced Work Hours: Evaluating Productivity, Leadership Adaptation, and Workplace Dynamics
No full textAbstract Title: Managerial Expectations on the Implementation of Reduced Work Hours: Evaluating Productivity, Leadership Adaptation, and Workplace Dynamics Author: Simon Bonnevier Supervisor: Michal T. Lysek Background: Over the past decade, organizations have experimented with Reduced Working Hours (RWH) while maintaining salaries to improve employee well-being without compromising performance. Although research suggests potential productivity gains and improved work-life balance, the leaders’ role in balancing flexibility with operational needs remains underexplored. Purpose: To explore how managers in the sports, construction, banking, travel, and automotive industries expect the implementation of RWH to affect productivity and leadership capabilities. Method: Outlines the qualitative, inductive study design with a subjectivist ontological perspective and a hermeneutic epistemology. Inspired by Classic Grounded Theory, an iterative process with theoretical sampling. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed through open and selective coding with constant comparison and memo writing until theoretical saturation. Five leaders in various organizations have been interviewed through qualitative interviews. Results and Discussion: Presents the model for Reduced Work Hours (RWH), developed through coding the empirical data. The model is illustrated as a triangular structure with three integrated Level 3 codes—“Conflicting Accustomations,” “Leadership Process for RWH,” and “Organizational-Level Strategies”—that interact to enable a sustainable and engaging implementation of RWH. The results are compared and discussed with existing research and relevant theories.
J. Murray, 1872
No full textA selection of Scottish song scores bound by J. Murray in 1872.Auld Reekie / Fr. Cognovi ; arr. by W. Daly -- The march of the Cameron men / Mary M. Campbell ; arr. by Finlay Dun -- The heather bell / music, Mrs. George Bell, words, A Nithsdale gardener -- The auld house: a Scotch ballad from the Lays of Strathern / Caroline Baroness Nairne, Elizabeth Rainforth -- Afton water: an admired Scottish song / music, Alexander Hume, words, Robert Burns ; arr. for piano by Jules Favre -- I'm waiting at your window, Katty darling / music, Vincenzo Bellini, words, Charles Jeffreys ; arr. by G. A. Hodson -- We'd better bide a wee / Claribel -- Far away / Mrs. J. Worthington Bliss -- The Land o'the leal / words, Caroline Baroness Nairne ; arr. by John Thomson -- Once again / music, Arthur S. Sullivan, words, Lionel H. Lewin -- The Monarch of the woods / J. W. Cherry -- The brave old oak / music, Edward J. Loder, words, H. F. Chorley -- Three fishers went sailing / music, John Hullah, words, Charles Kingsley -- God bless the Prince of Wales / music, Brinley Richards, words, Welsh by J. Ceiriog Hughes, English by George Linley -- The Bay of Biscay / J. Davy ; arr. by T. Philipps -- Robin Hood. My own, my guiding star / music, G. A. MacFarren, words, John Oxenford -- Maid of Athens / music , Henry R. Allen, words, Lord Byron -- March of the Men of Harlech (Song no. 13 from "Welsh Melodies") / English poetry by T. Oliphant, Welsh by Talhaiarn ; arr. by John Thomas -- The Bells of Aberdovey (Song no. 11 from "Welsh Melodies") / English poetry by T. Oliphant, Welsh by Talhaiarn ; arr. by John Thomas -- The beating of my own heart / music, G. A. FacFarren, words, R. Monckton Milnes -- Simon the cellarer / music, John L. Hatton, words, W. H. Bellamy.Stamped Church Institute, St. John's, Newfoundland. -- J. Murray, 1872 penciled on back of first title page
The role of water markets in climate change adaptation
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Water markets were first introduced in Australia in the 1980s, and water entitlement and allocation trade have been increasingly adopted by both private individuals and government.Irrigators turned to water markets (particularly for allocation water) to manage water scarcity and Governments to acquire water for the environment (particularly water entitlements. It is expected that further adoption of water markets will be essential for coping with future climate change impacts. This report reviews the available literature related to the relationship between southern Murray-Darling Basin (sMDB) water markets and anticipated climate change effects; the economic, social and environmental impacts of water reallocation through markets; and future development requirements to enhance positive outcomes in these areas.
The use of water markets by irrigators can involve both transformational (selling all water entitlements and relocating or switching to dryland) and incremental (e.g. buying water allocations/entitlements, using carry-over, changing water management techniques) adaptation to climate change. Barriers to both adaptations include: current and future climate uncertainty; poor (or non-existent) market signals; financial constraints; information barriers; mental processing limits; inherent attitudes toward or beliefs about climate change; institutional barriers and disincentives to adapt.
A better understanding of trade behaviour, especially strategic trade issues that can lead to market failures, will improve the economic advantages of water trade. There remains community concerns about the impacts of transfers away from regional areas such as reduced community spending and reinvestment; population losses; loss of jobs; declining taxation base, loss of local services and businesses, regional production changes; and legacy issues for remaining farmers. However, it is hard to disentangle these impacts from those caused by ongoing structural change in agriculture. Rural communities that are most vulnerable to water scarcity under climate change and water trade adjustment include smaller irrigation-dependent towns. Communities less dependent on irrigation are better able to adapt. Further, where environmental managers use water markets to deal with water variability and to ensure ecological benefits, irrigators are concerned about its impact on their traditional use of markets to manage scarcity.
Climate change and water scarcity management are intertwined, suggesting that policy, institutional and governance arrangements to deal with such issues should be similarly structured. Water users will adapt, either out of necessity or opportunity. The cost of that adaptation at individual, regional and national levels—particularly to future water supply variability—can be mitigated by the consideration of the existing advantages from future opportunities for water marketing in Australia
Industry Consolidation in the U.S. Telecommunications Industry
No full textThis thesis will investigate how consolidation has affected the telecommunications industry. The study will take into consideration the many mergers and acquisitions that have taken place which have led to AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile controlling roughly 90% of the market. In order to understand the effects of industry consolidation it will be important to look at the industry before and after and to study how the consolidation has changed the industry and the consumer as well
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