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Title of dissertation: AN EX POST EVALUATION OF THE U.S. ACID RAIN PROGRAM Hei Sing Chan, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014 Dissertation directed by: Professor Maureen Cropper Department of Economics Emissions trading programs have been recommended by economists and implemented by policy makers because they are expected to keep compliance costs low; but, studies on actual savings are limited. This pap...

Since the early 1980s China has witnessed a rapid increase in its national savings rate to one of the highest rates in the world. Unlike the socialist period when consumption was repressed in order to redirect resources to investment, most of these savings are voluntary. This paper addresses why China’s savings rates are so high and the implications for China’s economy.

2/9/06 2:08:34 PM Health savings accounts, or HSAs, are a new health insurance option that became available in 2004. HSAs couple a tax-preferred savings account (the HSA) with high-deductible health insurance. Enrollees or their employers, or both, make tax-free contributions to the HSA. Enrollees use the funds in their HSAs to purchase medical care until they reach their deductibles. At that p...

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) offers a simple and flexible transport solution for multiservice networks. Therefore, many UMTS operators are currently considering the use of a MPLS backbone. However, the efficient transport of short voice and data packets in the UMTS access network requires multiplexing and segmentation functions not provided by MPLS. This paper investigates the use of AT...

In recent years, a few researchers have addressed the need for the integration of process planning and scheduling functions in order to achieve superior overall system performance. Many of these researchers have discovered that the potential savings are substantial when process planning and scheduling are integrated. It has been reported that typical scheduling objectives, such as minimizing ma...