We analyze how a policymaker should structure subsidies over time in order to induce agents to adopt a new durable good technology. We theoretically demonstrate that, if agents are myopic, a policymaker can price discriminate by using a subsidy that increases over time but can take advantage of technological change by using a subsidy that decreases over time. However, if agents plan their adopt...

In Japan, the number of reports of rubella has increased since 2012, with 14,344 cases being reported in 2013. Rubella infection in a first-trimester pregnant woman could result in congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), which causes serious complications. Many municipalities across the country have implemented programs to control the spread, such as offering a subsidy for the vaccination. The aim o...

abstract: implementing a combined cooling, heating and power system(cchp) to cool, heat and produce electricity is growing rapidly due to its efficiency and low emissions. in this paper, using economic analysis, the size and operation detail of the required gas engine and the specific electricity, cooling and heating load curves for a one year operating period has been determined. the proposed ...

Telephony is an Internet application that has the potential to radically alter the telecommunications environment. This application may a ect traditional regulatory structures, subsidy structures, business models, etc. Today, users can transmit telephone-like voice tra c over the Internet at zero incremental price, unlike circuit switched telephony, which has a per-minute incremental price. Whi...

The increasing incidence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in Sweden and several other European countries has sparked a discussion about the need for a public vaccination strategy. However, TBE vaccination coverage is incomplete and there is little knowledge about the factors influencing vaccination behavior. Based on a survey of 1,500 randomly selected respondents in Sweden, we estimate vaccina...

BACKGROUND Nutrition North Canada (NNC) is a retail subsidy program implemented in 2012 and designed to reduce the cost of nutritious food for residents living in Canada's remote, northern communities. The present study evaluates the extent to which NNC provides access to perishable, nutritious food for residents of remote northern communities. DESIGN Program documents, including fiscal and f...

Many countries have introduced vehicle scrappage programs to motivate consumers replace their old cars earlier. Since these are generally offered over a given period of time, policy makers need plan for inter-temporal subsidies. Considering two-period game between strategic and the government, we determine optimal subsidy levels. Our results demonstrate that level in second is higher than first...

Analyzing the farmer’s behavior and water-saving incentive mechanism is of great significance to implementation explicit subsidy policy agricultural water prices. This paper introduces concept loss aversion from behavioral economics conducts a theoretical analysis prices verify hypotheses by using survey data three inland river basins in Hexi Corridor, Northwest China. The results show that whe...