The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument is scheduled for launch aboard the first of the Earth Observing System (EOS) spacecraft, EOS-AM1. MISR will provide global, radiometrically calibrated, georectified, and spatially coregistered imagery at nine discrete viewing angles and four visible/near-infrared spectral bands. Algorithms specifically developed to capitalize on this m...

In an economy which primitives are exactly those in Mirrlees (1971), we investigate the efficiency of tax schedules derived under the equal sacrifice principle. For a given exogenous government consumption level we assess whether there is an alternative tax schedule that raises more revenue while delivering less utility to no one. For our preferred parametrizations, we find that inefficiency on...

This paper argues that Vidya (education), Veda (religion) and Varna (caste) are inter-linked in India. It examines whether, and to what extent, the enrolment of children at school in India is influenced by community norms such those of religion (Hindu or Muslim) or caste (Scheduled or nonScheduled). The econometric estimates are based on unit record data from a survey of 33,000 rural households...

Teodor Gabriel Crainic Intelligent Transportation Systems Laboratory, Centre de recherche sur les transports, Université de Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7, and Département de management et technologie, École des Sciences de la Gestion, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 6192, Succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 4R2, [email protected]...