This paper summarizes the results of a studyFScenarios for a Clean Energy FutureFthat assess how energy-efficient and clean energy technologies can address key energy and environmental challenges facing the US. A particular focus of this study is the energy, environmental, and economic impacts of different public policies and programs. Hundreds of technologies and approximately 50 policies are ...

To remain competitive in a turbulent and rapidly evolving market, telecommunication companies have found it necessary to invest large sums of money on the latest technologies and IT infrastructure. These investments have been a serious drain on the fmancial resources of these companies who are now seeking ways to pare costs and regain their fmancial footing. This new reality is increasingly for...

We study whether group identity helps mitigate inefficiencies associated with appropriable quasi-rents, which are often created by relationship-specific investments in bilateral trade relationships. Based on previous findings that group identity strengthens other-regarding preferences, we conjecture that group identity reduces agents' incentives to undertake ex-post opportunistic behavior such ...

To remain competitive in a turbulent and rapidly evolving market, telecommunication companies have found it necessary to invest large sums of money on the latest technologies and IT infrastructure. These investments have been a serious drain on the financial resources of these companies who are now seeking ways to pare costs and regain their financial footing. This new reality is increasingly f...

yasuj is one the cities of the country that has had a heavy growth in recent years. the main objective of this study is t help develop improved urban services using inefficiencies of the current services. the important issue in planning urban infrastructures in estimating infrastructures based on population forecast, which is the focus of this study. the research method used in this study was a...

We construct a price-theoretic model of integration decisions and show that these choices may adversely affect consumers, even in the absence of monopoly power in supply and product markets. Integration is costly to implement but is effective at coordinating production decisions. The price of output helps to determine the organizational form chosen: there is an inverted-U relation between the d...