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Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

On the inefficiency of propensity score matching

Frölich, Markus

In: AStA Advances in Statistical Analysis, 2007, vol. 91, no. 3, p. 279-290

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Sustainability and its relation to efficiency under uncertainty

Krysiak, Frank

In: Economic Theory, 2009, vol. 41, no. 2, p. 297-315

Université de Fribourg

Under-connected and over-connected networks : the role of externalities in strategic network formation

Buechel, Berno ; Hellmann, Tim

In: Review of Economic Design, 2012, vol. 16, no. 1, p. 71–87

Since the seminal contribution of Jackson and Wolinsky (J Econ Theory 71(1):44–74, 1996) it has been widely acknowledged that the formation of social networks exhibits a general conflict between individual strategic behavior and collective outcome. What has not been studied systematically are the sources of inefficiency. We approach this omission by analyzing the role of positive and...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Resource rent taxation and benchmarking : a new perspective for the Swiss hydropower sector

Banfi, Silvia ; Filippini, Massimo ; Svizzera

The electricity generation in Switzerland is mainly based on hydropower (55% of total production). The exploitation of water in the hydropower sector can generate significant so-called resource rents. These are defined by the surplus return above the value of capital, labor, materials and energy used to exploit hydropower. In Switzerland, hydropower producers pay to the State a fixed fee per...