Due to the continuous progress of constructing sustainable environments in China, the role played by the Chinese central government as the main body for promoting green development is worth studying. Because China’s ecological civilization building has
For each scheme, we use these estimates to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of public funds to reduce energy expenses, the ability of the schemes to induce private investment (leverage effect) and their capacity to increase total investment (additionality). We compare the four schemes along these ...
The problem is that this machinery—we call it the revealed-preference machinery for benefit-cost analysis—assumes that consumers act in their own best interest. If I’m willing to pay $5 to drive over a bridge, that’s $...
Methods and analysis The Evaluation of Cost of Nosocomial Infection study (ECONI) is an observational incidence survey with record linkage and a nested case-control study that will include postdischarge longitudinal follow-up and qualitative interviews. ECONI will be conducted in one large teaching ...
From the government's perspective, driven by a determination to alleviate cost impediments, thoughtfully devised incentive measures are designed to inspire construction entities to embrace building CER upgrades. This continuous dance of subsidies and penalties creates a conducive environment for enterprises ...
They were then presented with a choice to wait (for an unspecified period of time) if they wanted to find out more about the book. A wait time between 3 and 6 s was imposed if they chose “yes”, such that seeking information about the book was associated with a temporal cost (...
To find the relevant publications, two searches were conducted. The first one used a combination of keywords in the topic/title, abstract, and keywords within the Web of Science and Scopus database. The main objective of the first search strategy was to select only publications that specifically...
. In nations with high corruption levels or limited civil liberties and political rights, firms may find it relatively easier and more cost-effective to engage in activities like lobbying or bribery to evade or dilute the impact of CSP regulations. Moreover, cultural contexts also impact ...
In terms of debt investment, subordinated loans allow developers to raise up to 6 million Euros per project with a maximum of 25,000 Euros per person. The corporate finance literature would suggest that developers prefer issuing debt because it lowers the cost of capital and allows them to ...
Money can be tainted when it is associated with direct or indirect harm to others. Deciding whether to accept “dirty money” poses a dilemma because money can be used to help others, but accepting dirty money has moral costs. How people resolve the dile