Oil Exploration Economics: Empirical Evidence from Indonesian Geological Basins

Economics of species and nature protection: empirical evidence from Austria

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Relative Comparisons and Economics : Empirical Evidence

For most people, the idea that individuals compare themselves to others in determining their own utility, that is, their sense of happiness or well-being, rings true. Memories from the school yard, the neighborhood, and the workplace support the notion that we care both about our own accomplishments and how they stack up against those of others.While economists are not immune to such interperso...

Scale Determinants of Fiscal Investment in Geological Exploration: Evidence from China

With the continued growth in demand for mineral resources and China's efforts in increasing investment in geological prospecting, fiscal investment in geological exploration becomes a research hotspot. This paper examines the yearly relationship among fiscal investment in geological exploration of the current term, that of the last term and prices of mining rights over the period 1999-2009. Hin...

Are smokers rational addicts? Empirical evidence from the Indonesian Family Life Survey

BACKGROUND Indonesia is one of the largest consumers of tobacco in the world, however there has been little work done on the economics addiction of tobacco. This study provides an empirical test of a rational addiction (henceforth RA) hypothesis of cigarette demand in Indonesia. METHODS Four estimators (OLS, 2SLS, GMM, and System-GMM) were explored to test the RA hypothesis. The author adopte...

Transaction Cost Economics in Software Ecosystems: some empirical evidence