The new integrated commodity approach

A New Approach to Optimal Commodity Taxation

This paper makes a fresh attempt at characterizing optimal commodity taxes. Under the usual assumptions, an extremely simple expression of second-best commodity taxes is derived, showing tax rates as functions of observable variables only, rather than as functions of unobservable variables such as compensated cross elasticities. The main formula is independent of special preferences, and indepe...

A New Approach to Optimal Commodity Taxation

This paper makes a fresh attempt at characterizing optimal commodity taxes. Under the usual assumptions, an extremely simple expression of second-best commodity taxes is derived, showing tax rates as functions of observable variables only, rather than as functions of unobservable variables such as compensated cross elasticities. The main formula is independent of special preferences, and indepe...

A new approach in graph- based integrated production and distribution scheduling for perishable products

This study is concerned with how the quality of perishable products can be improved by shortening the time interval between production and distribution. As special types of food such as dairy products decay fast, the integration of production and distribution scheduling (IPDS) is investigated. An integrated scheduling of both processes improves the performance and costs because the separated sc...

The Situation Engine: A New Approach to Work Integrated Learning

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is widely acknowledged as providing an excellent complement to academic study in vocational degree programs such as construction management. However, the current context of higher education, with its increasing enrolment numbers and tightening of available resources, makes the delivery of effective WIL quite problematic. One key element of WIL is the situated natu...

A New Integrated Approach for the Treatment of Complicated Ulcers