While trade liberalization was perhaps the archetype disagreement on development strategy in the 1980s and 1990s, in the 1990s and 2000s this role has been taken over by water privatization and the passions it arouses. What are the underlying reasons for disagreements on water, among those who proclaim to be for poverty reduction? This paper tries to understand the nature of the disagreements, ...

Product replacement plays a critical role in many high-tech durable goods markets. Since these markets frequently undergo both rapid improvements in quality and falling prices, the consumer's replacement decision is most often due to product obsolescence, as opposed to wear and tear. Despite its importance, this issue has received insufficient attention in the literature, especially from an emp...

Wei Zhang⁎, Taylor H. Ricketts, Claire Kremen, Karen Carney, Scott M. Swinton Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039, United States Conservation Science Program, World Wildlife Fund — U.S., Washington, DC 20037, United States Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3114, United ...

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