Interval pricing can provide an effective means of congestion control as well as revenue generation. Using this method, prices are fixed over intervals of time, providing adaptability and predictability. An important issue is the interval duration associated with price updates. While previous research has discussed the effect of interval lengths on congestion control, this paper investigates th...

This survey reviews both theoretical and empirical papers that examine the economic effects of labour mobility with a particular reference to intra-European migration. We address three broad sets of issues: firstly, the effect that immigration has on the host country's labour market. Although the possible adverse effects that immigration can have on the wage and employment levels of natives are...

The immense economic inequality we observe in the world today didn’t happen overnight, or even in the past century. It is the path dependent outcome of a multitude of historical processes, one of the most important of which has been European colonialism. Retracing our steps 500 years, or back to the verge of this colonial project, we see little inequality and small differences between poor and ...

Wind power is the fastest growing renewable energy source in the United States. Existing empirical studies on the economic impact of wind power development have primarily relied on case studies and input-output models, which have limitations. This study instead uses a linear fixed effects model to estimate the county level effects of wind power in the Great Plains region of the United States fr...

West Nile virus (WNV) is transmitted by mosquitoes and can cause illness in humans ranging from mild fever to encephalitis. In 2002, a total of 4,156 WNV cases were reported in the United States; 329 were in Louisiana. To estimate the economic impact of the 2002 WNV epidemic in Louisiana, we collected data from hospitals, a patient questionnaire, and public offices. Hospital charges were conver...

BACKGROUND: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a chronic incapacitating illness that affects between 400,000 and 800,000 Americans. Despite the disabling nature of this illness, scant research has addressed the economic impact of CFS either on those affected or on the national economy. METHODS: We used microsimulation methods to analyze data from a surveillance study of CFS in Wichita, Kansas, a...

A literature review of the economics of managing haemophilia patients with inhibitors was conducted. It showed that haemophilia with inhibitors places a burden on the healthcare system and on the patient. Use of rFVIIa compared to 'usual therapy' is associated with improvements on a number of outcomes, including speed of bleed resolution, duration of pain, and quality of life. The extra costs o...

This paper examines the price response of wireless carriers to the introduction of number portability. We …nd that wireless prices decreased in response to number portability, but not uniformly across plans. Average prices for the plans with the fewest minutes decreased by only $0.19/month (0.97%), but average prices for mediumand high-volume plans decreased by $3.64/month (4.84%) and $10.29/mo...

OBJECTIVE The authors reviewed data involving the impact of providing psychotherapy for psychiatric disorders on costs of care. METHOD In a search of the MEDLINE database limited to peer-reviewed papers published from 1984 through 1994, 686 articles were identified. Forty-one articles, covering 35 studies, were found in which the intervention tested was psychotherapeutic and the study include...