Analysis Of Economic Effects Research Articles

The Analysis of Nonlinear Economic Growth Effects of Financial Social Security Expenditure

The Analysis of Nonlinear Economic Growth Effects of Financial Social Security Expenditure

Mindfulness therapy for somatization disorder and functional somatic syndromes: Analysis of economic consequences alongside a randomized trial

ObjectiveThe objective of the present study is to estimate the economic consequences of somatization disorder and functional somatic syndromes such as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome, defined as bodily distress syndrome (BDS), when mindfulness therapy is compared with enhanced treatment as usual. MethodsA total of 119 BDS patients were randomized to mindfulness therapy or enhanced treatment as usual and compared with 5950 matched controls. Register data were analyzed from 10years before their inclusion to 15-month follow-up. The main outcome measures were disability pension at the 15-month follow-up and a reduction in total health care costs. Unemployment and sickness benefit prior to inclusion were tested as possible risk factors. ResultsAt 15-month follow-up, 25% from the mindfulness therapy group received disability pension compared with 45% from the specialized treatment group (p=.025). The total health care utilization was reduced over time in both groups from the year before inclusion (mean $5325, median $2971) to the year after inclusion (mean $3644, median $1593) (p=.0001). This overall decline was seen in spite of elevated costs due to assessment and mindfulness therapy or enhanced treatment as usual. The BDS patients accumulated significantly more weeks of unemployment and sickness benefit 5 and 10years before inclusion (p<.0001) than the population controls. ConclusionsMindfulness therapy may prevent disability pension and it may have a potential to significantly reduce societal costs and increase the effectiveness of care. Accumulated weeks of unemployment and sickness benefit are possible risk factors for BDS.

A novel strategy to determine the insurance and risk control plan for natural disaster risk management

This study presents an extended framework for the analysis of economic effects of natural disaster risk management. It also attempts to define and evaluate the optimal insurance arrangements. A model, the economic utility constrained-maximization model, is proposed. The purpose of this study is to establish a strategy for determining an insurance and risk control plan in which consideration is given to balancing the economic effects (e.g., decrease in costs due to damage) by disaster mitigation. Furthermore, these values are compared with risk control actions for purposes of prioritization, to provide data to help evaluate the benefit of each risk control action. Disaster insurance policy premiums in contrast are based on actuarial data taken from situations in which risk control measures are not employed. This can make such contracts unfair to responsible enterprise managers who must take risk control measures. This represents an unfair aspect of insurance policies. Enterprise managers should be able to determine the optimum arrangement between natural disaster risk control and insurance given their budget limitations. The optimal strategies aim at the best applicability and balance between risk control and insurance capability for the enterprise manager. Risk control measures can generate several risk control options for enterprise managers. Premium discounts by insurers are given in this model.

Analysis of Economic Effect of Accuracy Improvement in Location Based Services

Analysis of Economic Effect of Accuracy Improvement in Location Based Services

Development and Economic Effect Analysis of Free Trade Area with Axle of Mexico

With the development of the economic globalization and regionalization, Mexico, as the developing country, conducts the marketization and liberalization reforms actively, and gains rapid development in the aspects of regional economic cooperation. In the recent several years, Mexico had entered into free trade agreement with multiple countries and regions, and formed the trade junction connecting Europe, Asia and America. This paper describes the developmental actuality of free trade area with the axle of Mexico, analyzes the developmental strategy of America, Asia and Europe with the axle center of Mexico, and discusses the economic influences of the overlapping free trade area on Mexico by applying the diagram, which mainly reflects in the following aspects. First, it pushes forward the vigorous growth of the value of import and export trade in Mexico and enhances the ability of attracting foreign capitals. Second, it reduces the dependence on the US market. Meanwhile, it also leads to the rising of the administrative cost. Key words: Overlapping free trade area; Developmental strategy; Rules of origin Resume Avec le developpement de la mondialisation economique et de la regionalisation, le Mexique, alors que le pays en developpement, mene la marchandisation et de reformes de liberalisation activement, et les gains de developpement rapide dans les aspects de la cooperation economique regionale. Dans les dernieres annees de plusieurs, le Mexique avaient conclu un accord de libre echange avec plusieurs pays et regions, et ont forme la jonction de commerce reliant l'Europe, en Asie et en Amerique. Ce document decrit la realite de developpement de la zone de libre-echange avec l'axe du Mexique, analyse la strategie de developpement de l'Amerique, en Asie et en Europe avec le centre de l'essieu du Mexique, et examine les influences economiques de la zone de libre-echange qui se chevauchent sur le Mexique en appliquant le schema , qui reflete principalement dans les aspects suivants. Premierement, elle pousse en avant la croissance vigoureuse de la valeur des importations et des exportations au Mexique et en ameliore la capacite d'attirer des capitaux etrangers. Deuxiemement, il reduit la dependance sur le marche americain. En attendant, il conduit egalement a la hausse des couts administratifs. Mots-cles: Chevauchement; Zone de libre-echange; Strategie de developpement; Regles d'origine

The Economic Analysis of the Margin Squeeze Ban Effects: An Application to the Market of Differentiated Products

Following deregulation in the formerly monopolized vertically integrated markets, the margin squeeze became one of the major concerns for the competition authorities as well as for the market participants. Nevertheless, this anti-competitive behavior is fiercely debated in the economic and legal literature. Even though the recent case law seems to have established somewhat consistent doctrine how to redress the squeezing abuses, it yet receives very little support from the formal economic modeling. Several existing economic articles analyze the welfare effects of such behavior as well as the effects of banning it, however, their conclusions rest on certain strong assumptions that limit their application in practice. This paper discusses the existing economic theory behind the margin squeeze, as well as its shortcomings. Furthermore, based on the benchmark article of Chone et al. (2010), it offers an extension to their model that allows to look more rigorously at the margin squeeze ban effects in the framework of differentiated products. Indeed, we show that relaxing the assumption of homogenous goods in the retail market changes the model implications. We find that the margin squeeze ban can be actually welfare detrimental if it allows more entry in the market, contrary to what Chone et al. (2010) show, because such entry in our considered framework is less efficient. Likewise, it can also reduce the welfare if it forces the incumbent to withdraw from the retail market. On the other hand, we demonstrate another channel through which the ban could increase the welfare that was not present in Chone et al. (2010), i.e. the reduction of input price that in turn mitigates the double marginalization problem in the vertically related markets in question. The decrease in the input price however can reduce the incentives of a vertically integrated firm to invest upstream, pointing out that the potential positive effects of the ban can be limited.

관광산업의 경제적 효과 분석 -산업연관분석을 중심으로-

본 논문은 관광산업을 포함한 우리나라의 산업연관모형을 구축하고, 관광산업의 각종 유발계수를 산업간 비교분석하고자 2007년 산업연관표를 중심으로 분석하였다. 이를 위해 전국 403개 산업 세세분류 산업연관표를 이용하여 28개 산업부문으로 산업연관표를 재작성하여 관광산업이 포함된 산업연관표를 도출하였다. 작성된 산업연관모형은 생산자거래표, 수입거래표 등을 작성하여 구축하였고, 관광산업의 각종 파급효과를 분석하기 위하여 산업간 비교하기 위하여 산업연관표를 중심으로 분석하였다. The aim of this article is to build up the model related to our industry, including the tourist industry. And all kinds of the inducement coefficients of the tourist industry were compared and analyzed among industries. In an analysis of economic effects on the tourist industry, the analysis related to industries is a useful method. Accordingly, the analysis related to industries was used in order to measure the relations of influence between the tourist industry and other ones.

Economic Effect Analysis on the Development of Mineral Resources in Tarim River Basin

Analysis of characteristics of mineral resources industrial development in Tarim River Basin, and taking the Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture for example, from the contribution of the total amount and economic growth of mineral resources development, industrial development potential, the scale of employment, investment of fixed asset and resources tax analysis effect of economic of mineral resource development in Tarim River Basin. It find that economic effects of mineral resource development is also not fully played important role, in particular, the development potential of mineral resources industry declined, so the future mineral resources should be comprehensive and effective used, strengthening the deep processing of products and further extend the industrial chain.

Economic Analysis of Methamphetamine Prevention Effects and Employer Costs

The goal of this research was to evaluate economically three interventions designed to prevent substance use in general populations of adolescents, specifically focusing on the prevention of methamphetamine use and its subsequent benefits to employers. In a randomized, controlled trial, three preventive interventions were delivered to 6th- or 7th-grade youth in 58 Iowa school districts, with 905 of these youth (449 girls) providing follow-up assessments as 12th graders. Intervention conditions included the family-focused Iowa Strengthening Families Program (ISFP), the school-based Life Skills Training (LST) program, and a combined condition of both the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 (SFP10- 14; an ISFP revision) plus LST (LST + SFP10-14). Analyses based on intervention costs, 12th-grade methamphetamine use rates, and methamphetamine- related employer costs yielded estimates of intervention cost, cost-effectiveness, benefit-cost ratio, and net benefit. The ISFP lowered methamphetamine use by 3.9%, cost $25,385 to prevent each case, and had a benefit-cost ratio of 3.84, yielding a net benefit of $2,813 per youth. The LST program reduced methamphetamine use by 2.5%, required $5,122 per prevented case, and had a benefit-cost ratio of 19.04, netting $2,273 per youth. The combined LST + SFP10-14 prevention condition lowered methamphetamine use rates by 1.8%, cost $62,697 to prevent each case, had a benefit-cost ratio of 1.56, and netted $620 per youth. Findings were robust after varying a number of key parameters across a range of plausible values. Substance use prevention programming is economically feasible, particularly for effective interventions that have lower per person treatment delivery costs.

A Study on the Proposal of the Cloud Based Technology for VoD Systems and Analysis of Economic Effects

본 논문에서는 2가지의 시나리오를 가지고 클라우드 기술 기반 VoD 시스템의 구성 방안을 제안하였다. 첫번째 시나리오는 기존 VoD 시스템에서 DMC 및 각 SO의 콘텐츠 스트리지와 스트림 서버를 가상화하여 추가적으로 필요한 저장용량 및 스트림 서버의 사용을 효율적으로 하는 방법이며, 두 번째 시나리오는 VoD 시스템과 더불어 케이블 방송 시스템을 클라우드화 하는 방법으로 가입자 STB은 네트워크에 연결할 수 있는 최소한의 프로그램과 저장 공간만을 가지고 기존 가입자 STB에 있던 운영체제 및 미들웨어는 클라우드 데이터 센터로 이동하는 방법을 제안하였다. <BR> 또한 기존 시스템의 STB 교체비용과 클라우드 VoD 시스템의 구축비용의 비교 등 케이블 방송 환경에 클라우드 기술을 적용하였을 때의 경제성 분석을 통해 클라우드 VoD 시스템의 구축으로 인한 케이블 방송 사업자의 비용절감을 분석하였다.

Revisiting the Economic Effects of Export Subsidies: A Correction and Expansion of Traditional Analysis

This paper attempts to correct and then expand traditional economic effect analysis of Export subsidy, which has previously ignored the incentive of export subsidies in terms of competition from re-importation. It is found that, compared to traditional analysis, exporting countries that implement export subsidies suffer smaller welfare losses and induce intra-industry trade of homogeneous products. Due to export subsidy policy incentives, transportation costs heavily influence trade patterns, trade volumes and welfare results. Trade patterns evolve from unidirectional export to intra-industry trade as transportation costs are reduced, with the main source of welfare loss coming from transportation costs. The distribution of export subsidies is biased when domestic transportation costs are high. Under low domestic transportation costs, inefficient intra-industry trade would emerge as a result of export subsidy incentive.

An Analysis of Economic Effects of Airline Industry on Regional Economy by Using the MRIO Analysis

An Analysis of Economic Effects of Airline Industry on Regional Economy by Using the MRIO Analysis

건설신기술의 경제적 파급효과 분석

우리나라는 1989년 기술개발자의 개발의욕을 고취시킴으로써 국내 건설기술의 발전을 도모하고, 국가경쟁력 등을 제고하기 위하여 건설신기술 지정제도를 도입하였다. 국내 건설신기술제도가 1989년 최초 도입되어 2009년 12월 31일까지 총 596건의 건설기술이 신기술로 지정되어 건설현장에 총 3만여회 이상 활용되는 등 양적 성과를 거두었고, 국내 건설산업에 직 간접적인 영향을 미치고 있으나, 건설신기술제도의 도입 효과에 대한 체계적인 분석은 이루어지지 않고 있다. 이에 건설신기술제도 도입 이후 건설현장에 활용되었던 양적 성과 외에 건설산업에 직 간접적으로 영향을 미친 경제적 파급효과를 정량적으로 분석함으로써 동 제도의 운영에 따른 당위성을 확보하고 우수성을 검증하여 동 제도가 향후 지속적으로 발전할 수 있는 기틀을 마련할 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 건설신기술 사용으로 인한 공사비절감액, 공사비절감으로 인한 타 산업 비용절감효과, 취업유발효과, 부가가치 유발효과, 수입대체효과 등 건설신기술의 경제적 파급효과를 정량적으로 분석하였다. 이러한 연구결과는 건설신기술의 경제성과 우수성을 널리 홍보하고, 활용촉진을 도모하는데 활용할 수 있을 것이다. The Construction New Excellent Technology was introduced to promote the development of domestic construction technology and enhance national competitiveness, by inspiring the development desire of technology developers in 1989. Domestic Construction New Excellent Technology is first introduced in 1989, the total 596 cases were assigned to the new technology and it was used the construction site. Also, it was achieved the quantitative performance of thirty-hundred applications and was effected to the domestic construction industry. However, the systematic analysis about the introduction effects of Construction New Excellent Technology are none. Therefore, the quantitative analysis of economic effects in construction industry have to a justification in according to operation of Construction New Excellent Technology system and verification of superiority. And then, the Construction New Excellent Technology system needs a developing base in the future. In this study, The Economic Impacts of Construction New Excellent Technology were analyzed in quantitatively such as a cost savings effects, the employment effects, the effects on Value-added, the import substitution effects due to use of Construction New Excellent Technology. This study will be used promotion of economics and superiority in the Construction New Excellent Technology.

An analysis of economic effect for the investment on aircraft development

An analysis of economic effect for the investment on aircraft development

Solar orbital power: Sustainability analysis

Solar power plants positioned in space for terrestrial electricity use have been proposed due to the ever-rising world energy consumption and its environmental impacts. This idea is analysed here in the context of sustainability of such power generation. To that end we have performed some new economic, environmental and social effects analysis of electricity generation by solar space power plants of both photovoltaic and solar thermal types power using the best currently available technology. The plants in the analysis were assumed to be in different Earth orbits, or on the Moon built by a robotised factory. One of our results is that both economically and environmentally the best scenario may be to launch a thermal solar power plant to the geostationary orbit from the Moon. Electricity produced in this way could be economically competitive to that generated by fossil fuels on Earth already for as few as 100 space power plants of about 5–10 GW each. This option is also deemed socially responsible with its capacity to reduce poverty with large amounts of cheap clean energy, and environmentally friendly, because it produces more than a hundred times less emissions than the same amount of electricity produced from fossil fuels on Earth.

Book Reviews

Carlisle Ford Runge of University of Minnesota reviews “Climate Change and Agriculture: An Economic Analysis of Global Impacts, Adaptation and Distributional Effects” by Robert Mendelsohn, Ariel Dinar,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Examines the impact of climate change on agriculture and considers what farmers do to adapt to climate. Discusses the role of climate in agricultural production; a literature review of economic impacts of climate change on agriculture; the Ricardian method; modeling adaptation to climate change; structural Ricardian models; Ricardian analyses of aggregate data; Ricardian models of individual farms; adaptation studies; structural Ricardian studies; a summary of results; and policy implications and future research needs. Mendelsohn is Edwin Weyerhaeuser Davis Professor in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. Dinar is Professor of Environmental Economics and Policy and Director of the Water Science and Policy Center at the University of California, Riverside. Index.”

Climate Change and Agriculture: An Economic Analysis of Global Impacts, Adaptation and Distributional Effects

Few myths in climate change research produced more errors than assuming that society cannot adapt. In the view of Richard Mendelsohn and Ariel Dinar, the essential thing about society is not that it needs to adapt to climate change but that it adapts without effort. Their book appears at a critical point in a methodological crisis on how to estimate the costs and benefits of adaptation and mitigation policies. Its most important message is that farmers have and will adapt to change. In effect, Mendelsohn and Dinar imply that both the theorist and the practical policy-maker could consider ignoring the pressures to produce cost and benefit estimates. The book is a grand tour through the agriculture of 22 countries, analysing their sensitivity to climate change. The authors' longstanding collaboration becomes apparent in the wealth of data, the comprehensive analysis and the well-structured discourse. At the core of their analytical method is the theory of David Ricardo. Loosely, Ricardian analysis of climate change impacts uses cross-sectional evidence to estimate the adaptation response to climate change that occurs over time – that is, that farmers create their future. Such a view implies a powerful case for belittling the importance of policy development.

The Microsoft Browser Case: Why the Commission's Decision Fails to Convince

The Commission closed the Browsers case with commitments and achieved case victory without a properly-reasoned analysis of economic effects.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: A Cost Benefit Analysis Using the U.S. Banking Industry

There are many analyses of the economic effects that regulations, in general, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act, in particular, have had on American business. This analysis looks at the effect that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has had on the American banking industry. The return on assets and return on equity were obtained from the Federal Reserve Bank for all SEC-registered and nonregistered banks for the period 2000 through 2005. Comparative results indicate that during the period that the Act had been in effect there is a marked negative divergence for SEC-registered banks as opposed to those banks that do not report to the SEC.

Input-Output Analysis of Economic Effect in Nursing Care Insurance

Input-Output Analysis of Economic Effect in Nursing Care Insurance