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The Optimal Management of A Natural Resource Under Regime Switching Behavior
(2012)IED Working PaperWorking Paper -
Accuracy enhancing protocols for quantum clocks
(2019)arXivThe accuracy of the time information generated by clocks can be enhanced by allowing them to communicate with each other. Here we consider a basic scenario where a quantum clock receives a low-accuracy time signal as input and ask whether it can generate an output of higher accuracy. We propose protocols that, using a clock with a $d$-dimensional state space, achieve an accuracy enhancement by a factor $d$ (in the limit of large $d$). If ...Working Paper -
Who forms local institutions?
(2006)ZEF Discussion Papers on Development PolicyParticipatory approaches aim at achieving representation of a broad segment of local communities, including poor and marginalized groups in natural resource management. Focusing on the case of Joint Forest Management (JFM) in India, this paper analyzes three levels of participation (attendance of decisive meetings, membership in executive committees, and influence on decisions taken) and their determinants. A conceptual model of the ...Working Paper -
Urban Mortality Transitions
(2013)PGDA Working PaperHigh urban mortality delayed transitions to low mortality in 19th century Europe, but an urban mortality advantage emerged as European transitions progressed into the 20th century. Recent analysis has suggested that high mortality in the rapidly growing urban slums of developing countries might once again delay transitions to low mortality in the 21st century. In this paper we use data from Demographic and Health Surveys across 37 countries ...Working Paper -
Institutional Regimes for Sustainable Collective Housing
(2009)Working Paper de l’IDHEAP ~ Collective Housing Stocks No 4Working Paper -
Local gravitational energy in higher dimensions
(2019)arXivIn general relativity, the local gravitational energy is best characterised by the quasilocal mass. The small sphere limit of quasilocal mass provides us the most local notion of gravitational energy. In four dimensions, the limits were shown be the stress tensor in non-vacuum and the Bel-Robinson tensor in vacuum. We study the local gravitational energy in higher dimensions through the lens of the small sphere limits of various quasilocal ...Working Paper -
Migration due to the tsunami in Sri Lanka
(2006)ZEF Discussion Papers on Development PolicyTo achieve a better understanding of the diverse vulnerabilities of different social groups affected by the tsunami in December 2004 in Sri Lanka, a survey of 500 households in the Sri Lankan urban area of Galle has been conducted in cooperation with several institutes under the direction of the Institute of Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University (UNU-EHS). An important aim of the project is to analyze the ...Working Paper -
Determinants of outpatient antibiotic consumption in Europe: bacterial resistance and drug prescribers
(2007)QuadernoWorking Paper -
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Determinants of landholder enrolment in Payments for Environmental Service Schemes
(2011)Environmental and Resource EconomicsWorking Paper