...Demetrius Yannelis Network externalities are analysed in the telecommunications sector and the public good character of the network is stressed. It is examined whether the presence of network externalities justifies a subscribership subsidy usually reflected in a low connection charge. The answer...

... the sources in question. © MCB UP Limited 1998 A good number of subsidies can be viewed as “perverse” insofar as they exert adverse impact upon both the environment and the economy in the long run. The principal sectors in question are agriculture, with roughly $460 billion of subsidies worldwide...

... Rent Subsidies Non‐government forestry has undergone rapid change in many countries over the last decade, with implications for economic analysis and policy support. Forests have been a focus for action by environmental groups and areas of Crown native forest have been progressively withdrawn...

...Carunia Mulya Firdausy Examines the effects of fertilizer subsidy on the rural poor in Indonesia. Discusses the factors which lead to rural poverty and measures which have been undertaken to combat these. Describes in detail a survey undertaken in two villages to establish the effects...