Cost Benefit Analysis for the Three Gorges Dam William Zhi Introduction The Three Gorges Dam (TGD) and associated infrastructure is the largest integrated water project built in the history of the world. It has also been one of the most controversial due to its massive environmental‚ economic‚ and social impacts. Private costs: * Construction costs of the power station and transmission facilities --64.613 billion Yuan up to 2006 (source: "International Water Power and Dam Construction"
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Why do countries trade with each other? Show‚ using examples‚ why this may be to do with principle of comparative advantage. Introduction In 1776 Adam Smith stated‚ "If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it‚ better buy it of them with some part of the produce of our own industry‚ employed in a way in which we have some advantage." This sentence shows basic principle on which the world trade is based. Countries buy and sell goods abroad to achieve
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A number of international institutions established in the wake of World War II including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)‚ succeeded in 1995 by the World Trade Organization (WTO)‚ International Monetary Fund (IMF)‚ World Bank have played an important role in promoting free trade in place of protectionism. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was a multilateral agreement regulating international trade. According to its preamble‚ its purpose was the substantial reduction
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International Trade Theory and Policy Pietro Di Fazio and Martina Menegatti Report n. 1 The Gravity Model for Trade of Italy International Trade Theory is a science about Trade and its rules‚ causes and effects. In this report we had to choose a country and find dat about it‚ such as the Export and Import’s Volume‚ GDP (Gross Domestic Products); then we had to find its Trade Power and Structure‚ focusing on this information: - Who trades with whom - How much - What Italy Italy is an European
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Its International Trades British East India Company played a non-ignorable role in history and economic field. From 1600 when it was established by a group of British entrepreneurs to 1874‚ in which it was dissolved eventually‚ the company not only monopolized various international trades‚ but also acted significant military power by the support of British government. Its aim is plundering other countries’ resources and make their own country wealthy. But its failure tell us that unfair trade such
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The potential benefits of CSR relative to the costs for business & stakeholders. CSR is the extent to which an organization accepts its obligations to society over and above legal requirements. Firms can benefit from CSR. It will help them gain marketing advantage. This could be firms USP and they could add profit margins. Consumers may be prepared to premium price‚ if the CSR product suits them. For example‚ Costa coffee used Fairtrade and its premium customers were prepared to pay high price
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International Trade Theory 2nd STAGE/ 2nd THEORY Absolute Advantage Smith attacked mercantilist assumption that trade is a zero-sum game by argued that countries differ in their ability to produce goods efficiently. Thus‚ a country has an absolute advantage in the production of a product when it is more efficient than any other country in producing it. Therefore‚ countries should specialize in the production of goods for which they have an absolute advantage & then trade these for
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A/CN.9/SER.C/ABSTRACTS/105 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 16 February 2011 English Original: Spanish United Nations Commission on International Trade Law CASE LAW ON UNCITRAL TEXTS (CLOUT) Contents Page Cases relating to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Case 1033: CISG 14; 15;
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Running head: Do Professional Sports benefit the economy? Do Professional Sports benefit the economy? William S. Cooper Hodges University Directed Study in Management (MNA4704) Professor Meyers December 20‚ 2009 Abstract Do professional sports have a “major league” impact on the US economy? Most professional sports such as the National Football League‚ the National Basketball Association‚ the Major League Baseball and the National Hockey
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Impact of International Trade and European Union on the British Companies Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Findings 2 2.1. Benefits of International Trade 2 2.1.1. Adoption of technologies 2 2.1.2. Access to raw materials 2 2.1.3. Lesser dependency on one market 2 2.2. Relation of British Companies to the World Economy 2 2.3. The impact of European Union policies on British manufacturing organizations 2 2.4. Policies Impacting Decisions for Export within the EU
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