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Entries from March 2013

London Congestion Charge

March 22nd, 2013 No Comments

London congestion charge London’s traffic system has a notorious fame around the world. But can merely rely on the economic theory to charge on the congestion problem can solve it? Normally, the economic theory can only applied in the optimal situations; any externalities or uncontrolled factors could ruin the idea. However, there are more than […]

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policy brief on Chinese rice minimum purchasing price

March 19th, 2013 6 Comments

Policy brief On Chinese government’s purchasing policy of rice in 2012   For decades, china is the biggest rice producer, exporter and consumer in the world, now became an big importer in 2012. China has net import record of rice for four times in the past 50 years. 2011, china imported 575,000 tons of rice, […]

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landfill tax in UK

March 8th, 2013 6 Comments

I found landfill tax would be very interesting and necessary for the society. In UK threw away a staggering 22.6 million tons of rubbish in 2004/5; in fact, Britain sent the same amount to landfill as the 18 EU countries with the lowest landfill rates combined, despite these places having twice the population of the […]

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