Staatsmijnen en particulieren

Art. 16, 2^de lid: En cas que l'inventeur n'obtienne pas la concession d'une mine, il aura droit à une indemnité de la part du concessionnaire; elle sera réglée par l'acte de concession. Art. 46: Toutes les questions d'indemnités à payer par les proprétaires de mines, à raison des recherches ou travaux antérieurs à l'acte de concession, seront décidées conformément à l'article 4 de la loi du 28 pluviôse an VIII. (Mijnwet van 1810).     

100 YEARS OF TARIFF PROTECTION IN AUSTRALIA

This paper presents time series of tariff rates in Australia from the time of Federation. As a preliminary to the construction of economy-wide series, it constructs series for three broadly representative goods throughout the 100 years: passenger motor vehicles, blankets, and beer. It then constructs two economy-wide series, one for all imports and another for dutiable imports only. It discusses the main events relating to turning points in the series and concludes with some applications.     

Relaxing the limits to growth

Intereconomics - The following contribution is essentially based on the author’s presentation to the Club of Rome’s recently held world conference on “Alternatives to...     

Development Assistance in Asia in the 1990s

Aid programs in Asia have been subject to a series of pressures for reform since the early 1990s. The current economic crisis in Asia seems certain to prompt further major changes. This article surveys events since the early 1990s and updates the 1993 article published in this journal. Some comments about recent dramatic economic events in the region are made in the conclusion. The difference between donor and recipient views about aid is the main theme of this survey.     

Contradictions of interactive data analysis

Up to now, interactive statistics seems to have bloomed on a creative mess of contradictions and conflicts. But I believe that if we want to advance beyond the present stage, we must try to overcome those. I shall attempt to identify a few of the more crucial ones, ranging from the basics of interactivity and data graphics to issues of large data and data base management, and to distill specific challenges from them.