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The author studies a class of warped brane-world compactifications, with a power law warp factor of the form \(a(y)= (y/y_0)^q\) and a dilation with profile \(\phi \propto \ln (y/y_0)\), where \(y\) is the proper distance in the extra dimension. He presents methods for calculating the effective potential at one loop, using both zeta function and dimensional regularization. A detailed discussion of renormalization is given, with emphasis on the local worldsheet operators which are generated. The author outlines the possible role of these operators in the stabilization of the moduli. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1012.00026].