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On the Water-Energy-Food Nexus : Is there Multivariate Convergence?

Bollino, Carlo Andrea; Galeotti, Marzio - 2021

This paper provides new evidence on the convergence process of energy, water and food per capita consumption levels for … multivariate sigma and beta-convergence. The results reveal that there is evidence of sigma- absolute beta- and conditional beta-convergence … impact of each variable on the others in the analyzed countries. The speed of convergence is simulated to assess when the …

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The Impact of Creativity on Growth in German Regions

Wedemeier, Jan - 2010

The objective of this paper is to analyze the impact of the creative professions - technological employees and bohemians - on economic growth in Germany's planning regions. It is concluded that technological employees and bohemians foster economic growth. We find that growth is particularly...

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Tourism and Development : A Recent Phenomenon Built on Old (Institutional) Roots?

Pigliaru, Francesco; Di Liberto, Adriana; Brau, Rinaldo - 2010

Is tourism an opportunity for lagging countries in the elusive quest for growth (Easterly, 2002)‘ Recent empirical evidence suggests that the answer is a cautious yes. Aggregate cross-country data show that tourism specialization is likely to be associated with higher per capita GDP growth...

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What Factors Affect the Competiveness of Power Generation Sector in China? An Analysis Based on Game Cross-Efficiency

Xie, Bai-Chen - 2017

China's unbundling reform in 2002 aimed to introduce competitiveness into the power industry, especially the generation sector, to improve its operational efficiency. Meanwhile, great concern about a range of environmental problems and global climate change increasingly calls for saving energy...

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Is High-Speed Rail Green? Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China

Zhang, ZhongXiang; Nie, Liang - 2021

Existing studies have investigated the environmental dividends of substituting high-speed rail for other energy-intensive vehicles from an engineering standpoint, but they have yet to explore the economic effects of high-speed rail and the associated carbon emission reduction benefits. To fill...

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Trust and Growth

Dincer, Oguzhan C.; Uslaner, Eric M. - 2013

Using data from US states, we find a positive relationship between trust and growth. According to our results, a 10 percentage point increase in trust increases the growth rate of per capita income by 0.5 percentage point, growth rate of housing prices by 1.25 percentage points, and the growth...

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The Chinese are Here : Firm Level Analysis of Import Competition and Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Darko, Christian; Occhiali, Giovanni; Vanino, Enrico - 2018

This study uses firm level data on 19 Sub-Saharan Africa countries between 2004 and 2016 to provide a rigorous analysis on the impact of Chinese import competition on productivity, skills, and performance of firms., We measure import competition and ports accessibility at the city-industry level...

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Can the Diligent Governance Increase Subjective Wellbeing? New Evidence From Environmental Regulations in China

GUO, Shu; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2022

With the appearance of “wellbeing stagnation”, the Chinese government has gradually realized the negative impact of increasingly severe environmental problem on people’s wellbeing, and has then has formulated a series of environmental policies. Based on the balanced panel data from2014 to...

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Green Credit Policy and Total Factor Productivity : Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies

Zhang, ZhongXiang; GUO, Shu - 2022

The green credit policy plays a vital role in promoting enterprise upgrading. Using a thirteen year panel data of listed companies in China (2007 2019), this study uses the difference in differences (DID) method to examine the effects of the Green Credit Guidelines in 2012 (GCG2012) on the firm...

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China's Carbon Market : Development, Evaluation, Coordination of Local and National Carbon Markets and Common Prosperity

Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2022

To achieve the commitments to both carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, China should focus on those policies of significant impact on emissions reduction at the lowest cost. Launching the national carbon market with the power generation sector is a good start point in this direction. Since its...

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