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Empirical tests and policy analysis of environmental degradation at different stages of economic development.

T, Panayotou - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1993

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Extinction of the human race : Doom-mongering or reality?

Aalbers, R.F.T. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1994

assimilates pollution and how pollution affects life on earth. In this paper, an assimilation function is specified that is …

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Is More Entrepreneurship better?

Koellinger, Philipp; Roessler, Christian - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009

We develop a new perspective on the boundary of the firm that is consistent with the empirical observation that the share of entrepreneurs first decreases and then increases in the course of economic development. Existing theory based on transaction costs is difficult to relate to these...

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Is More Entrepreneurship better?

Koellinger, Philipp; Roessler, Christian - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

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Preface

Gollier, Christian - Princeton University Press

Our path of economic development has generated a growing list of environmental problems including the disposal of nuclear waste, exhaustion of natural resources, loss of biodiversity, climate change, and polluted land, air, and water. All these environmental problems raise the crucial challenge...

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China â€“ A New Center of Power in the Global Economy

Pencea, Sarmiza - In: Revista de Economie Mondiala / The Journal of Global … 4 (2012) 2

negative externalities of Chinaâ€™s unsustainable development, in terms of land, water and air pollution, speedier depletion of …

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Dynamics of China's Regional Development and Pollution

Groot, Henri L.F.M. de; Withagen, Cees A.; Minliang, Zhou - Tinbergen Institute - 2001

covering the period 1982-1997. The types of pollution included in the study are wastewater, waste gas and solid waste. We … consider the development of the sources of pollution in a pooled cross-section analysis considering the pollution in absolute … emissions tends to decelerate, but accelerates again at high levels of GDP per capita. Water pollution decreases with per capita …

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Dynamics of China's Regional Development and Pollution

Groot, Henri L.F.M. de; Withagen, Cees A.; Minliang, Zhou - Tinbergen Instituut - 2001

covering the period 1982-1997. The types of pollution included in the studyare wastewater, waste gas and solid waste. We … consider the development of the sources ofpollution in a pooled cross-section analysis considering the pollution in absolute … emissions tends to decelerate, but accelerates again at high levels of GDP per capita.Water pollution decreases with per capita …

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A Dynamic Model for Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Management in Spain: Driving Policies Based on Economic Incentives and Tax Penalties

Calvo, Nuria; Varela-Candamio, Laura; Novo-Corti, Isabel - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 1, pp. 416-435

According to the recent Spanish legislation, the amount of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) by weight must be reduced by at least 70% by 2020. However, the current behavior of the stakeholders involved in the waste management process make this goal difficult to...

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Environment, employment and sustainable development.

M, Karshenas - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1993

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