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Elasticity of substitution between clean and dirty energy inputs : a macroeconomic perspective ; conference paper

Papageorgiou, Chris; Saam, Marianne; Schulte, Patrick - 2014

Recently Acemolgu, Aghion, Bursztyn and Hemous (AER 2012) formulated a model in which a high macroeconomic elasticity of substitution between clean and dirty production represents a crucial condition for green growth. Until now it has never been systematically estimated. Using a novel panel of...

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Green and sustainable pharmacy : [1st International Conference on Sustainable Pharmacy]

Kümmerer, Klaus (ed.) - 2010

Within recent years pharmaceuticals have come into focus as contaminants of the environment (see for example Kümmerer, K. editor: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment). At the same time the issue of sustainable chemistry gained momentum. Bringing both together would result in sustainable...

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Die Wirtschaftskrise - eine Chance für die Umwelt?

Conradt, Sarah - 2010

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Endogenous growth, green innovation and GDP deceleration in a world with polluting production inputs : conference paper

Burghaus, Kerstin; Funk, Peter - 2013 - This version: August 22nd, 2013, work in progress

We study economic growth and pollution control in a model with endogenous rate and direction of technical change …. Economic growth (growth of real GDP) results from growth in the quantity and productivity of polluting intermediates. Pollution … can be controlled by reducing the pollution intensity of a given quantity through costly research (green innovation) and …

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Decomposing Inequality in CO 2 emissions : the role of primary energy carriers and economic sectors ; conference paper

Grunewald, Nicole; Jakob, Michael; Mouratiadou, Ioanna - 2013

Emission inequality across countries and the contribution of the energy mix and the sectoral composition of a country s energy use are of central importance to the climate debate. We analyze the evolution of inequality in global CO2 per capita emissions using both historical data on...

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Will skyscrapers save the planet? : conference paper

Borck, Rainald - 2014 - Preliminary and incomplete

This paper studies the effectiveness of building height limits as a policy to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It shows that building height limits lead to urban sprawl and higher emissions from commuting. On the other hand, aggregate housing consumption may decrease which reduces emissions...

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Pollution havens : international empirical evidence using a shadow price measure of climate policy stringency ; conference paper

Hille, Erik - 2014

induced pollution haven effect and the pollution haven hypothesis can be found. Unlike the majority of previous studies, the … pollution abatement costs, separate measures for pollution intensity and policy stringency are implemented. For the latter an … results provide evidence for a stronger pollution haven effect regarding carbon dioxide intensive and emission relevant energy …

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The growth drag of pollution : conference paper

Schäfer, Andreas - 2014 - This version: February 2014

emergence of differential fertility, but also for agents' exposure to environmental pollution because wealthier households live … effect of inequality and pollution on economic growth is amplified, if the population group that is least affected decides …

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Green cities? : urbanization, trade and the environment : conference paper

Borck, Rainald; Pflüger, Michael - 2013 - Preliminary and incomplete, March 1, 2013

We study environmental pollution in an economic geography framework with two cities, where pollution arises from … energy use. We find that city size has an ambiguous effect on pollution levels. We also analyse how pollution changes with …

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Counting carbon in global trade : why imported emissions challenge the climate regime and what might be done about it : an essay series

Krishnan, Aarti (ed.); Maxwell, Simon (ed.) - Workshop on "Certification as a Route to Reducing the …; … - 2020

The foundations of the climate regime are under threat, with significant implications for developing countries. This set of essays identifies two main threats to the climate regime. The first is the growing importance of emissions traded across national borders, currently accounting for up to...

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