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Carbon Emissions Trading and Environmental Protection : International Evidence
Bai, Jennie; Ru, Hong - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study how the implementation of emissions trading systems (ETS) impacts emissions reductions and the usage of renewable energy using a panel sample of the largest 100 countries worldwide. Exploiting the cross-country variations in ETS implementations, we show that ETS adoption materially...
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Fighting Climate Change : International Attitudes Toward Climate Policies
Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Fabre, Adrien; Kruse, Tobias; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Using new surveys on more than 40,000 respondents in twenty countries that account for 72% of global CO2 emissions, we study the understanding of and attitudes toward climate change and climate policies. We show that, across countries, support for climate policies hinges on three key perceptions...
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Economics of public international law
Posner, Eric A. (contributor) - 2010
Recommended readings (Machine generated): Jack L. Goldsmith and Eric A. Posner (1999), 'A Theory of Customary International Law', University of Chicago Law Review, 66 (4), Autumn, 1113-77 -- Andrew T. Guzman (2002), 'A Compliance-Based Theory of International Law', California Law Review, 90 (6),...
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Handbook of research on entrepreneurship and regional development : national and regional perspectives
Fritsch, Michael (ed.) - 2011
Recent research has found pronounced differences in the level of entrepreneurship and new business formation across various regions and nations. This timely Handbook reveals that the development of new ventures as well as their effects on overall economic growth are strongly shaped by their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850876
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Institutions and regulation for economic growth? : public interests versus private incentives
Wubben, Emiel F. M. (ed.) - Belgian Dutch Association for Institutional and … - 2011
Realizing institutions and regulations that foster economic growth is an essential asset for contemporary economies. This book investigates practices and options for steering individual and firm behaviour that prevents unacceptable externalities and boosts public interests. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851136
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Does economic governance matter? : governance institutions and outcomes
Uğur, Mehmet (ed.); Sunderland, David (ed.) - 2011
Economic governance institutions (rules, norms and enforcement practices) define the cost and incentive structures that influence the decisions of economic actors. They therefore have a significant impact on micro and macro economic performance across countries and time. -- This book contributes...
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Research handbook of comparative employment relations
Barry, Michael P. (ed.); Wilkinson, Adrian (ed.) - 2011
contemporary developments in the world of work, and the way in which employment relations systems are evolving around the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852007
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Institutions and Global Crop Yields
Wuepper, David; Wang, Haoyu; Schlenker, Wolfram; Jain, Meha - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We estimate annual discontinuities in remotely-sensed crop yields at all international land borders and link them to changes in the economic freedom index by the Fraser Institute, a country-level measure of institutional quality. Each point of the ten-point index increases the discontinuity by...
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Innovation and entrepreneurship
Audretsch, David B. (contributor); Falck, Oliver (contributor) - 2009
University Press, 74-94 -- Frank H. Knight (1921), 'Enterprise and Profit', in Risk, Uncertainty and Profit, Chapter IX, New York … Theory of Firm Formation Based on Risk Aversion', Journal of Political Economy, 87 (4), 719-48 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852273
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Economic development : the critical role of competition law and policy
Fox, Eleanor M. - 2011
', World Competition, 33 (2), 275-300 -- Robert Anderson and Frédéric Jenny (2005), 'Competition Policy, Economic Development …', World Competition, 32 (2), 249-70 -- Aditya Bhattacharjea (2008), 'India's New Competition Law: A Comparative Assessment … in Mexico, Washington, D.C.: World Bank. -- Melitz, M. (2005), 'When and How Infant Industries should be Protected …
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