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On Nonparametric Estimation: With a Focus on Agriculture

Färe, Rolf; Grosskopf, Shawna; Pasurka, Carl; … - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 5 (2013) 1, pp. 93-110

We review nonparametric estimation of efficiency and productivity, by which we mainly mean activity analysis, or data …

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Environmentally adjusted multifactor productivity : Accounting for renewable natural resources and ecosystem services

Cárdenas Rodríguez, Miguel - 2023

Multifactor productivity is a comprehensive measure of productivity where the underlying production function accounts … for multiple factor inputs, traditionally labour and produced capital. While single-factor productivity is intuitively … productivity aims at addressing this shortcoming, and as such it is a valuable component of the OECD set of Green Growth headline …

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Regulating Untaxable Externalities : Are Vehicle Air Pollution Standards Effective and Efficient?

Jacobsen, Mark R.; Sallee, James M.; Shapiro, Joseph S.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

assess the effectiveness and efficiency of these standards, which are the centerpiece of US Clean Air Act regulation of …

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Reforms for a cleaner, healthier environment in China

Hill, Sam - 2013

China’s exceptional economic expansion has led to rising energy demand and pollution as well as other environmental pressures. Strong efforts by the government have moderated emissions of some types of air and water pollution from high levels but others, including greenhouse gas emissions,...

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Policy challenges for the next 50 years

Braconier, Henrik; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Westmore, Ben - 2014

This paper identifies and analyses some key challenges that OECD and partner economies may face over the coming 50 years if underlying global trends relating to growth, trade, inequality and environmental pressures prevail. For example, global growth is likely to slow and become increasingly...

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Do Mexicans care about air pollution?

Rodríguez-Sánchez, José Iván - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 23 (2014), pp. 1-24

Mexico has many major problems such as corruption, poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, pollution, etc. Regarding pollution, politicians have established some programs trying to improve air quality in Mexico. But they do not know if Mexicans care about air pollution or they prefer that government...

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The political economy of British Columbia's carbon tax

Harrison, Kathryn - 2013

In July 2008, the Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) launched North America’s first revenue-neutral carbon tax reform. The tax, which applied to all combustion sources of all fossil fuels, was introduced at a rate of CAD 10 per tonne of CO2, with a schedule for annual increases of CAD...

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Measuring the environmental performance of metropolitan areas with geographic information sources

Piacentini, Mario; Rosina, Konstantin - 2012

This paper presents recent work undertaken at the OECD to produce environmental indicators at the regional level from geographic data sources. New indicators have been tested and produced in five different domains: a) land cover, b) forest ecosystems, c) urban density, d) CO2 emissions, e) air...

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Regulatory transparency in multilateral agreements controlling exports of tropical timber, e-waste and conflict diamonds

Wolfe, Robert; Baddeley, Shane - 2012

Export restrictions can be problematic if trading partners question either their conformity with international obligations or their possibly unintended negative impacts on others. Regulatory transparency can help. This paper examines how three multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs)...

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Measuring environmental innovation using patent data

Haščič, Ivan; Migotto, Mauro - 2015

This paper refines indicators to measure innovation in environment-related technologies, drawing on recent methodological advances that allow a more accurate assessment of environment-related innovation in a broader range of countries and covering a greater variety of the relevant technologies....

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