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Carbon dioxide emissions in the short run: The rate and sources of economic growth matter
Burke, Paul J.; Shahiduzzaman, Md; Stern, David I. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2015
This paper investigates the short-run effects of economic growth on carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement for 189 countries over the period 1961–2010. Contrary to what has previously been reported, we conclude that there is no strong...
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Modeling the Emissions-Income Relationship Using Long-Run Growth Rates
Burke, Paul J.; Gerlagh, Reyer; Stern, David I.; Anjum, Zeba - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
We adopt a new representation of the relationship between emissions and income using long-run growth rates. Our approach allows us to test multiple hypotheses about the drivers of per capita emissions in a single framework and avoid several of the econometric issues that have plagued previous...
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The Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Primer
Stern, David I. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) is a hypothesized relationship between various indicators of environmental degradation and income per capita. As economies get richer environmental impacts first rise but eventually fall. In reality, though some types of environmental degradation have been...
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Migration and Pollution
Jha, Raghbendra; Whalley, John - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2003
We explore the links between migration of labour and location specific (urban) pollution, suggesting a sense in which … pollution can be welfare improving. In a conventional Harris-Todaro model of urban-rural migration, individuals migrate so as to … endogenously determined. Interpreting unemployment as damage, urban pollution (damage denoted in units of labour) can also support …
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China's Energy Reform and Climate Policy: The Ideas Motivating Change
Boyd, Olivia - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
China has embarked on an ambitious and unprecedented programme of energy reform and climate change mitigation. Yet the motivations for this important shift remain unclear. This paper surveys key central government documents and articles by China's leading energy academics to investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550978
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Economic growth and pollution in the long run: the case of carbon dioxide
Burke, Paul - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2008
The concept underpinning the Environmental Kuznets Curve is that economic growth results in reduced pollution in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693302
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Development Performance Across Indian States and The Role of the Governments
Kalirajan, Kaliappa; Bhide, Shashanka; Singh, Kanhaiya - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
India has a federal system of governance with both the state or provincial and the Central governments responsible for … variations in economic conditions in turn. It is in this context, this paper examines whether governments in India within a … indicate that Government in India within a federal framework has mechanisms that foster development equitably across its states …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980468
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How do the poor handle money? What do the financial diaries of char dwellers tell us about financial inclusion?
Kuntala Lahiri–Dutt - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
Derived from livelihoods surveys and ethnographic material about people living on the chars, or river islands, in deltaic lower Bengal, this paper illustrates the complex, diverse and ingenious ways that the poor manage money. These islands constitute some of the most vulnerable locations...
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Inflation Volatility and the Inflation-Growth Tradeoff in India
Jha, Raghbendra; Kulkarni, Varsha S. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2012
such volatility for India. It provides results on the determinants of inflation volatility and expected inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201603
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The Determinants of Household Level Fertility in India
Jha, Raghbendra - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2013
decisions of households, and regional and ethnic factors on patterns of household level fertility in India. These have helped … determine the composition of India's young (aged 9 to 34) today. Demographic transition is well underway in India with rising … across various groups in India. …
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