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Agricultural primary commodity export and environmental degradation: what consequences for population's health?

Drabo, Alassane - HAL - 2011

In the economic literature it is generally found that trade openness affects environment through various channels … examining the consequences of agricultural primary commodity export on population's health via physical environment degradation …

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The Worst-Case Scenario and Discounting the Very Long Term

Fall, El Hadji - HAL - 2006

We propose an ethical viewpoint based on the possibility of the realization of the worst-case scenario in order to reduce future generations risks in terms of discounting. Applied to the question of conservation of a renewable resource, we show that an economy, where the social planner takes...

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Trade policy, cross-border externalities and lobbies: do linked agreements enforce more cooperative outcomes?

Limão, Nuno - EconWPA - 2002

If, in international agreements, governments “link'' trade to environmental policy (or other issues with non-pecuniary externalities), will this promote more cooperation in both policies or will cooperation in one policy be strengthened at the expense of the other? We analyze this question in...

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"Waste in the Inner City: Asset or Assault?"

Ackerman, Frank; Mirza, Sumreen - EconWPA - 2001

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A Duty of Care for the Protection of Biodiversity on Land

Bates, Gerry - EconWPA - 2001

Development (ESD). ESD requires decision-makers to take into account economic development, the environment and social factors in …

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Creating markets for ecosystem services

Murtough, Greg; Aretino, Barbara; Matysek, Anna - EconWPA - 2002

Ecosystem services are the functions performed by ecosystems that lead to desirable environmental outcomes, such as air and water purification, drought and flood mitigation, and climate stabilisation. Markets rarely exist for them. This study examines how newly defined property rights have been...

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Environmental Technology Transfer in a FDI Regime A Developing Country Perspective

One, Author; Two, Author; Thirdone, U. - EconWPA - 2002

investment may come to a region or country where environment protection norms are less strict. Investors may be induced to … transient nature, the phasing out of such a pollution haven regime is typically dependent upon the active institutional … alternative production possibilities that help design prudent environmental policy regime. Also it searches for the right kind of …

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Forecasting for Environmental Decision Making

Armstrong, J. S. - EconWPA - 2005

its probable success given future trends and its impacts on the human and natural environment. Forecasting, by which I …

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The Relationship between Vehicle Routing & Scheduling and Green Logistics - A Literature Survey

Sbihi, Abdelkader; Eglese, Richard W. - HAL - 2007

The basic Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problem (VRSP) is described followed by an outline of solution approaches. Different variations of the basic VRSP are examined that involve the consideration of additional constraints or other changes in the structure of the appropriate model. An...

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Who benefits from the US withdrawal of the Kyoto Protocol? An application of the MMEA method to measure power

Lahrach, Rahhal; Tensorer, Jérôme Le; Merlin, Vincent - HAL - 2005

Since 1992, the international community is trying to arrive at a multilateral agreement on the reduction of emissions for greenhouse gases. A collective decision mechanism was adopted in 1997: An agreement is ratified if and only if it is approved by a coalition gathering more than 55 countries....

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