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Consumption and Investment Optimization under Constraints

Nguyen-Thanh, Long - EconWPA - 2002

We analyze a problem of maximization of expected terminal wealth and consumption under constraints in a general framework including financial models with constrained portfolios, labor income and large investor models. By using general optional decomposition under constraints in a multiplicative...

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Crescimento Econ\363mico no P\363s-guerra: os Casos de Espanha, Portugal e Irlanda

Sequeira, Tiago - EconWPA - 2002

environment and the economic policy decisions. We also address the consequences and plausible explanations for the different …

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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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Potential Effects of Selected Taxation Provisions on the Environment

Douglas, Robert - EconWPA - 2003

To help explain some of the issues and examine the potential environmental impacts (positive and/or negative) of selected tax arrangements, the Productivity Commission sought advice from Robert Douglas, a specialist in the field. This consultant’s report makes a contribution to understanding...

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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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Multiple-Output Production With Undesirable Outputs: An Application to Nitrogen Surplus in Agriculture

Fernandez, Carmen; Koop, Gary; Steel, Mark F.J. - EconWPA - 2002

Many production processes yield both good outputs and undesirable ones (e.g. pollutants). In this paper, we develop a generalization of a stochastic frontier model which is appropriate for such technologies. We discuss efficiency analysis and, in particular, define technical and environmental...

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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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