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Finding a path in the sustainability jungle. A framework for corporate action.

Seelos, Christian - EconWPA - 2005

Collective concerns about sustainable development and proposals about how to achieve sustainability have produced a … sustainability; and yet the lack of clear definitions has left a vacuum of corporate guidance. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR …) has become a synonym for corporate action towards sustainability, but companies continue to struggle to understand how to …

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Wertschaffendes Umweltmanagement. Keine Nachhaltigkeit ohne ökonomischen Erfolg. Kein ökonomischer Erfolg ohne Nachhaltigkeit

Figge, Frank - EconWPA - 2004

Die Studie „Wertschaffendes Umweltmanagement“ betrachtet den Zusammenhang zwischen Umweltaspekten und Unternehmenswert. Hierbei bezieht sie erstmals zwei unterschiedliche, sich ergänzende Bewertungsverfahren ein: Sie nimmt erstens das Konzept des Environmental Shareholder Value auf und...

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Impacts of Native Vegetation and Biodiversity Regulations

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

Australian, state and territory regimes came under review for the Commission’s inquiry into native vegetation and biodiversity regulations. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December 2003. It found that the cost of farm regulations could be reduced if...

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CONSERVATION OF NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES IN INDIA

Shastri, Rahul; Panth, Prabha; Moss, Aubrey - EconWPA - 2005

This study finds that the consumption of minerals and oil reserves of India has grown several times faster than the GNP. This has reduced the estimated reserves of several Non-renewable Resources (NRRs), whose estimated life spans in India vary from 9 to 47 years. It uses the Liontief Input...

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Mass Attitudes Toward Financial Crisis and Economic Reform in Korea

Hayo, Bernd; Shin, Doh - EconWPA - 2002

This paper addresses an aspect of the financial crisis in South Korea that has not been dealt with in depth. The question that will be analyzed is: how does the general population perceive the crisis? In attempting to answer this question we rely on new representative survey data, covering the...

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Hayo, Bernd; Shin, Doh Chull - EconWPA - 2002

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played an important role in restructuring the Korean economy over the past three years. Relying upon survey data collected in 1998 and 1999, this paper explores the role of the IMF in Korea, as perceived by its citizens. In the eyes of the Korean people,...

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Were Bush Tax Cut Supporters “Simply Ignorant?” A Second Look at Conservatives and Liberals in “Homer Gets a Tax Cut”

Lupia, Arthur; Levine, Adam S.; Menning, Jesse O.; Sin, … - EconWPA - 2005

In a recent edition of Perspectives on Politics, Larry Bartels examines the high levels of support for tax cuts signed into law by President Bush in 2001. In so doing, he characterizes the opinions of “ordinary people” as being based on “simple-minded and sometimes misguided considerations...

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The Valuation of the IJmeer Nature Reserve using Conjoint Analysis

Baarsma, Barbara E. - EconWPA - 2004

This paper describes an application of conjoint analysis. The subject of the valuation study is the IJmeer nature reserve, which will be partly destroyed when the new residential area IJburg is built. This paper addresses the following question: ‘What is the extent of the loss of green and...

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A Review of the Valuation of Environmental Costs and Benefits in World Bank Projects

Silva, Patricia; Pagiola, Stefano - EconWPA - 2005

The World Bank’s Operational Policy on Economic Evaluation of Investment Operations requires that project evaluations … the use of environmental valuation in 101 projects in the World Bank’s environmental portfolio approved in fiscal years …

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Emissions Trading and Profitability: The Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry

Brannlund, Runar; Chung, Yangho; Fare, Rolf; Grosskopf, … - EconWPA - 1995

The purpose of this paper is to develop models with and without emissions trading and to compare industry profits under the two regimes. The model in which emissions trading is permitted is a nonparametric industry frontier model in the spirit of Fare, Grosskopf and Li (1992). It is relative to...

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