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Population aging and the generational economy : a global perspective
Lee, Ronald - 2011
Over coming decades, changes in population age structure will have profound implications for the macroeconomy, influencing economic growth, generational equity, human capital, saving and investment, and the sustainability of public and private transfer systems. How the future unfolds will depend...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851758
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The economics of food security
Jha, Raghbendra (contributor); Gaiha, Raghav (contributor) - 2016
Professor Jha and Professor Gaiha address important issues of food security in their wide-ranging selection of the most influential published contributions in this area of study. Their comprehensive, original research review discusses each article and places it within the context of twelve...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419907
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International handbook on the economics of integration : Volume 3: Factor mobility, agriculture, environment and quantitative studies
Jovanović, Miroslav N. (contributor) - 2011
practical world of international economic integration also provides a theoretical and analytical framework to the reader …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850831
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Technological change and the environmental imperative : challenges to the copper industry
Brundenius, Claes (contributor) - 2003
the largest copper producer in the world / Claes Brundenius -- Technological change and the environmental imperative : the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850878
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The dynamics of regions and networks in industrial ecosystems
Davidsdottir, Brynhildur (contributor);  … - 2009
Industrial ecology provides a rigorous and comprehensive description of human production and consumption processes in the larger context of environmental and socioeconomic change. This volume offers methodologies for such descriptions, with contributions covering both basic and advanced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850894
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Economic rights and environmental wrongs : property rights for the common good
Devlin, Rose Anne - 1998
1. Environmental wrongs -- 2. Externalities and the environment -- 3. Property rights for pollution -- 4. Property …
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Managing pollution : economic valuation and environmental toxicology
Spash, Clive L. (contributor); McNally, Sandra (contributor) - 2001
1. Evaluating the impacts of pollution : an introduction and overview -- 2. Environmental toxicology and health risk … assessment in the United States : economic and policy issues -- 3. Calculating morbidity benefits from reducing air pollution : a … Spanish case study -- 4. Air pollution and agricultural crop damage : can Europe learn from the United States? -- 5. Monetary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851486
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Governing the environment : salient institutional issues
Breton, Albert (contributor) - 2009
This book examines how different countries define and address environmental issues, specifically in relation to intergovernmental relations: the creation of institutions, the assignment of powers, and the success of alternative solutions. It also investigates whether a systemic view of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851560
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Globalization and the environment : risk assessment and the WTO
Kellow, Aynsley John (contributor);  … - 2001
One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851983
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The new economics of outdoor recreation
Hanley, Nick (contributor); Wright, Robert E. (contributor);  … - 2003
group of authors covers real-world recreation management issues and applies economic understanding to these problems. An …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851998