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Sustainable forest management and global climate change : selected case studies from the Americas

Dore, M. H. I. (contributor); Guevara, Rubén (contributor) - 2000

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change recognises that, in the formulation of a global strategy for reducing global emissions of carbon (the main factor in global warming) forests could play an important role. This book highlights that role and demonstrates how the forests of the world...

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Explorations in environmental and natural resource economics : essays in honor of Gardner M. Brown, Jr

Layton, David, F. (contributor); … - 2006

Gardner M. Brown, Jr. has been a leading innovator in the development of environmental and natural resource economics. This book comprises essays written in his honor by some of the most distinguished economists working in this field

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Environmental protection in China : land-use management

Bennett, Jeff (contributor); Zhang, Lei (contributor); … - 2008

Faced with intensified environmental degradation and decreased agricultural land productivity, the Chinese government has sought policy interventions to reverse both of these negative trends. Among the policy instruments is the Conversion of Cropland to Forest and Grassland Program (CCFGP) that...

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Tax policy and uncertainty : modelling debt projections and fiscal sustainability

Ball, Christopher; Creedy, John; Scobie, Grant McDonald - 2020

settings in many countries are projected to lead to unsustainable levels of public debt; Tax Policy and Uncertainty explores … models that allow for feedbacks and uncertainty to combat this. Applicable to any country, the models in the book explore the … focusing on fiscal policy will appreciate the improved models in this book that allow both for uncertainty and feedback effects …

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Optimal monetary policy under uncertainty

Froyen, Richard T. - 2007

Recently there has been a resurgence of interest in the study of optimal monetary policy under uncertainty. This book …

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Incomplete markets

Magill, Michael J. P. (contributor); … - 2008

in a General Equilibrium Model with Technological Uncertainty', American Economic Review, 57 (4), September, 759 … Stability', in Jacques H. Dreze (ed) (ed.), Allocation Under Uncertainty: Equilibrium and Optimality, Chapter 9, New York, NY … (ed) and David A. Starrett (ed) (eds), Uncertainty, Information, and Communication: Essays in Honor of Kenneth J. Arrow …

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Rural poverty, risk and development

Fafchamps, Marcel - 2003

This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work in the area, it summarises the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In...

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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:...

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The economics of gambling and national lotteries

Vaughan Williams, Leighton - 2012

-mutuel Games', Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 8 (3), 309-17 -- Charles T. Clotfelter and Philip J. Cook (1991), 'Lotteries in the … Real World', Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 4 (3), 227-32 -- Charles T. Clotfelter and Philip J. Cook (1993), 'Notes: The …

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Insurance and risk management

Niehaus, Greg (contributor) - 2008

and the Liability Insurance Crisis', Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 5 3, 253-72 -- David Mayers and Clifford W. Smith Jr …

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