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Changing climate, changing economy
Touffut, Jean-Philippe (contributor) - 2009
How did climate change become an economic issue? Why is economic discourse so influential on the public policy of climate change? How can it best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Nine eminent scholars explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851724
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Economic modelling of climate change and energy policies
Miguel, Carlos de (ed.); Labandeira Villot, Xavier (ed.);  … - Atlantic Workshop on Energy and Environmental Economics - 2006
Climate change and energy consumption are at the forefront of current environmental debate. Whilst energy is essential to the functioning and survival of our societies, the environmental impact that energy consumption is having, particularly on climate change, is a growing concern and the design...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474010
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The Elgar companion to the Asian development bank
Quibria, Muhammad G. (ed.); Akanda, Albab (ed.) - 2024
transformation in developing Asia and the challenges and opportunities represented by megacities in developing Asia. Crucially, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014512168
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Productivity in Asia : economic growth and competitiveness
Jorgenson, Dale Weldeau (contributor);  … - 2007
1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth accounting and productivity analysis by 33 industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420031
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The rise of China and structural changes in Korea and Asia
Hahn, Chin-hŭi (contributor); Itō, Takatoshi (contributor) - 2010
pt. 1. China as a growth engine of Asia and the world -- pt. 2. Impacts on Korea's economy -- pt. 3. Impacts on Korean …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850715
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Regulating development : evidence from Africa and Latin America
Amann, Edmund (contributor) - 2006
Regulating Development examines the impact that regulation--good or bad--can have on the development of poorer societies. It opens with a succinct review of critical issues, including the implications of the spread of intellectual property rights legislation and the role of the World Trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851078
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Trade facilitation and regional cooperation in Asia
Brooks, Douglas H. (contributor);  … - 2010
1. Regional cooperation, infrastructure and trade costs in Asia / Douglas H. Brooks -- 2. ASEAN open skies and the … Asia / Nilanjan Banik and John Gilbert -- 5. Transport infrastructure and trade facilitation in the greater Mekong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851365
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Infrastructure and trade in Asia
Brooks, Douglas H. (contributor); Menon, Jayant (contributor) - 2008
Infrastructure and trade in Asia : an overview / Douglas H. Brooks and Jayant Menon -- A framework for considering …. Khan -- Empirical estimates of trade costs for Asia / Prabir De -- Roads and poverty : a general equilibrium analysis for … / Christopher Edmonds and Manabu Fujimura -- Meeting the MDG water target in Asia : the role of regional co-operation / P.B. Anand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851605
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Political competition, innovation and growth in the history of Asian civilizations
Jones, Eric (contributor); Bernholz, Peter (contributor);  … - 2004
Do political decentralisation and inter state competition favour innovation and growth? There has long been a lively debate surrounding this question, going back to David Hume and Immanuel Kant. This book is a new attempt to test its veracity. The existing literature tends to assume that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851995
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The Asia recovery : issues and aspects of development, growth, trade and investment
Tran, Van Hoa (contributor) - 2001
pt. 1. Major ASEAN and East Asian economies -- pt. 2. Major transition economies in Asia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852009