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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...
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Technological change plays a crucial role in realizing energy efficiency improvements and, therefore, in ameliorating the conflict between economic growth and environmental quality. However, the diffusion of new technologies can prove a costly and lengthy process, meaning that many firms do not...
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Environmental Taxation in China and Asia-Pacific contains an integrated set of detailed chapters providing insights and … policy in China, environmental fiscal reform, carbon tax policy in northeast Asia and environmental taxation strategies in … China, Asia and Australia, as well as many other relevant topics …
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, and drawing on case material from Chile, China, Peru and Russia, the book goes on to assess the latest technological … case of copper smelting in China / Bo Göransson -- From nationalization to re-privatization of the Peruvian copper industry …
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impact of industry on sustainable development. In this original and insightful book, national experts from Chile, China, the …
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In this book, Tingsong Jiang extensively discusses the wider issues of economic instruments of pollution control as … well as paying specific attention to the control of carbon dioxide emissions in China. The book begins with a general … analysis of economic instruments of pollution control, and is followed by the application of these in CO2 emission control. The …
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The world economy is near a critical crossroads, as a rising China, the greatest-ever beneficiary of US-led capitalism … corporations that can facilitate structural transformation, particularly in catching-up economies. Ozawa shows that China is now in …
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inequality -- 11. Labor market institutions and social protections -- 12. Reaping China's reform dividends. …China has grown rapidly since the reform initiation of the 1970s. China's Economic Growth Prospects narrates the … contribution of demographic transition to recent economic growth in China, and provides suggestions for ways in which it can …
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integration of China into the global economy. The main focus of the book is on the role and nature of China's financial system and …
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India is about to catch up with China and become another Asian miracle economy. Economic Reform in China and India examines …
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