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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: accounting for risk in trade agreements; risk and the WTO …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851983
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Tax evasion and firm survival in competitive markets
Palda, K. Filip - 2001
Tax Evasion and Firm Survival in Competitive Markets illustrates how a firm with high production costs but which is easily able to evade taxes may displace from the market a company with low production costs but poor tax evasion capabilities. The difference in production costs between the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851115
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Industrial location economics
McCann, Philip (contributor) - 2002
Because space is not homogenous, economic activities occur in different locations. Understanding the reasons behind this and understanding exactly how industries are spatially organized is the central theme of this book. Industrial Location Economics discusses different aspects of industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851118
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Geography, structural change and economic development : theory and empirics
Tamberi, Massimo (contributor); Salvadori, Neri (contributor) - 2009
The authors in this book regard the process of economic expansion as a non-homogeneous and multifaceted phenomenon which has deeply affected human welfare, and cultural, social and political change. The book is a bridge between the theorists (Rosenstein-Rodan, Lewis, Myrdal, and Hirschmann) who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851875
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Recent advances in environmental economics
List, John A. (contributor); Zeeuw, Aart de (contributor) - 2002
1. A reconsideration of environmental federalism / Wallace E. Oates -- 2. Global environmental governance, political lobbying and transboundary pollution / Surjinder Johal and Alistair Ulph -- 3. Endogenous transfrontier pollution / Michael Rauscher -- 4. Allocating greenhouse gas emissions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420072
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Controlling global warming : perspectives from economics, game theory and public choice
Böhringer, Christoph (ed.); Vogt, Carsten (ed.);  … - 2002
three different perspectives: game theory, cost-effectiveness analysis and public choice. For each perspective the authors … practical problems which are not yet captured by theory and explore the different applications to the various problems …1. Introduction -- 2. Game theory and international environmental cooperation : any practical application? -- 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850790
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Greening the budget : budgetary policies for environmental improvement
Clinch, J. Peter (contributor) - 2002
Greening the Budget regards the fundamental cause of environmental degradation as government and market failure and proposes the use of budgets as an instrument of environmental policy to rectify this problem. The book focuses on the elements of the public budget which currently affect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850982
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Comparative environmental economic assessment
Willis, Kenneth George (contributor);  … - 2002
Over the last decade, economists have increasingly recognized the role of meta-analysis and value transfer in synthesizing knowledge and efficiently exploiting the existing pool of knowledge. Comparative Environmental Economic Assessment explores the potential significance of using these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850986
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Economic valuation with stated preference techniques : a manual
Bateman, Ian (contributor) - 2002
quality; provision of public open space; health care that is not sold through private markets; risk reduction policies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851018
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Game theory and international environmental cooperation
Finus, Michael - 2001
international environmental agreement (IEA). Finus shows that by integrating real world restrictions into a model, game theory is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851032