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Parallel Imports and Innovation in an Emerging Economy
Mantovani, Andrea; Naghavi, Alireza - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
This paper studies the consequences of parallel import (PI) on process innovation of firms heterogeneous in their …. The impact of PI on innovation is determined by the degree of heterogeneity between firms and trade costs. Increasing … market, hence increases its innovation efforts. A tariff policy accompanied by opening borders to PI only increases welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008467324
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Linking Reduced Deforestation and a Global Carbon Market: Impacts on Costs, Financial Flows, and Technological Innovation
Bosetti, Valentina; Lubowski, Ruben; Golub, Alexander; … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
Discussions over tropical deforestation are currently at the forefront of climate change policy negotiations at national, regional, and international levels. This paper analyzes the effects of linking Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) to a global market for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005008035
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Economic and Environmental Effectiveness of a Technology-based Climate Protocol
Carraro, Carlo; Buchner, Barbara - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004
emission control with international cooperation on climate-related technological innovation and diffusion. This idea – recently … innovation and diffusion than when they cooperate on emission abatement. However, technological cooperation – without any …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385383
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Strategic Immigration Policies and Welfare in Heterogeneous Countries
Fujita, Masahisa; Weber, Shlomo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004
In this paper we consider a model with two industrialised countries and immigrants that come from “the rest of the world”. The countries are distinguished on the basis of three parameters: population size, bias towards immigrants, and production complementarity between native population and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005570317
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Abatement and Transaction Costs of Carbon-Sink Projects Involving Smallholders
Cacho, Oscar; Lipper, Leslie - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007
Agroforestry projects have the potential to help mitigate global warming by acting as sinks for greenhouse gasses. However, participation in carbon-sink projects may be constrained by high costs. This problem may be particularly severe for projects involving smallholders in developing countries....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423243