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exogenous limitations on the spread of nuclear technology were relaxed. Using the climate change economics model WITCH we find … that until 2050 the resulting growth rates of nuclear electricity generation capacity become comparable to historical rates … extensive the improvements of coal-based power equipped with CCS technology would need to be if our model is to significantly …
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to innovate (if at all) in manufacturing and services. Locations can trade subject to transport costs and technology … diffuses spatially across locations. The result is an endogenous growth theory that can shed light on the link between the …
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We are interested in three related questions: (1) How should accounting prices be estimated? (2) How should we evaluate policy change in an imperfect economy? (3) How can we check whether intergenerational well-being will be sustained along a projected economic programme? We do not presume that...
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In this paper we develop the standard utility function of a Ramsey-type optimal growth model to account for a ‘market …
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(hampers) growth wherever social capital is high (low). We define our hypothesis within a growth model with public capital, and …
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We investigate the existence of wage premium due to cultural diversity across US cities. Using census data from 1970 to 1990, we find that at the urban level richer diversity is systematically associated with higher average nominal wages for white US-born males. We measure cultural diversity in...
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We study a quality-ladder model of endogenous growth that produces stochastic leadership cycles. Over a cycle, industry … growth. …
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when only EU15 trade is considered: this may due to technology spillovers and a positive ‘race to the top’ rather than the …
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This paper provides new empirical evidence on regional–national disparities in environmental efficiency, based on case studies of Italy and the Lazio region, which includes the city of Rome. Shift-share analyses provide evidence on the drivers of environmental efficiency and on sector...
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We use data on wages and rents in different U.S. cities to assess the amenity effects on production and consumption of cultural diversity as measured by diversity of countries of birth of city residents. We show that US-born citizens living in metropolitan areas where the share of foreign-born...
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