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Is Inequality Harmful for the Environment in a Growing Economy?
Kempf, Hubert; Rossignol, Stéphane - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005
In this paper we investigate the relationship between inequality and the environment in a growing economy from a … political economy perspective. We consider an endogenous growth economy, where growth generates pollution and a deterioration of … the environment. Public expenditures may either be devoted to supporting growth or abating pollution. The decision over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005570342
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Desperately Seeking (Environmental) Kuznets
Galeotti, Marzio; Lanza, Alessandro - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 1999
growth and the quantity of various pollutants produced has recently increased significantly. In several cases researchers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423095
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On the Robustness of Robustness Checks of the Environmental Kuznets Curve
Galeotti, Marzio; Manera, Matteo; Lanza, Alessandro - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
Since its first inception in the debate on the relationship between environment and growth in 1992, the Environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230865
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On the Realized Volatility of the ECX CO2 Emissions 2008 Futures Contract: Distribution, Dynamics and Forecasting
Chevallier, Julien; Sévi, Benoît - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
The recent implementation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in January 2005 created new financial risks for emitting firms. To deal with these risks, options are traded since October 2006. Because the EU ETS is a new market, the relevant underlying model for option pricing is still a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502108
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Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Italy
Goria, Alessandra; Gambarelli, Gretel - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2004
The paper deals with the social and economic dimensions of climate change impacts and adaptation in Italy. The ultimate aim of the paper is to provide policy makers and experts with a conceptual framework, as well as methodological and operational tools for dealing with climate change impacts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005392528
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Beyond GDP: Modelling Labour Supply as a ‘Free Time’ Trade-off in a Multiregional Optimal Growth Model
Bosetti, Valentina; Ghersi, Frédéric - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
In this paper we develop the standard utility function of a Ramsey-type optimal growth model to account for a ‘market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555586
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Decentralization, Social Capital and Regional Convergence
Mauro, Luciano; Pigliaru, Francesco - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
(hampers) growth wherever social capital is high (low). We define our hypothesis within a growth model with public capital, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010671478
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Emissions Trends and Labour Productivity Dynamics Sector Analyses of De-coupling/Recoupling on a 1990-2005 Namea
Marin, Giovanni; Mazzanti, Massimiliano - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
This paper provides new empirical evidence on Environmental Kuznets Curves (EKC) for greenhouse gases (GHGs) and air pollutants at sector level. A panel dataset based on the Italian NAMEA over 1990-2005 is analysed, focusing on both emission efficiency (EKC model) and total emissions (IPAT...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005008040
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Regional and Sector Environmental Efficiency Empirical Evidence from Structural Shift-share Analysis of NAMEA data
Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montini, Anna - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012138
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Nuclear versus Coal plus CCS: A Comparison of Two Competitive Base-load Climate Control Options
Tavoni, Massimo; Zwaan, Bob van der - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
that until 2050 the resulting growth rates of nuclear electricity generation capacity become comparable to historical rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502125