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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
pollutants at sector level. A panel dataset based on the Italian NAMEA over 1990-2005 is analysed, focusing on both emission …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005008040
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Neoclassical Growth, Environment and Technological Change: The Environmental Kuznets Curve
Rubio, S.J.; García, J.R.; Hueso, J.L. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
The paper investigates socially optimal patterns of economic growth and environmental quality in a neoclassical growth model with endogenous technological progress. In the model, the environmental quality affects positively not only to utility but also to production. However, cleaner...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008489599
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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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Municipal Waste Production, Economic Drivers, and ‘New’ Waste Policies: EKC Evidence from Italian Regional and Provincial Panel Data
Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montini, Anna; Zoboli, Roberto - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
This paper provides empirical evidence on delinking and Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) for municipal waste production in Italy. First, methodological issues and literature on delinking and EKC for waste are critically re-examined. Secondly, we analyse two very disaggregated panel datasets on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385390
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Economic Dynamics, Emission Trends and the EKC Hypothesis New Evidence Using NAMEA and Provincial Panel Data for Italy
Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Montini, Anna; Zoboli, Roberto - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007
-2000 emissions at province level; and sectoral disaggregated NAMEA emissions sources for 1990-2001 are analyzed. We find mixed … evidence supporting the EKC hypothesis. Some of the pollutants in the NAMEA data, such as CO2, CH4 and CO, produce inverted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230908
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Environmental Efficiency, Emission Trends and Labour Productivity: Trade-Off or Joint Dynamics? Empirical Evidence Using NAMEA Panel Data
Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Zoboli, Roberto - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2007
on employees) over a dynamic path. We exploit official NAMEA data sources for Italy over 1990-2002 for 29 sectoral … the analysis of the aforementioned hypothesis by exploiting a panel data set based on official NAMEA sectoral … stocks and trade openness are extensions which may add value to future analyses carried out on the same NAMEA dataset. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005570297
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Green Investment Strategies and Export Performance: A Firm-level Investigation
Antonietti, Roberto; Marzucchi, Alberto - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
In this paper we empirically investigate the relationship between investments in environmentally-oriented equipment and firms’ export performance. Drawing on Porter hypothesis and firm heterogeneity theory, we adopt a structural model where first we estimate the impact of green investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904934
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Policies and Practices of Low Carbon City Development in China
Wang, Can; Lin, Jie; Cai, Wenjia; Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
Globally as well as in China, cities have contributed to most of the economic output and have accordingly given rise to most CO2 emissions. In particular, given unprecedented urbanization, cities will play an even greater role in shaping energy demand and CO2 emissions. Therefore, cities are the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010833948
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Energy and Environmental Issues and Policy in China
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
China’s rampant environmental pollution problems and rising greenhouse gas emissions and the resulting climate change are undermining its long-term economic growth. China, from its own perspective cannot afford to and, from an international perspective, is not meant to continue on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732281
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Competitiveness and Leakage Concerns and Border Carbon Adjustments
Zhang, ZhongXiang - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
This paper provides a review of the literature on competitiveness and leakage concerns associated with differentiated climate abatement commitments among countries. The literature reviewed is not exhausted, but it is sufficient to provide a balanced view of both academics and policy circles....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693191