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disproportionately suffer from pollution. In China, where the environmental policy is decentralized and where environmental conflicts … studies focused on developed countries. In this paper, we study whether transboundary pollution problems exist in China. To do …
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R&D and innovation have become much more strategic than ever before for the growth of China as well as for its global … societal upgrade. The Chinese authorities have designed an innovation strategy to face new economic and social challenges. The … perspective explaining the legacy of the past in today's choices. In the second part, we illustrate China's catching up strategy …
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History provides numerous examples of incumbent market leaders being leapfrogged by newcomers that have exploited the opportunities offered by new technologies. In light of the growing number of ecological threats linked to the use of the internal combustion engine, can Chinese auto...
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, new energy vehicles (NEVs) within China. Design/methodology/approach The broad strategic approach of two sectors within … the NEV sector in China, the pure electric vehicle (EV) and the low-speed electric vehicle (LSEV) sectors, are compared … China's future industrial growth and is heavily supported. In contrast, the LSEV sector receives no support from central …
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This paper examines the relationship between environmental policy and growth when green preferences are endogenously determined by education and pollution. The government can implement a tax on pollution and recycle the revenue in public pollution abatement and/or education subsidy (influencing...
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Studies of the stability of international environmental agreements (IEAs) assumed a benevolent government who maximizes social welfare. The aim of our paper is to develop a theoretical framework in which the Governement's decisions are influenced by green and producer lobbies. To this end, we...
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International environmental agreements (IEAs) are increasingly important in a globalized economy. The aim of our paper is study the effect of political pressure groups-lobbies on the size and stability of IEAs. To this purpose we use the framework of two-level games to explain how national...
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Simultaneity between commitment periods (2008-2012) of both International and European Emissions Trading schemes may generate distortions in terms of burden distribution among sectors. There will be two levels of trading (a country and an entity level), which both need to be consistent with one...
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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...
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Using classical models of information processing and persuasion, this study examines two interdependent issues regarding 'executional greenwashing'. First, it questions the efficiency of executional elements evoking nature to artificially enhance the brand's ecological image. Second, it studies...
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