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Having passed the “market test”, private aid is claimed by its proponents to be better-targeted than official development assistance (ODA). But empirical evidence is largely lacking. We contribute to closing this gap by performing a case study of Nestlé, one of the frontrunners among...
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This paper assesses to what extent the arguments put forward in the consensus debate can help explain the different economic performance of Latin American and Asian countries. The paper shows that Latin America and fast-growing Asia indeed differ significantly with respect to all economic policy...
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This paper estimates the Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) of CO2 emissions in China based on a provincial panel for … optimal specification controlling for various covariates is identified econometrically. A scenario simulation of China’s 40 …-45 percent carbon intensity reduction based on our MACC is illustrated. Our simulation results show that China would incur a 559 …
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Quantification of CO2 emissions embodied in China's trade is important for an informed debate on whom to blame for the … report emissions embodied in Chinese imports used for intermediate production of exports by combining calculations for China …
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determining entrepreneurial intentions of students in Hong Kong and in Guangzhou (mainland China). The two cities are culturally …
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China. China is by far the largest host country of CDM projects and it is therefore crucial to understand the factors that …
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This paper investigates the technical inefficiency, shadow price and substitution elasticity of CO2 emissions of China … output distance function, we show that China’s technical inefficiency increases over the period implying further scope for CO …). Additionally, increasingly steep substitution elasticity highlights the difficult reality of reducing China’s CO2 emissions …
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corporate patenting activities in China as found in the previous literature for Western economies. In China, however, these …
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Our analysis is the first of its kind to explore patterns of subsidization and CO2 emissions in China’s electricity … producing sector. Applying data for all power plants across China and controlling for the age, capacity and location of … disproportionate share of CO2 emissions. This distortion is incongruent with China’s aspiration for a greener economy but may be …
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systems development in China and India. The analysis uses a framework that harmonizes baseline developments and soft … convergence of per capita CO2 emissions with emissions trading. Economic and energy implications for China and India vary across … nuclear energy. Concerning economic impacts China bears in general a higher cost than India, as China benefits less from …
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