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An Empirical Survey of the Ramifications of a Green Economy

Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The unprecedented deterioration of our global environment has increased the necessity of relying upon Green Economic policies as critical and effective environmental management tools. The current situation has stimulated extensive research and debate among global interest groups. This has...

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Air Pollution and Infant Mortality: Evidence from the Expansion of Natural Gas Infrastructure

Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

in environmental conditions and air quality. While air pollution is a serious threat to health in most developing … challenges faced by these countries without undermining their economies. In this paper, we examine the impact of air pollution on …

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The Main Support Mechanisms to Finance Renewable Energy Development

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Considering that the major part of greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide, there is a global concern aimed at reducing carbon emissions. Additionally, major consumer countries are looking for alternative sources of energy to avoid the impact of higher fossil fuel prices and political instability in...

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Market Design for Trading Commoditized Renewable Energy

Heshmati, Almas; Abolhosseini, Shahrouz - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Information and communication technology plays an important role in achieving a higher level of energy efficiency. In particular, energy efficiency can be achieved by integrating information technology into electricity networks to enable the interaction between suppliers and customers (smart...

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Severe Air Pollution and Labor Productivity

Li, Teng; Liu, Haoming; Salvo, Alberto - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

plant located in an industrial city in Hebei province, north China. Long-term workers earn piece-rate wages, with no base ….5 concentrations, with the drop leveling off for further increases in fine-particle pollution. A back-of-the-envelope calculation … hourly PM2.5 truncated at 25 µg/m3. We also find reduced product quality as pollution rises. Our model allows for selection …

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Measurement of Environmentally Sensitive Productivity Growth in Korean Industries

Chung, Yeimin; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This study measures productivity growth using the Metafrontier Malmquist-Luenberger productivity growth index (MML index) method and decomposes the index. The results are compared with those obtained from the conventional Malmquist-Luenberger (ML) productivity growth index. MML has two...

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The Local Economic Impact of Wind Power Deployment

May, Nils G.; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Globally installed wind power capacity has grown tremendously since 2000. This study focuses on the local economic impacts of wind power deployment. A theoretical model shows that wind power deployment is not necessarily driven by locally-accruing economic payoffs, but also by other factors such...

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The Power of Hydroelectric Dams: Agglomeration Spillovers

Severnini, Edson R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

How much of the geographic clustering of economic activity is attributable to agglomeration spillovers as opposed to natural advantages? I present evidence on this question using data on the long-run effects of large scale hydroelectric dams built in the U.S. over the 20th century, obtained...

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Does Extending Daylight Saving Time Save Energy? Evidence from an Australian Experiment

Kellogg, Ryan; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Several countries are considering extending Daylight Saving Time (DST) in order to conserve energy, and the U.S. will extend DST by one month beginning in 2007. However, projections that these extensions will reduce electricity consumption rely on extrapolations and simulations rather than...

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How Policy Changes Affect Shareholder Wealth: The Case of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster

Betzer, André; Doumet, Markus; Rinne, Ulf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper analyzes how policy changes affect shareholder wealth in the context of environmental regulation. We exploit the unique and unexpected German reaction to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, which involved the immediate shutdown of almost half of Germany’s nuclear reactors while...

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