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Powering up: Latin America's energy challenges: introduction: beyond the national: regional challenges in Latin America’s energy sector

Harmer, Tanya; Burton, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

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Scarce or abundant?: the economics of natural resource availability

Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

Most natural resources that are used in production are non-renewable. When they become depleted they are lost for future use. Does it follow that the limited availability of natural resources will at some time in the future constrain economic growth as many environmentalists believe? While...

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Growth dynamics of energy technologies: using historical patterns to validate low carbon scenarios

Wilson, Charlie - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

Historical growth dynamics of energy technologies reveal a consistent relationship between the extent to which a technology’s installed capacity grows and the time duration of that growth. This extent – duration relationship is remarkably consistent across both supply-side and demand-side...

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Modern management: good for the environment or just hot air?

Bloom, Nick; Genakos, Christos; Martin, Ralf; Sadun, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better managed firms are significantly...

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Does foreign environmental policy influence domestic innovation? Evidence from the wind industry

Dechezlepretre, Antoine; Glachant, Matthieu - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

This paper examines the relative influence of domestic and foreign renewable energy policies on innovation activity in wind power using patent data from OECD countries from 1994 to 2005. We distinguish between the impact of demand-pull policies (e.g., guaranteed tariffs, investment and...

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Ethanol production, food and forests

Andrade de Sa, Saraly; Palmer, Charles; Engel, Stefanie - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

This paper investigates the direct and indirect impacts of ethanol production on land use, deforestation and food production. A partial equilibrium model of a national economy with two sectors and two regions, one of which includes a residual forest, is developed. It analyses how an exogenous...

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Medical technology as a key driver of rising health expenditures: disentangling the relationship

Sorenson, Corinna; Drummond, Michael; Bhuiyan Kahn, Beena - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

approaches, and issues regarding the link between medical technology and costs. Selected articles were reviewed and relevant … costs, factors influencing this relationship, and methodological challenges in measuring such linkages. A total of 86 …, patient population, and the methodological approach employed. Moreover, the impact of technology on costs differed across …

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Intellectual disability, challenging behaviour and cost in care accommodation: what are the links?

Knapp, Martin; Comas-Herrera, Adelina; Astin, Jack; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

collection of costs data. Multivariate analyses of cost variations were carried out for 930 adults with intellectual disabilities … costs. Higher costs were associated with more severe intellectual disabilities and more challenging behaviour. Sector and …

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Designing carbon markets, part II: carbon markets in space

Hepburn, Cameron; Fankhauser, Samuel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

offset schemes. We examine the "first principles" of spatial design to maximise flexibility and to minimise costs, including …

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Cost-effectiveness of individual versus group psychotherapy for sexually abused girls

McCrone, Paul R.; Weeramanthri, Tara; Knapp, Martin R.J.; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

that individual and group psychotherapy have similar outcomes. In this study we compare the costs and cost-effectiveness of … treatments. Total mean costs of individual therapy were found to be £1246 greater than for group therapy. Costs as they would …

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