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The Environment and Directed Technical Change

Acemoglu, Daron - 2009

This paper introduces endogenous and directed technical change in a growth model with environmental constraints and limited resources. A unique final good is produced by combining inputs from two sectors. One of these sectors uses "dirty" machines and thus creates environmental degradation....

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A Direct Estimate of the Technique Effect : Changes in the Pollution Intensity of US Manufacturing 1990 - 2008

Levinson, Arik - 2014

From 1990 to 2008, the real value of US manufacturing output grew by one-third while the pollution emitted from US factories fell by two-thirds. What accounts for this cleanup? Prior studies have documented that a relatively small share can be explained by changes in the composition of US...

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Do Technology Standards Induce Innovation in Environmental Technologies When Coordination is Important?

Gregoire-Zawilski, Myria; Popp, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

If further decarbonization of electricity systems is to continue, a next generation of innovation in transformative grid modernization and renewables integration technologies will be needed. Few studies have investigated the policy determinants of innovation in this sector to glean insights on...

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Sustainability and its Measurement

Heal, Geoffrey - 2011

I present a non-technical high-level review the concept of sustainability and the various approaches to quantifying it …

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Small Changes, Big Impact : Nudging Employees Toward Sustainable Behaviors

Cappellucci, Laura; Ha, Lan; Honig, Jeremy; Knittel, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We designed and conducted three randomized control trials in partnership with a large biopharmaceutical company operating over 160 plasma donation centers, with the aim of promoting sustainable behaviors in a workplace setting. Specifically, we focused on reducing operational errors that led to...

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An Analysis of Puerto Rico's Debt Relief Needs to Restore Debt Sustainability

Gluzmann, Pablo - 2018

was certified in March 2017 for fiscal years 2017-18 to 2026-27. Second, we perform a Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA … that the island's current debt position is unsustainable, and compute the necessary debt relief to restore sustainability …

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What is a Sustainable Public Debt?

D'Erasmo, Pablo - 2015

traditional approach to evaluate debt sustainability, and examine three alternative approaches that provide useful econometric and … model-simulation tools to analyze debt sustainability. The first approach is Bohn's non-structural empirical framework based … three approaches to analyze debt sustainability in the United States and Europe after the recent surge in public debt …

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A Surplus of Ambition : Can Europe Rely on Large Primary Surpluses to Solve its Debt Problem?

Eichengreen, Barry - 2014

of as much as 5 percent of GDP for as long as 10 years in order to maintain debt sustainability and bring their debt …

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Crunch Time : Fiscal Crises and the Role of Monetary Policy

Greenlaw, David - 2013

Countries with high debt loads are vulnerable to an adverse feedback loop in which doubts by lenders lead to higher sovereign interest rates which in turn make the debt problems more severe. We analyze the recent experience of advanced economies using both econometric methods and case studies...

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Fiscal Stability of High-Debt Nations under Volatile Economic Conditions

Hall, Robert E. - 2013

Using a recursive empirical model of the real interest rate, GDP growth, and the primary government deficit in the U.S., I solve for the ergodic distribution of the debt/GDP ratio. If such a distribution exists, the government is satisfying its intertemporal budget constraint. One key finding is...

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