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consequence of pollution through field studies and quantitative analysis. It is now accepted that the benefit from … industrialisation in a region needs to be examined against the perceived costs of increasing pollution and has to be carefully studied … methods, it is inferred from the study that the residents are quite aware of the problems caused by pollution from the present …
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This paper measures the welfare cost to consumers of the bloc of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC), plus Malta and Cyprus, of choosing a de- preciated conversion rate when joining the European Monetary Union. For this, I present and solve an appropriately calibrated small open...
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prices change, causing a portfolio rebalancing effect which results in a fall in the share of world assets owned by the US. I …
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Strategic plans in the energy sector have the overall objective of the use of renewable energy, especially wind power, hydroelectricity, biomass intending a considerable increase in the share it has in total energy production. Thus, chase is moving towards an economy based on low carbon...
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labour market creates pollution through its production and lowers the efficiency of workers. The analysis finds that the …
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types, and they cause adverse health impacts due to indoor air pollution. Within the households that use biomass fuels …
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pollution intensity coefficients associated to production activities, environmental effects were estimated for the whole country … pollution and water and energy use levels per unit of output produced. …
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Water pollution is a chronic crisis in Sudan that is rarely researched. However, it is combined with scarcity, disputes … and uncertainty. In The current paper we introduce its concepts with emphasis on the growing problems of pollution … combined with scarcity. A Case study of the growing problem of pollution is introduced and analyzed using economic parameters. …
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This paper explores empirically the impact of enforcement efforts on environmental compliance, focusing on the role of regulator reputation spillover effects. We find that, on the margin, the impact of a fine for water pollutant violations is about a two-thirds reduction in the statewide...
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This paper examines responses to a national FDA advisory that urged at-risk individuals to limit store-bought fish consumption due to the dangers of methyl-mercury. We investigate consumer response using both parametric and nonparametric methods. Some targeted consumers significantly reduced...
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