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hand, there are enormous differences in the level of competitiveness of the various member countries of the euro area and … competitiveness. On the other hand, the European economic model seems to be not able not in the long term to follow the aggressive … symptoms of the problem. The Result is, that a political problem of legitimacy is called into the world that has mainly two …
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that decentralization enhances the perceived legitimacy of irrigation management, which in turn increases the willingness … about water users’ legitimacy perceptions in five villages alongside an irrigation channel in Maharashtra, India. In two of … task has been decentralized to local water users associations (WUAs). To assess the impact of legitimacy perceptions on …
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In spite of the exponentially increasing volume of the CDM system of the Kyoto Protocol, very few have so far come up with scholarly political economy analysis of its governance system. Based on interviews with the CDM system’s main stakeholders as well as through scrutiny of CDM related...
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legitimacy and with the same effectiveness? In this study was argued that Civilizing World Order (CWO) by Transnational Norm …-Building Networks (TNNs) should have the legitimacy and effectiveness of the European Union supranational order. In this context, the …
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. In this lecture I argue that the preservation of the central bank’s legitimacy requires that a clear line be drawn …
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Middle-income economies in the world are under pressure to deal with a variety of environmental problems, such as industrial pollution, urban environmental issues, the deterioration of ecosystems, and global warming, while they are expected to simultaneously achieve high economic growth. In this...
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Acid rain causes greater environmental damage than would occur if countries act cooperatively. Based on new estimates of sulphur abatement cost functions, the potential gains from cooperation are calculated for Europe. Various cooperative abatement rates are compared with the rates implied by...
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This paper incorporates the interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics and suggests a holistic framework for analysis of management agro-ecosystem services. That new approach for analyses and assessment of management of agro-ecosystem services includes: definition of the...
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We analyse bargaining over international climate agreements in a setting with incomplete information about abatement costs. Incomplete information is known as one of the key reasons why negotiations may fail more generally, and why efficiency gains cannot be exploited. We ask whether unilateral...
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We examine the roles of the outcome and process dimensions of environmental performance in determining financial performance as measured by Tobin’s q. Outcomes refer to the impacts of the firm on the natural environment, while processes are the firm’s actions to reduce these outcomes. We...
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