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Heterodox environmental economics: theoretical strands in search of a paradigm
Marletto, Gerardo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Heterodox environmental economics is mainly based on non-mainstream economic theories; more precisely it refers to institutional and Schumpeterian economics. Starting from these theoretical foundations, heterodox environmental economics radically differs from the mainstream approach to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493607
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Environmentally Unfriendly Consumption Behaviour: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence from Private Motorists in Mexico City
González, Alva; Ángel, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This dissertation treats the topic of environmentally unfriendly consumption behaviour in relation to air pollution and the use of automobiles in Mexico City by analyzing three related aspects: i) relevant factors of driving patterns, ii) differences in the extent of pollution arising from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578221
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La crisis económica actual, una visión desde la economía política
Sergio, Reuben - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper criticizes the conception of value on behalf of the conventional economic theory, blaming it for the current … ruptures in the process of accumulation of capital triggering crisis like the actual. The theory of regulation is used in this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025710
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European gas regulation: a change of focus
Spanjer, Aldo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper confronts the current European gas regulation with the emerging new energy paradigm. It argues that due to a lack of policy credibility, the hold-up problem is a serious threat that will undermine the workings of the future EU gas market. This paper explores how one could from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592991
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La crisis económica actual: una visión desde la economía política
Sergio, Reuben - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The paper criticizes the conception of value on behalf of the conventional economic theory, blaming it for the current … ruptures in the process of accumulation of capital triggering crisis like the actual. The theory of regulation is used in this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105673
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Introducing new technologies in media companies from Romania, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus. A comparative approach
Surugiu, Romina; Radu, Raluca Nicoleta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Media companies from all over the world are undergoing a digitalization process, forced by the rapid distribution of technologies and by the proliferation of computer networks. The multimedia newsroom has become a reality in less than a decade even in media companies that were reluctant to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258573
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Institution and decomposition of natural-disaster impact on growth
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We investigated whether natural disasters enhance efficiency improvement, capital accumulation, and technological progress. Furthermore, we examined whether the influence of natural disasters depends on the legal origin. By using long-term panel data, this paper decomposes productivity growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395482
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Public sector corruption and the probability of technological disasters
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
A growing number of studies have explored the influence of institution on the outcomes of disasters and accidents from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368156
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The changing effect of legal origin on death tolls in natural disasters from 1960 to 2008.
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Persistent institutions, which are captured by legal origin, are considered to influence the occurrence and intensity of economic crises. However, little is known about how changes in legal origin affect processes of economic development. Using non-European country data, this paper investigates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278277
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Institution and foreign direct investment (FDI) : survey of the literature
Abdul Karim, Zulkefly - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this paper, I survey the current literature relating to the relationship between the institution and foreign direct … measurement in order to link whether institution variables matter or not in influencing the behaviour of foreign investors, in … particular from Multinational Enterprise (MNE’s). Based on these papers, they found that a better institution in term of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008740577