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Linking Complexity and Sustainability Theories: Implications for Modeling Sustainability Transitions

Peter, Camaren; Swilling, Mark - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 3, pp. 1594-1622

In this paper, we deploy a complexity theory as the foundation for integration of different theoretical approaches to sustainability and develop a rationale for a complexity-based framework for modeling <i>transitions to sustainability</i>. We propose a framework based on a comparison of complex...

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Global energy use : decoupling or convergence?

Csereklyei, Zsuzsanna; Stern, David I. - In: Energy economics 51 (2015), pp. 633-641

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Will history repeat itself? : economic convergence and convergence in energy use patterns

Jakob, Michael; Haller, Markus; Marschinski, Robert - In: Energy economics 34 (2012) 1, pp. 95-104

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A race between economic growth and carbon emissions : what play important roles towards global low-carbon development?

Yang, Jun; Hao, Yun; Feng, Chao - In: Energy economics 100 (2021), pp. 1-16

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The Crisis and Regional Resilience in Europe: On the Importance of Urbanization and Specialization

Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; van Marrewijk, Charles - 2014

Using a rich data set on the EU regions, we analyze the relevance of two possible determinants of a region’s resilience … that started in 2008, as our shock and then analyze how the NUTS II EU regions differ in their resilience to the crisis in … their resilience to shocks but it typically remains unclear as to why regions differ in this respect. For the 2008- 2012 …

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Volatility and Resilience of Democratic Public-Good Provision

Gersbach, Hans; Pitsuwan, Fikri; Bolgè, Giovanni Valvassori - 2024

We examine democratic public-good provision with heterogeneous legislators. Decisions are taken by majority rule and an agenda-setter proposes a level of the public good, taxes, and subsidies. Members are heterogeneous with respect to their benefits from the public good. We find that, depending...

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Local Labour Market Resilience: The Role of Digitalisation and Working from Home

Ben Yahmed, Sarra; Berlingieri, Francesco; Brüll, Eduard - 2024

We show that digital capital and working from home were essential for the resilience of local labour markets in the …

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How Resilient Was Trade to Covid-19?

Bas, Maria; Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Paunov, Caroline - 2022

We examine the supply-side characteristics - unskilled labor, imported input intensity, dependence on inputs from China, production complexity - that determine different potential vulnerabilities of traded products to the COVID-19 pandemic. Relying on monthly exports at the product level by all...

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How Do Institutions Affect the Impact of Natural Disasters?

Bos, Jaap W.B.; Gröschl, Jasmin; Lamers, Martien; Li, … - 2022

In this paper we study how diﬀerences in the quality of countries' institutions aﬀect the impact of natural hazards in these countries. To do so, we ﬁrst build a new data set that allows us to adequately control for countries' development and geological characteristics and, importantly,...

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Public Infrastructure and Regional Resilience: Evidence from the 1918 Spanish Flu in Germany

Foertsch, Mona; Roesel, Felix - 2023

regional resilience in the event of serious health emergencies. During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, four out of every 1 …

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