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Prevention and Mitigation of Epidemics : Biodiversity Conservation and Confinement Policies
Augeraud-Véron, Emmanuelle - 2020
This paper presents a first model integrating the relation between biodiversity loss and zoonose pandemic risks in a … preserve a greater quantity of biodiversity, thus decreasing the probability of a pandemic occurring, and second (mitigation … biodiversity conservation is shown to be more relevant for more “forward looking” societies, with a small discount rate and a high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824824
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From Natural Resources to Human Rights
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2019
Per Magnus Wijkman was the first foreign observer to urge Iceland in print to regulate its fisheries by price. This was in 1975, nine years before the Icelandic fishing quota system came into effect, a system judged discriminatory and unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Iceland in 1998 (but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892260
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Natural Resource Dependence and Monopolized Imports
Arezki, Rabah; Fernandes, Ana M.; Merchan, Federico; … - 2021
This paper explores the effect of natural resource dependence on market concentration of imports. Using a new panel database for importing firms in developing and emerging market economies, the paper shows that higher natural resource dependence is associated with larger market concentration of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013215669
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We are All in the Same Boat : Cross-Border Spillovers of Climate Shocks Through International Trade and Supply Chain
Feng, Alan; Li, Haishi; Wang, Yulin - 2023
Are land locked countries subject to sea-level rise risk? We highlight a new mechanism by which physical climate shocks affects countries’ macro-financial performance: the cross-border spillover effects that propagate through international trade. Basing our findings on historical data between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357033
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Decoupling Global Value Chains
Eppinger, Peter; Felbermayr, Gabriel J.; Krebs, Oliver; … - 2021
Recent disruptions to global value chains (GVCs) have raised an important question: Can decoupling from GVCs increase a country’s welfare by reducing its exposure to foreign supply shocks? We use a quantitative trade model to simulate GVCs decoupling, defined as increased barriers to global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013227605
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Conservation by Lending
Harstad, Bård; Storesletten, Kjetil - 2023
This project analyzes how a principal can motivate an agent to conserve rather than exploit a depletable resource. This dynamic problem is relevant for tropical deforestation as well as for other environmental problems. It is shown that the smaller is the agent's discount factor (e.g., because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014346959
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Good Mine, Bad Mine : Natural Resource Heterogeneity and Dutch Disease in Indonesia
Pelzl, Paul - 2019
We analyse the local effect of exogenous shocks to the value of mineral deposits at the district level in Indonesia using a panel of manufacturing plants. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to model and estimate the effect of heterogeneity in natural resource extraction methods. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892288
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The international economics of natural resources and growth
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2007
around the world, pondering the question whether an abundance of natural resources is a blessing or a curse. Second, an … article discusses the experience of Norway, the world's third largest oil exporter. To date, Norway has appeared to be mostly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264127
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Natural resources: Curse or blessing?
van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2010
Are natural resources a 'curse' or a 'blessing'? The empirical evidence suggests either outcome is possible. The paper surveys a variety of hypotheses and supporting evidence for why some countries benefit and others lose from the presence of natural resources. These include that a resource...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270490
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Natural resource endowment: A mixed blessing?
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - 2011
that arise along the way. Special attention is given to Norway, the world's third largest oil exporter, and the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274997