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Biodiversity and Geography
Rauscher, Michael - 2014
looks at optimal policies of biodiversity conservation. The subject of the paper is natural biodiversity, which is …
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Trade Agreements
Kowalczyk, Carsten; Riezman, Raymond G. - 2021
This paper reviews the most significant recent developments in the theory of trade agreements. The paper offers an integrated approach to evaluating trade agreements, and uses the approach to present results on preferential and multilateral trade agreements. The paper identifies also several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316371
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Understanding the Latest Wave and Future Shape of Regional Trade and Cooperation Agreements in Asia
Bhattacharyay, Biswa N. - 2021
Asia accounts for more than 30% of world GDP and contributes half of the global growth in recent years. Despite high growth rates, Asia is still facing considerable socio-economic challenges. If Asia is to reemerge as a major power in the global economy and in order for the region to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317319
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Climate Change and Psychological Adaptation : A Behavioral Environmental Economics Approach
Aronsson, Thomas; Schöb, Ronnie - 2021
Economic models of climate policy (or policies to combat other environmental problems) typically neglect psychological adaptation to changing life circumstances. People may adapt or become more sensitive, to different degrees, to a deteriorated environment. The present paper addresses these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315603
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An Environmental-Economic Measure of Sustainable Development
Cairns, Robert D.; Martinet, Vincent - 2021
A central issue in the study of sustainable development is the interplay of growth and sacrifice in a dynamic economy. This paper investigates the relationship among current consumption, sacrifice, and sustainability improvement in a general context and in two canonical, stylized economies. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315739
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Sustainable Climate Treaties
Gersbach, Hans - 2017
We examine long-run treaties for mitigating climate change. Countries pay an initial fee into a global fund that is invested in long-run assets. In each period, part of the fund is distributed among the participating countries in relation to the emission reductions they have achieved in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012958888
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The Globalization Paradox Revisited
Schwerhoff, Gregor - 2014
According to the Globalization Paradox, globalization limits the freedom of choice for national governments. Capital mobility in particular induces tax competition, thus putting downward pressure on capital taxes. However, while capital mobility introduces the inefficiency of tax competition, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050479
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Coaseian Biodiversity Conservation. Who Benefits?
Eichner, Thomas - 2017
We consider a world economy, in which the global public good 'biodiversity' is positively correlated with that share of …-to-pay for biodiversity conservation is positive in 'rich' developed countries (North), but very low in 'poor' developing … welfare when the North financially supports biodiversity conservation in the South – as stipulated in the Convention on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962993
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Agricultural Trade, Biodiversity Effects and Food Price Volatility
Bellora, Cecilia; Bourgeon, Jean-Marc - 2021
Biotic factors such as pests create biodiversity effects that increase production risks and decrease land productivity … incomplete under free trade because of the decrease in land productivity. Pesticides allow farmers to reduce these biodiversity … biodiversity effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315542
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A Micro-Level 'Consumer Approach' to Species Population Dynamics
Christiaans, Thomas; Eichner, Thomas; Pethig, Rudiger - 2021
In this paper we develop a micro ecosystem model whose basic entities are representative organisms which behave as if maximizing their net offspring under constraints. Net offspring is increasing in prey biomass intake, declining in the loss of own biomass to predators and Allee's Law applies....
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