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Think locally, act locally : spillovers, spillbacks, and efficient decentralized policymaking
Ogawa, Hikaru (contributor); Wildasin, David E. (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003623962
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Decentralized environmental regulations and plant-level productivity
Ghosal, Vivek; Stephan, Andreas; Weiss, Jan F. - 2018
Using a unique plant-level dataset we examine total factor productivity (TFP) growth and its components, related to efficiency change and technical change. The data we use is from Sweden and for their pulp and paper industry, which is heavily regulated due to its historically large contribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011906240
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Aid, growth and devolution
Lessmann, Christian; Markwardt, Gunther - 2009
. Following the decentralization theorem, the devolution of powers should increase aid effectiveness, since local decision …-makers are better informed about local needs. At the same time, decentralization has reverse effects, e.g., through coordination … consider how both anti-poverty instruments - financial assistance and decentralization - work together. -- foreign aid ; growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887528
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Diversifying and benchmarking Madagascar
Thorvaldur Gylfason; Nganou, Jean-Pascal Nguessa - 2024
Because excessive specialization can be risky, diversification matters for sustainable development. A case study of Madagascar, this paper begins by briefly discussing economic and institutional diversification and presenting a simple model of production possibilities to illuminate the possible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015048370
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Ambiguous protection
Gruendler, Klaus; Hillman, Arye L. - 2021
Import regulations are globally the most prevalent form of intervention in international trade. The regulations should, under rules of the WTO, protect consumers and the environment but can be used to protect producers. We investigate the ambiguity of intent. We set out a model that when applied...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432992
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Natural resources : curse or blessing?
Ploeg, Frederick van der - 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/10003986863
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Harnessing windfall revenues : optimal policies for resource-rich developing economies
Ploeg, Frederick van der; Venables, Anthony - 2009
A windfall of natural resource revenue (or foreign aid) faces government with choices of how to manage public debt, investment, and the distribution of funds for consumption, particularly if the windfall is both anticipated and temporary. We show that the permanent income hypothesis prescription...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003813611
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The environmental and macroeconomic effects of socially responsible investment
Dam, Lammertjan (contributor); Heijdra, Ben J. (contributor) - 2008
We analyze the effects of socially responsible investment and public abatement on environmental quality and the economy in a continuous-time dynamic growth model featuring optimizing households and firms. Environmental quality is modelled as a renewable resource. Consumers can invest in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003730310
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Optimal monitoring to implement clean technologies when pollution is random
Macho-Stadler, Inés (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003496832
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Satisfaction with democracy and the environment in Western Europe : a panel analysis
Wagner, Alexander F. (contributor);  … - 2006
We construct a panel of satisfaction with democracy (SWD) and economic, institutional, and environmental variables for 1990-2001 for fifteen European countries. In this sample, controlling for a number of factors, we find that average SWD is higher where (1) there exists an energy / CO2 tax,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301041