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Inequality and the value of public natural capital
Meya, Jasper; Baumgärtner, Stefan; Drupp, Moritz A.; … - 2020
We study how income inequality affects the social value of a dynamic public good, such as natural capital. Our theory shows that both intra- and intertemporal inequality affect the social value of public natural capital. The direction and size of the effects are driven by the degree of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387514
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Economic analysis, sustainability and environmental commons
Musu, Ignazio - 2013
issues: climate change and biodiversity. Involvement of governments and a reference framework provided by intergovernmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223360
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Economic challenges in the Anthropocene
Musu, Ignazio - 2013
The evolution during the Anthropocene is analyzed through the interaction between economic and technological development, characterized by the role of fossil fuels and by the progressive dominance of those with a higher energy and density power. The challenge is how to make the rising demand for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223439
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Do we still need carbonIntensive capital when transitioning to a green economy?
Jin, Wei; Ploeg, Frederick van der; Zhang, Lin - 2020
This paper presents a two-sector green endogenous growth model to explore a mechanism that explains why carbon-intensive capital is not necessarily shut down during transition to a green economy. Without accumulating clean capital to offset carbon emissions, a tightening of climate regulation...
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Economic land use, ecosystem services and microfounded species dynamics
Eichner, Thomas; Pethig, Rüdiger - 2004
species forming a food chain. The size of habitat determines the diversity and abundance of species. That biodiversity …
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Biodiversity and geography
Rauscher, Michael (contributor); Barbier, Edward (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003498741
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Coaseian biodiversity conservation : who benefits?
Eichner, Thomas; Pethig, Rüdiger - 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 …
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Simulating with RICE coalitionally stable burden sharing agreements for the climate change problem
Eyckmans, Johan; Tulkens, Henry - 1999
In this paper we test empirically with the Nordhaus and Yang (1996) RICE model the core property of the transfer scheme adv ocated by Germain, Toint and Tulkens (1997). This scheme is designed to sustain full cooperation in a voluntary international environmental agreement by making all...
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Contesting an international trade agreement
Cole, Matthew T.; Lake, James; Zissimos, Benjamin - 2018
We develop a new theoretical framework of trade agreement (TA) formation, called a "parallel contest", that emphasizes the political fight over TA ratification within countries. TA ratification is inherently uncertain in each country, where anti- and pro-trade interest groups contest each other...
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Climate change and psychological adaptation : a behavioral environmental economics approach
Aronsson, Thomas; Schöb, Ronnie - 2014
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...
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