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What does network analysis teach us about international environmental cooperation?
Carattini, Stefano; Fankhauser, Samuel; Gao, Jianjian; … - 2021
Over the past 70 years, the number of international environmental agreements (IEAs) has increased substantially … network properties of international environmental cooperation based on 546 IEAs signed between 1948 and 2015. We identify four … France and Germany have been the most strategic players to broker environmental cooperation. Fourth, international …
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International antitrust enforcement and multi-market contact
Choi, Jay Pil; Gerlach, Heiko A. - 2009
This paper analyzes international antitrust enforcement when multinational firms operate in several markets with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824697
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In praise of tax havens : international tax planning and foreign direct investment
Hong, Qing (contributor); Smart, Michael (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003496586
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The location of cross-border mergers & acquisitions in the USA
Brakman, Steven; Garretsen, Harry; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2015 - First version: October 2014, this version: April 2015
The research on the location choice for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is traditionally restricted to a choice between countries. The within-country location choice is less prominent in the literature. If within-country location decisions are considered it is mostly limited to Greenfield...
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World heritage: where are we? : an empirical analysis
Frey, Bruno S.; Pamini, Paolo - 2010
An empirical overview of the UNESCO World Heritage List according to various characteristics is presented. The officially stated intention of the World Heritage List is to protect global heritage. Our focus is on the imbalance of the existing List according to countries and continents. The...
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World heritage list : does it make sense?
Frey, Bruno S.; Steiner, Lasse - 2010
The UNESCO World Heritage List contains the 900 most treasured sites of humanity's culture and landscapes. The World Heritage List is beneficial where heritage sites are undetected, disregarded by national decision-makers, not commercially exploitable, and where national financial resources,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003974639
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Risk taking, limited liability and the competition of bank regulators
Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2001
international policy externality on foreign lenders of domestic banks, there will be an undersupply of such regulation. This may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400902
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Growth, income distribution, and well-being : comparisons across space and time
Grün, Carola; Klasen, Stephan - 2003
We use several well-being measures that combine average income with a measure of inequality to undertake international …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514115
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National happiness and genetic distance : a cautious exploration
Proto, Eugenio; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2015 - Revised
This paper studies a famous unsolved puzzle in quantitative social science. Why do some nations report such high levels of mental well-being? Denmark, for instance, regularly tops the league table of rich countries' happiness; Britain and the US enter further down; some nations do unexpectedly...
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Leadership and climate policy
Mideksa, Torben K. - 2021
This paper examines leadership in relation to supplying a global public good. Both the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement encourage the developed countries to take a lead in reducing emissions. Does a country benefit from taking a lead? When does leadership improve global welfare? The answer...
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