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This paper summarizes assumptions made and results obtained in parts of the literature on welfare and sustainability … combinations. This taxonomy is used to organize results in welfare and sustainability accounting. The analysis illustrates how …
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Sustainability and efficiency are potentially conflicting social objectives in natural resource management. We propose … determines the maximal tenure length guaranteeing that the sustainability goal is obeyed for sure over the entire period. In …
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specifically on their degree of success, notably in terms of fiscal sustainability. The "need" to consolidate is based on having a … primary balance above or below the debt-stabilizing primary balance (provided by the IMF's Debt Sustainability Analysis) for … each country. We then link the need for and the actual (historical) existence of fiscal adjustments to their sustainability …
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We investigate differences in labor demand between German automotive firms specializing in green propulsion technology and those with a focus on combustion engines. To this end, we introduce a firm-level labor demand index based on the near-universe of online job postings and firms’ patent...
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Research about the circular economy is dominated by engineers, architects, and social scientists in fields other than economics. The concepts they study can be useful in economic models of policies – to reduce virgin materials extraction, to encourage green design, and to make better use of...
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Taxes levied on production processes (e.g. VAT), are today a very important source of government revenues in developed economies. Theories of optimal taxation conclude that these taxes are detrimental to production efficiency, when firms operate in perfectly competitive markets. These theories...
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with these issues. Still, some countries have made substantial progress in securing the long-term sustainability of their … ; welfare state ; public expenditure ; fiscal sustainability ; policy reforms …
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We apply non-linear error-correction models to the empirical testing of the sustainability of the government … tax rate adjusts faster the farther away it is from the equilibrium. -- intertemporal budget constraint ; sustainability …
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We discuss the sustainability of Chinese high growth relative to growth experience elsewhere, and specifically Soviet … sustainability of high Chinese growth. -- China ; growth ; sustainability ; substitution elasticity …
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We assess the sustainability of the public finances of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain (GIIPS), allowing for … sustainability when debt gets "too high" relative to a threshold which is not necessarily fixed but varies with the level of debt … effects from one Eurozone country to another. -- debt sustainability ; financial crisis …
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