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Groot, Henri L. F. de; Withagen, Cees; Zhou, Minliang - 2001

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Identifying reduced-form relations with panel data

Vollebergh, Herman R. J.; Melenberg, Bertrand; … - 2007

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Sustainable nations : what do aggregate indicators tell us?

Pillarisetti, Janaki Ram; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2008

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Environmental damage and price taking behaviour by firms and consumers

Houba, Harold; Kremers, Hans - 2009

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Sustainable nations : what do aggregate indicators tell us?

Pillarisetti, Janaki Ram; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2007

What is a 'sustainable nation’ and how can we identify and rank ‘sustainable nations’? Are nations producing and consuming in a sustainable way? Aggregate indicators have been proposed to answer these questions. This paper quantitatively compares three aggregate indicators of...

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Monetary valuation of aircraft noise

Dekkers, Jasper; Straaten, J. Willemijn van der - 2008

In densely-populated countries and in particular in large metropolitan areas, the presence of so much human activity causes all sorts of negative externalities, for example traffic noise disturbance. These externalities call for corrective measures by the government. Economists have developed a...

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Environmental damage and price taking behaviour by firms and consumers

Houba, Harold; Kremers, Hans - 2009

Integrated assessment models lack a microeconomic foundation in modelling environmental damages to the economy. To overcome this, damage coefficients are incorporated in standard microeconomic models. Firms and consumers take both damages and prices as given. Demand, supply, profit and...

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SIMBIOSES: modelling industrial metabolism in a multi-regional economic system

Janssen, Marco A.; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 1999

A model framework, SIMBIOSES, is presented which describes economic activities and relatedmaterial, substance and energy flows in a multi-region and multi-sector economic system. Theconceptual design of the framework is discussed in relation to current issues on "dematerialization"and...

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Perseverance of perverse subsidies and their impact on trade and the environment

Beers, Cees van; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2000

Theoretical and empirical aspects of policy failures due to subsidies are discussed in the context of international trade. A general classification of subsidies that cause environmental externalities is presented. The economic and environmental impacts of producer subsidies on international...

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The role of material/energy resources and dematerialisation in economic growth theories

Ayres, Robert U.; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2000

The nature of energy and material resources in an endogenous growththeory framework is clarified. This involves three modifications of the conventional theory. Firstly, multiple feedback mechanisms or "growth engines" are identified. Secondly, a productionfunction distinguishesbetween resource...

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