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The main support mechanisms to finance renewable energy development
Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas - 2014
carbon emissions. Additionally, major consumer countries are looking for alternative sources of energy to avoid the impact of … higher fossil fuel prices and political instability in the major energy supplying countries. In this regard, different … policies could be applied to reduce carbon emissions, such as enhancing renewable energy deployment and encouraging …
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Market design for trading commoditized renewable energy
Heshmati, Almas; Abolhosseini, Shahrouz - 2014
Information and communication technology plays an important role in achieving a higher level of energy efficiency. In … particular, energy efficiency can be achieved by integrating information technology into electricity networks to enable the … interaction between suppliers and customers (smart grids). Power generation by renewable energy sources can also benefit from this …
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Do wind turbines have adverse health impacts?
Krekel, Christian; Rode, Johannes; Roth, Alexander - 2023
While wind power is considered key in the transition towards net zero, there are concerns about adverse health impacts on nearby residents. Based on precise geographical coordinates, we link a representative longitudinal household panel to all wind turbines in Germany and exploit their staggered...
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Food for fuel : the effect of the US biofuel mandate on poverty in India
Chakravorty, Ujjayant; Hubert, Marie-Hélène; Ural … - 2018
More than 40% of US grain is used for energy due to the Renewable Fuels Mandate (RFS). There are no studies of the …
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Quantifying the externalities of renewable energy plants using wellbeing data: the case of biogas
Krekel, Christian; Rechlitz, Julia; Rode, Johannes; … - 2020
Although there is strong support for renewable energy plants, they are often met with local resistance. We quantify the … externalities of renewable energy plants using wellbeing data. We focus on the example of biogas, one of the most frequently …
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Preferences, financial literacy, and economic development
Davoli, Maddalena; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2021
Using data from 74 countries, we uncover important differences in the association between financial literacy and preferences by the level of economic development. We find that patience is only salient in wealthier countries, i.e. countries with their GDP per capita above the sample median. In...
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Migration from developing countries: selection, income elasticity, and Simpson's paradox
Clemens, Michael A.; Mendola, Mariapia - 2020
How does immigration affect incomes in the countries migrants go to, and how do rising incomes shape emigration from the countries they leave? The answers depend on whether people who migrate have higher or lower productivity than people who do not migrate. Theory on this subject has long...
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The political U : new evidence on democracy and income
Campos, Nauro; Coricelli, Fabrizio; Frigerio, Marco - 2022
This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960-2018, we show that the causal relationship between political and economic development is U-shaped: "intermediate" political regimes significantly lead to inferior economic...
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The effects of development on migration : theoretical issues and new empirical evidence
Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael - 1999
Empirical research on the determinants of international migration including the LDCs has so far neglected one important issue: the complex relationship of development and migration. Since the beginning of the 1990s several arguments have been discussed which hint at the possibility that progress...
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Looking back on the lessons of "higher education and developing countries: peril and promise" : perspectives on China and India
Bloom, David E.; Altbach, Philip G.; Rosovsky, Henry - 2016
In 2000, Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise was published. This report, cosponsored by The World Bank and UNESCO, came at a time of transition in higher education worldwide and helped shape higher education policy and thinking in several developing countries. This...
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