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The impact of population, affluence, technology, and urbanization on CO2 emissions across income groups
Sorge, Lars; Neumann, Anne - 2019
This paper analyzes the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions within the STIRPAT framework over the period 1971 to 2014 for a panel of 76 countries clustered into income groups. Using dynamic panel estimations techniques, the empirical results robustly show an inverted N-shaped relationship...
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Ecological labelling in North-South trade
Althammer, Wilhelm (contributor);  … - 2006
We investigate in a horizontal product differentiation model with North-South trade the implications of a home bias in consumers' demand for labelled goods. We compare mutual recognition and international harmonisation of ecological labels with respect to firms' profits and welfare. Northern...
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Zukunftsgestaltung ohne Wirtschaftswachstum? : Ergebnisse eines Workshops des DIW im Auftrag von Greenpeace Deutschland
Blazejczak, Jürgen (ed.) - Workshop Zukunftsgestaltung ohne Wirtschaftswachstum? …; … - 1998
, Soziale Sicherung und Einkommensverteilung, Wirtschaftsordnung sowie Internationale Entwicklung. Abgesehen davon, daß … Wirtschaftswachstum einhellig auch im Rahmen eines Nachhaltigkeitsparadigmas für möglich gehalten wurde, kamen die Teilnehmer überwiegend … zu der Einschätzung, daß eine Lösung der wesentlichen Zukunftsprobleme auch bei fehlendem Wirtschaftswachstum möglich ist. …
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The economic value of plutonium
Hirschhausen, Christian R. von - 2022
Although plutonium has been studied by different disciplines (such as technology and innovation studies, political sciences) since its discovery, back in 1940 at the University of California (Berkeley), the resource and environmental economic literature is still relatively scarce; neither does the...
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EU sustainable finance taxonomy : what is its role on the road towards climate neutrality?
Schütze, Franziska; Stede, Jan Patrick - 2020
The EU Taxonomy is the first standardised and comprehensive classification system for sustainable economic activities. It covers activities responsible for up to 80 percent of EU greenhouse gas emissions and may play an important role in channelling investments into low-carbon technologies by...
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Appropriate technology, human capital and development accounting
Chanda, Areendam; Farkas, Beatrice - 2012
Over the past decade, research explaining cross country income differences has increasingly pointed to the dominant role of total factor productivity (TFP) gaps as opposed to factor accumulation. Nevertheless, it is a widely held belief that a country's ability to absorb and implement...
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The role(s) of intellectual property Rights for innovation : a review of the empirical evidence and implications for developing countries
Léger, Andréanne (contributor) - 2007
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Does financial literacy improve financial inclusion? : cross country evidence
Grohmann, Antonia; Klühs, Theres; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2017
While financial inclusion is typically addressed by improving the financial infrastructure we show that financial literacy, representing the demand-side of financial markets, also has a beneficial effect. We study this effect at the cross-country level, which allows to consider institutional...
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Financial development and economic growth : evidence from ten new EU members
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Rault, Christophe; Sova, Robert - 2009
This paper reviews the main features of the banking and financial sector in ten new EU members, and then examines the relationship between financial development and economic growth in these countries by estimating a dynamic panel model over the period 1994-2007. The evidence suggests that the...
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Does euro area membership affect the relation between GDP growth and public debt?
Dreger, Christian; Reimers, Hans-Eggert - 2012
We analyse the relationship between the debt to GDP ratio and real per capita GDP growth for the euro area members by distinguishing between periods of sustainable and non-sustainable debt. Thresholds are theory-based and depend on the macroeconomic framework. If the interest rate exceeds...
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