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The relationships between corruption and pollution on corruption regimes
Chang, Shu-Chen; Chang, Teng-yu - In: Economics Bulletin 30 (2010) 3, pp. 1942-1949
Previous studies have focused mainly on the effect of corruption on pollution. The results of these studies show an … inverted U-shaped relationship between economic growth and pollution. In addition, some researchers have suggested that … corruption plays an important role in determining pollution. This study proposes the hypothesis of a nonlinear long …
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Environmental technology transfer in a Cournot duopoly: the case of fixed-fee licensing
Miyaoka, Akira - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 4, pp. 2253-2266
transfer technology and the firms' total pollution level, and examine the properties of the optimal emissions tax policy. We … increase in the total pollution level. We also find that as the degree of the initial technology gap between firms widens, the …
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Institutions, Corruption and Sustainable Development
Venard, Bertrand - In: Economics Bulletin 33 (2013) 4, pp. 2545-2562
This paper aims to analyze the relationship between institutional quality, corruption level, and economic development. The methodology makes use of cross-national data developed by the World Bank on perceived levels of corruption, institutional framework quality and economic development to test...
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Decentralization and participatory rural development: a literature review
Ahmad, Muhammad Shakil; Talib, Noraini Bt. Abu - In: Economics Bulletin 31 (2011) 3, pp. 32-32
Most of the developing nations are still struggling for efficient use of their resources. In order to overcome physical and administrative constraints of the development, it is necessary to transfer the power from the central government to local authorities. Distribution of power from improves...
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