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Sustainable Development Policies in Europe

Caratti, Pietro; Locascio, Gabriella - 2007

commitment in reaching a sustainable regulation by issuing some documents and declarations. The paper frames the EU action into …

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Environmental Regulation and Competitiveness : Empirical Evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from European Manufacturing Sectors

Rubashkina, Yana - 2014

This paper represents an empirical investigation of the “weak” and “strong” Porter Hypothesis (PH) focusing on the manufacturing sectors of European countries between 1997 and 2009. By and large, the literature has analyzed the impact of environmental regulation on innovation and on...

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Environmental and Pro-Social Norms : Evidence from 30 Countries

Torgler, Benno; Frey, Bruno S.; Wilson, Clevo - 2014

The paper investigates the relationship between pro-social norms and its implications for improved environmental outcomes, an area which has been neglected in the environmental economics literature. We provide empirical evidence, demonstrating a strong link between perceived environmental...

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Quantifying the Ancillary Benefits of the Representative Concentration Pathways on Air Quality in Europe

Ščasný, Milan - 2016

This paper presents estimates of the economic benefit of air quality improvements in Europe that occur as a side effect of GHG emission reductions. We consider three climate policy scenarios that reach radiative forcing levels in 2100 of three Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs). These...

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The External Cost of European Crude Oil Imports

Bigano, Andrea - 2009

This paper is the first to assess operational and probabilistic externalities of oil extraction and transportation to Europe on the basis of a comprehensive evaluation of realistic future oil demand-supply scenarios, of the relative relevance of import routes, of the local specificities in terms...

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Governance Fragmentation and Urban Spatial Expansion : Evidence from Europe and the United States

Beghelli, Silvia - 2020

This study assesses the effects of urban governance structure on the spatial expansion of metropolitan areas. A more fragmented governance structure, represented by a high number of administrative units with decision power on land use per inhabitant, is expected to increase the competition...

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Effects of the Digital Transition in Passenger Transport - An Analysis of Energy Consumption Scenarios in Europe

Noussan, Michel - 2019

The transport sector has rarely seen disruptive evolutions after the diffusion of the internal combustion engine, and today the European mobility is still heavily relying on oil derivates and on private cars. However, there is a significant push in cities towards more sustainable mobility...

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Macro-Economic Impact Assessment of Future Changes in European Marine Ecosystem Services

Bosello, Francesco - 2015

The present research has been developed within the EU FP7 VECTORS project. The main scope of the project (2011 … the EU marine ecosystem in the medium term (2030). We focus on those changes potentially affecting the fishing and the … marine ecosystem quality.Impacts on EU coastal countries Gross Domestic Product are negative and larger when the tourism …

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Urban Sprawl and Air Quality in European Cities : An Empirical Assessment

Cappelli, Federica; Guastella, Gianni; Pareglio, Stefano - 2021

In this paper we estimate the relationship between urban sprawl and a measure of air quality, namely the number of days in which the PM10 concentration exceeds safeguard limits in European Union cities. Building on a multidimensional representation of sprawl, the paper employs several indicators...

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European Takeover Law : The Case for a Neutral Approach

Enriques, Luca - 2010

This paper argues that in revising the Takeover Bid Directive, EU policymakers should adopt a neutral approach toward … decide how contestable their control should be. After showing that the current EU legal framework for takeovers overall … hinders takeover activity in the EU, the paper identifies three rationales for a takeover-neutral intervention of the EU in …

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