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Who Should Bear the Cost of China’s Carbon Emissions Embodied in Goods for Exports?
Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2013
has given rise to unprecedented environmental pollution and CO2 emissions. While estimates of the embedded CO2 emissions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092142
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Trade in Environmental Goods : Empirical Exploration of Direct and Indirect Effects on Pollution by Country's Trade Status
Zugravu-Soilita, Natalia - 2017
recurrently found to face increased pollution (in particular CO2 emissions) due to direct scale-composition effects of trade in … EGs, the EGs' net exporters are more likely to see their local pollution to decrease, in particular thanks to income …
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An Accidental Oil Spill Along the Belgian Coast : Results from a Cv Study
van Biervliet, Karl - 2013
investment program targeted at the prevention of oil spills, and its damage on the marine environment, can be clearly defended …
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Regulating the Environmental Consequences of Preferences for Social Status within an Evolutionary Framework
Sartzetakis, Eftichios S.; Xepapadeas, Anastasios; … - 2015
Taking as given that we are consuming too much and that overconsumption leads to environmental degradation, the present paper examines the regulator's choices between informative advertisement and consumption taxation. We model overconsumption by considering individuals that care about social...
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Justifiability of Littering : An Empirical Investigation
Torgler, Benno; Garcia-Valiñas, Maria Angeles; … - 2008
The paper investigates the relationship between environmental participation and littering. Previous empirical work in … the area of littering is scarce as is evidence regarding the determinants of littering behavior. We address these … deficiencies, demonstrating a strong empirical link between environmental participation and reduced public littering using European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216395
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Context and the VSL : Evidence from a Stated Preference Study in Italy and the Czech Republic
Alberini, Anna - 2010
We report on the results of a survey based on conjoint choice experiments that was specifically designed to investigate the effect of context on the Value of a Statistical Life (VSL), an important input into the calculation of the mortality benefits of environmental policies that reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013142019
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Environment, Human Development and Economic Growth
Costantini, Valeria - 2006
Over the last few years, environmental issues have entered into policy design, particularly development and growth policies. Natural resources are considered necessary production inputs and environmental quality is considered a welfare determinant. The integration of environmental issues into...
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A Modified Environmental Kuznets Curve for Sustainable Development Assessment Using Panel Data
Costantini, Valeria - 2013
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Nautical Tourism, Carrying Capacity and Environmental Externality in the Lagoon of Marano and Grado
Silvestri, Francesco; Ghinoi, Stefano; Barone, Vincenzo - 2013
Tourism and environmental preservation are often conflicting activities, mainly in areas such as coastal lagoons, where seaside mass-tourism comes into contact with a very sensitive ecological system. In this paper we deal with a classical problem of both environmental and tourism economics, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014153381
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Enforcement and Environmental Quality in a Decentralized Emission Trading System
Valentini, Edilio; D'Amato, Alessio - 2014
This paper addresses the issue of whether the powers of monitoring compliance and allocating tradeable emissions allowances within a federation of countries should be appointed to a unique federal regulator or decentralized to several local regulators. To this end, we develop a two stage game...
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