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Institutions, Culture, and Wetland Values
Chaikumbung, Mayula; Doucouliagos, Chris; Scarborough, Helen - 2018
Do institutions and culture affect environmental values? In this article we analyze 1,041 environmental valuations of 223 wetlands in 38 developing countries, to examine the effect of institutions and culture on environmental values. We assess three dimensions of institutional quality: economic...
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An Empirical Study of the Relationships between CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth and Openness
Choi, Eunho; Heshmati, Almas; Cho, Yongsung - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
its causal relationships with economic growth and openness by using time series data (1971-2006) from China (an emerging … characteristics, the estimated EKC show different temporal patterns. China shows an N-shaped curve while Japan has a U-shaped curve … it represents an inverted U-shaped curve, while China shows a U-shaped curve. We also analyze the dynamic relationships …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693845
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An Empirical Survey of the Ramifications of a Green Economy
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The unprecedented deterioration of our global environment has increased the necessity of relying upon Green Economic policies as critical and effective environmental management tools. The current situation has stimulated extensive research and debate among global interest groups. This has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884114
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An empirical study of the relationships between CO2 emissions, economic growth and openness
Choi, Eunho; Heshmati, Almes; Cho, Yongsung - 2010
its causal relationships with economic growth and openness by using time series data (1971-2006) from China (an emerging … characteristics, the estimated EKC show different temporal patterns. China shows an N-shaped curve while Japan has a U-shaped curve … it represents an inverted Ushaped curve, while China shows a U-shaped curve. We also analyze the dynamic relationships …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278434
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Health Shocks under Hospital Capacity Constraint: Evidence from Air Pollution in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Guidetti, Bruna; Pereda, Paula; Severnini, Edson R. - 2020
When a health shock hits a location, the healthcare infrastructure needs to be adjusted to meet the increased demand. This may be a challenge in developing countries because of limited hospital capacity. In this study, we examine the consequences of health shocks induced by air pollution in a...
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"Placebo Tests" for the Impacts of Air Pollution on Health: The Challenge of Limited Healthcare Infrastructure
Guidetti, Bruna; Pereda, Paula; Severnini, Edson R. - 2021
When examining the impacts of exposure to air pollution on health outcomes, researchers usually carry out "placebo tests" to provide evidence in support of their identification assumption. In general, this exercise targets health conditions seemingly unrelated to air pollution. In this study, we...
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Understanding Climate Damages: Consumption versus Investment
Casey, Gregory; Fried, Stephie; Gibson, Matthew - 2021
Existing climate-economy models use aggregate damage functions to model the effects of climate change. This approach assumes climate change has equal impacts on the productivity of firms that produce consumption and investment goods or services. We show the split between damage to consumption...
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The Historical Impact of Coal on Cities
Clay, Karen; Lewis, Joshua; Severnini, Edson R. - 2023
Historically coal has offered both benefits and costs to urban areas. Benefits include coal's role in fueling industry and thus employment. The primary costs are air pollution and its impact on human health. This paper starts by using a Rosen-Roback style model to examine how differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377132
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The Effects of Climate Change in the Poorest Countries: Evidence from the Permanent Shrinking of Lake Chad
Jedwab, Remi; Haslop, Federico; Zarate, Roman; … - 2023
Empirical studies of the economic effects of climate change (CC) largely rely on climate anomalies for causal identification purposes. Slow and permanent changes in climate-driven geographical conditions, i.e. CC as defined by the IPCC (2013), have been studied relatively less, especially in...
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Air Pollution and Time Use: Evidence from India
Jafarov, Jafar; Singh, Tejendra P.; Sahoo, Soham - 2023
We investigate how air pollution impacts outdoor activity avoidance, leveraging changes in local wind direction in an instrumental variable setup for causal identification. Our findings reveal a substantial reduction in time spent outdoors during polluted days, mainly driven by decreased...
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