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The iron fist vs. the invisible hand: interventionism and libertarianism in environmental economic discourses
Maymin, Philip Z.; Lim, Tai Wei - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 8 (2012) 3, pp. 358-374
Drawing from a broad range of sources, we define and discuss the two primary ways of contemplating issues related to environmental economics, namely, interventionism and libertarianism. We then interpret a cellular automaton as a model that allows for either approach, as well as anarchy, and...
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The European Emission Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies: Credible Targets for Incredible Results?
Borghesi, Simone - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
This paper discusses the merits and limits of the recent European energy policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions, devoting particular attention to the European Trading System of carbon permits and to the measures that the European Union has adopted to promote renewable energy sources. From the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008828388
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Introducing externalities in the power-generation sector of China
Kypreos, Socrates; Krakowski, Robert - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 22 (2004) 2/3/4, pp. 131-154
methods and incorporates partial equilibrium, endogenous technological change and external costs related to regional pollution …
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Pollution and the Efficiency of Urban Growth
Quaas, Martin F.; Smulders, Sjak - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008
production. Production exhibits increasing returns to scale on aggregate. Urban environmental pollution, as a force that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005230846
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The Growth-Environment Trade-off: Horizontal vs Vertical Innovations
Andre'' Grimaud; Ricci, Francesco - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 1999
This paper explores the trade-off between economic growth and environmental quality along two paradigms of endogenous growth theory: variety expansion (HIP) and quality improvements (VIP). We compare the policies that match the decentralised economies' paths with the optimal "strong sustainable"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005570244
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Case study: Lufthansa Cargo and their rights to fly over Russian territory
Sutton, Howard - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 7 (2011) 2, pp. 212-228
On 27 October 2007 the Russian Federation revoked Lufthansa Cargo's rights to fly over Russian territory. The withdrawal came as a surprise to Lufthansa Cargo and shortly after the dispute started it evolved from an economic to a political conflict which awoke international interest. The...
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Optimal Soil Management and Environmental Policy
Lafforgue, Gilles; Oueslati, Walid - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005
use induces a pollution which is accentuated by the soil fragility. We show, at the steady state, that the environmental … tax induces a more conservative farmer behavior for soil, but in some cases it can exacerbate pollution. These effects can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385355
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Renewable Resources, Pollution and Trade in a Small Open Economy
Rus, Horatiu A. - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2006
Industrial pollution can have damaging effects on resource-based productive sectors. International trade creates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005385441
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Economic Growth and the Environment with Clean and Dirty Consumption
Orecchia, Carlo; Tessitore, Maria Elisabetta - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2011
is that the EKC is examined in the presence of pollution as a by product of consumption activities; also, pollution is a … environment, consumers do not consider directly pollution in the maximization problem and are assumed to choose between two … that substitution of dirty consumption with clean consumption alone is not sufficient to reduce environmental pollution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320998
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The Environmental Kuznets Curve: a Survey of the Literature
Borghesi, Simone - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 1999
In the last few years, several studies have found an inverted-U relationship between per capita income and environmental degradation. This relationship, known as the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC), suggests that environmental degradation increases in the early stages of growth, but it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009391480