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European Policies towards Palm Oil - Sorting Out some Facts
Pehnelt, Gernot; Vietze, Christoph - 2009
This paper analyses the role of palm oil and its sustainability from different perspectives. We consider the role of palm oil within the GHG context. We discuss the impact of palm oil on biodiversity and analyse how palm oil can contribute to economic growth and development in tropical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271184
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How long does it take to become an entrepreneurial society: The case of german convergence in self-employment
Schindele, Yvonne - 2010
Since the beginning of the transformation of East Germany from a socialist planned economy to a market economy, there …, and political problems of East Germany, thereby narrowing the gap between East and West Germany. This paper uses panel … West Germany observed during the first years after reunification has not been maintained. In short, some East German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267109
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The interdependence between biodiversity and socioeconomic variables on a local level: Evidence for german counties
Münch, Angela; Völkl, Wolfgang - 2011
This paper explores possible interdependence of biodiversity and several socioeconomic and political factors at the county level. It is aimed at the empirical identification of direct and indirect effects between biodiversity (loss) and their theoretical major impact factors. To date, research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286473
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Do EPA administrators recommend environmental policies that citizens want?
Carlsson, Fredrik; Kataria, Mitesh; Lampi, Elina - 2009
We investigate whether Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator recommendations regarding improvements in environmental quality differ from citizen preferences. The scope and significance of the possible difference are assessed by conducting identical choice experiments on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267113
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European Policies towards Palm Oil - Sorting Out some Facts
Pehnelt, Gernot; Vietze, Christoph - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper analyses the role of palm oil and its sustainability from different perspectives. We consider the role of palm oil within the GHG context. We discuss the impact of palm oil on biodiversity and analyse how palm oil can contribute to economic growth and development in tropical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509231
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Can nature promote development? The role of sustainable tourism for economic growth
Freytag, Andreas; Vietze, Christoph - 2010
We analyze whether biodiversity is enhancing the development process in developing countries (DCs) via increasing tourism receipts in a trade based endogenous growth framework. The underlying assumption is that a rich biodiversity - only if used sustainably - provides a comparative advantage in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267123
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The geography and the effect of creative people in Germany
Fritsch, Michael - 2007
This paper investigates the geography and the effect of people in creative oc-cupation in Germany. The population share …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263781
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The contribution of new businesses to regional employment: an empirical analysis of the direct employment effect
Fritsch, Michael; Schindele, Yvonne - 2008
We investigate regional differences in the contribution of newly founded businesses to regional employment. This is labeled the direct employment effect of new businesses. The analysis is at the spatial level of West German planning regions for the period 1984-2002. We find rather pronounced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266641
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Investigating the anatomy of the employment effects of new business formation
Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - 2009
Recent empirical research has found that the effect of new business formation on employment emerges over a period of about ten years and has identified a 'wave' pattern of these effects. In this study, we decompose the overall contribution of new business formation on employment change into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266661
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Start-ups, new business employment, and the effects on incumbents: who contributes the larger share?
Fritsch, Michael; Noseleit, Florian - 2008
We investigate the effects that new business formation has on employment in incumbent firms and compare it to the development in the start-ups. The analysis is performed for West German regions over the 1984-2002 period. It shows that the employment effects of new businesses on the incumbents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266670