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Measuring food security using respondents' perception of food consumption adequacy
Migotto, Mauro; Davis, Benjamin; Caretto, Gero; Beegle, … - 2006
: Albania, Indonesia, Madagascar and Nepal. Simple descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients, contingency tables and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284755
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A framework for incorporating environmental indicators to the measurement of human well-being
Zaim, Osman - 2005
This study, relying on an economic-theoretical approach to index numbers, proposes a framework for incorporating environmental indicators to the measurement of human well-being. Furthermore this study also proposes an improvement index which alleviates the well-known deficiency of across-time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284545
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Do autocratic states trade less?
Aidt, Toke S.; Gassebner, Martin - 2007
The paper analyzes whether the political regime of a country influences its involvement in international trade. Firstly, we develop a theoretical model that predicts that autocracies trade less than democracies. Secondly, we test the predictions of the model empirically using a panel of more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277794
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Extreme bounds of democracy
Gassebner, Martin; Lamla, Michael J.; Vreeland, James … - 2009
There are many stories of democracy but little consensus over which variables robustly determine its emergence and … million regressions. The most robust determinants of the transition to democracy are GDP growth (a negative effect), past … countries are less likely to see democracy emerge, although the latter finding is driven entirely by oil producing Muslim …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285819
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Has globalisation increased inequality?
Dreher, Axel; Gaston, Noel - 2006
There has been no shortage of theories which purport to explain why globalisation may have, adverse, insignificant or even beneficial effects on income and earnings inequality. Surprisingly, the empirical realities remain an almost complete mystery. In this paper we use data on industrial wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285880
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Globalization, local ecosystems, and the rural poor
Aggarwal, Rimjhim M. - 2005
ecological dynamics, and consequently, on poverty. – poverty ; globalization ; environment ; ecosystem resilience ; institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327266
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Tax policy reforms in Nigeria
Odusola, Ayodele - 2006
Nigeria is governed by a federal system, hence its fiscal operations also adhere to the same principle, a fact which has serious implications on how the tax system is managed. The country’s tax system is lopsided, and dominated by oil revenue. It is also characterized by unnecessarily complex,...
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China's development strategy and energy security: Growth, distribution and regional cooperation
Khan, Haider A. - 2008
This paper analyses both global and regional approaches to solving problems of energy security and ecological imbalance by addressing specifically the problems of China's energy security. China's growing energy dependence has become a major concern for both economic and national security...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273437
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Determinants of green innovation: The impact of internal and external knowledge
Stucki, Tobias; Woerter, Martin - 2012
Based on a comprehensive data set comprising 13 countries, 22 industries and a period of 30 years we investigate the impact of internal and external knowledge pools of both green and other than green technologies on green patent activities. It turned out that the internal green knowledge stock...
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The impact of energy prices on green innovation
Ley, Marius Christian; Stucki, Tobias; Woerter, Martin - 2013
Based on patent data and industry specific energy prices for 18 OECD countries over 30 years we investigate on an industry level the impact of energy prices on green innovation activities. Our econometric models show that energy prices and green innovation activities are positively related and...
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