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Environmental Economics, Law and Policy: Brazil vis-a-vis India (Part I: Theoretical Modelling)
Das, Rituparna; Das, Mononita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Amidst the perils of industrialization in the forms of environmental impacts of mining and use of energy and …-environmental maintenance and vigorous industrialization while trying to find a choice between eco-friendly environment or prosperous economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240210
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India’s urban environment: air and water pollution and pollution abatement
Sridhar, Kala S.; Kumar, Surender - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper focuses on air and water pollution in India’s cities, provides empirical evidence to demonstrate the seriousness of the challenges, discusses the relevant policies of national and local government that are used to address the challenges, discusses relevant political economy issues...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260859
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Regulator reputation, enforcement, and environmental compliance
Shimshack, Jay P.; Ward, Michael B. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper explores empirically the impact of enforcement efforts on environmental compliance, focusing on the role of regulator reputation spillover effects. We find that, on the margin, the impact of a fine for water pollutant violations is about a two-thirds reduction in the statewide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680315
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Enforcement and over-compliance
Shimshack, Jay P.; Ward, Michael B. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Economists generally view environmental enforcement as a tool to secure compliance with regulations. This paper demonstrates that credible enforcement significantly increases statutory over-compliance with regulations as well. We find that many plants with discharges typically below legally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684901
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The anthropogenic influence on Cuejdi River water quality
Ghiurca, Ana-Andreea; Lamasanu, Andreea; Mihai, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Water pollution is caused in rural areas, especially by uncontrolled waste deposits located in river bed and in urban areas is discharged, irregular, untreated sewage. The Cuejdiu River is a tributary of the Bitriţa River in the left side, with a total length of 24 km. Evaluation of water...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130324
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Sharing a polluted river network
Dong, Baomin; Ni, Debing; Wang, Yuntong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
A polluted river network is populated with agents (e.g., firms, villages, municipalities, or countries) located upstream and downstream. This river network must be cleaned, the costs of which must be shared among the agents. We model this problem as a cost sharing problem on a tree network....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112733
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Ecological Economics of Water in China: Towards A Strategy for Sustainable Development
Khan, Haider; Liu, Yibei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The main purpose of this paper is to analyze one important part of the emerging environmental problems in China--- water pollution. The importance of water for any nation is obvious. In case of China it acquires particular salience because of China’s industrial needs as well as human needs....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787145
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Implications of India-Asean Fta on India’s fisheries sector
Sarath Chandran, B.P. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
were apprehensions on the likely impact of this RTA on some sensitive sectors of India such as agriculture, fisheries and … international fisheries trade and there is a possibility that they can export these products in to India in the post FTA period. In … this context the paper looked in to the various provisions of India ASEAN FTA on fisheries sector and calculated trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260342
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Indonesia’s Trade Access to the European Union: Opportunities and Challenges
Lord, Montague J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
industries: fisheries, agri-foods, consumer electronics, furniture and natural cosmetics. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260658
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The maritime potential of ASEAN economies
Evers, Hans-Dieter; Karim, Azhari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Countries may utilize a long coastline in relation to their landmass as a resource to develop their maritime economy. This paper argues that ASEAN countries differ in utilizing their maritime potential. As a basis for further comparative studies the Center for Policy Research and International...
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