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Eurasian Integration and Its Institutions : Possible Contributions to Security in Eurasia
Vinokurov, Evgeny; Libman, Alexander - 2017
The authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014118027
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Climate Change and Development: Trade Opportunities of Climate Smart Goods and Technologies in Asia
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This study focuses on trade opportunities of climate smart goods and technologies (CSGT) in Asia. Paper mainly … highlights the export gaps for climate smart goods and technologies (CSGT) in Asia and identifies the trade opportunities among … empirical literature in terms of measuring and identifying the potential trade opportunity of CGST in Asia. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368468
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Estimating Cost of Air Pollution Abatement for Road Transport in India: Case Studies of Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh
Chatterjee, Sushmita; Dhavala, Kishore; M N, Murty - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
This paper provides a method of estimation of physical and monetary accounts of air pollution from the road transport. Using the data from the secondary sources and a vehicular survey, estimates of annual air pollution abatement cost for the vehicles (passenger cars, trucks, buses and two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790208
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Passenger Road Transport in India: Major Challenges in Reducing Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions and Ways Ahead
Bandyopadhyay, Kaushik; Thukral, K L - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The shift of the Indian economy to a higher trajectory of growth over the last two decades has been primarily associated with urbanisation and rapid motorisation both as a cause and as an effect. Motorised passenger transport is now being considered as a fulcrum for inclusive growth in India....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683308
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Feed-in tariffs for promoting solar PV: progressing from dynamic to allocative efficiency
Bell, William; Foster, John - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The International Energy Association has observed that nearly all countries now offer or are planning feed-in tariffs (FiTs) for solar PV but debate has shifted from ‘if or how to implement a FiT’ to ‘how to move to a self-sustaining market post FiT’. The aim of this paper is to explain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260134
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Green Game and Societal Sustenance: A Case of London Olympic 2012
Dongre, Anil - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Sustainability through environmental protection and fostering social development is essential ingredient for survival of mankind across the nation, as human society is facing extraordinary growth on all facades of life. The development that have been made life of human being very smooth but it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265903
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La Protección Del Medio Ambiente Y El Comercio Internacional: ¿Hay Que "Pensar En Verde" El Arbitraje De Inversiones?
Fach Gómez, katia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper studies several relevant cases in the area of investment arbitration. The author stresses how the environmental protection is a very relevant issue in these ICSID´s decisions.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079309
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Environmental protection mechanisms and technological dynamics
Antoci, Angelo; Borghesi, Simone; Russu, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The paper proposes a new financial mechanism that could be implemented to protect the environment of a tourist region. For this purpose, we investigate the potential consequences of two financial activities, issued by the local government (\emph{G}) of a region\emph{\ R}, which work like...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647341
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Interrelationships and Causal Linkages Between Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors
Mariam, Yohannes; Barre, Mike; Urquhart, Lynda; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1997
that gross public debt increases with deterioration in air quality in North America, Asia and the Pacific, Central, Eastern … Europe except Asia/Pacific and North America. Expenditure for environmental protection causes increases in public debt in all … regions. However, environmental expenditure exerts positive impact on economic growth in Asia/Pacific and Central Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619745
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Causal Relationship Between Indicators of Human Health, the Environment and Socioeconomic Variables for the OECD Countries
Mariam, Yohannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
There has been a lot of debate regarding the impact of emissions of pollutants on human health and the environment. Epidemiological studies tend to show the impact of increased ambient concentrations of pollutants on increased hospital admissions, mortality, morbidity, respiratory problems, etc....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619828