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Unionised labour market, environment and endogenous growth
Bhattacharyya, Chandril; Gupta, Manash Ranjan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
union bargains not only for wage and employment but also for the protection of environment. We derive properties of optimum … raise the spending rate for environment protection. So, unionisation may raise the growth rate, even if the first effect is …
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Why Fracking Won't Bring Back the Factories (Yet)
Bown, Chad; Denevers, Michele; Harrison, Ann - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Since last fall, President Obama has repeatedly declared that manufacturing jobs are coming back to America. In this article, however, we suggest that the return of U.S. manufacturing is still more promise than reality.In particular, while the recent increase in natural gas exploration and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111624
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Sustainability and the Economics of the Environment: Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Dynamics of the Long-Run Discount Rate
Koundouri, Phoebe; Groom, Ben - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper reviews the arguments for and the implications of employing Declining Discount Rates (DDRs) in CBA and in the analysis of economic growth and sustainability. We show that there exist several growth models in which a relationship has been found between the long-run equilibrium under...
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Impact of economic growth on climate Change: An Environmentally Extended Social Accounting Matrix (ESAM) based approach for India
Pal, Barundeb; Pohit, Sanjib; Roy, Joyashree - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
shows inter relationship between the economic activities as well as their impact on environment. The environmental impacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647462
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The statistician's guide to Utopia: The future of growth
Tønnessen, Morten - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this article I paint a concise portrait of world economic and population history. Key factors include the world population and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The role of technology in relation to the environmental impact of economic activity is represented by an Environmental Efficiency Factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497646
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A COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH TO TRADE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING IN THE MALAYSIAN ECONOMY
Al-Amin, Abul Quasem; Jaafar, Abdul Hamid; Siwar, Chamhuri - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
whether economic liberalization, trade, environment and social welfare can be joined in one direction under environmental …
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Environmental lobbying with imperfect monitoring of environmental quality
Beard, Rodney; Mallawaarachchi, Thilak; Salerno, Gillian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In this paper we present a two stage game of political lobbying for policies designed to enhance environmental quality. Unlike previous work which has tended to assume perfect monitoring of environmental quality in lobbying games we allow for imperfect monitoring of environmental quality. We...
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FOOD PRODUCTION VS. BIOMASS EXPORT VS. LAND-USE CHANGE: A CGE ANALYSIS FOR ARGENTINA
Perry, Miles - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
World trade in biomass is likely to increase in the years up to 2020 as imports are required to meet the demand created (directly or indirectly) by policy measures such as the EU Biofuels Directive. This paper assesses the macroeconomic consequences such large-scale trade for the exporting...
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Integrated Assessment Modeling in Canada: The Case of Acid Rain
Mariam, Yohannes; Lam, David; Barre, Mike - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
interaction of the environment with the economy. Integrated assessment modeling (IAM) enables us to examine these kinds of issues … of sound environmental decision making, Environment Canada and other government agencies have jointly participated in the … abatement costs than when not. This is particularly important in ensuring the integration of the economy with environment, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835652
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Determinants of Work Animal Density in Tamil Nadu: An Econometric Analysis
Dhas, Albert Christopher - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
From independence, size and composition of bovines in Tamil Nadu showed differential growth pattern. The total bovine population showed an increasing trend up to the early-Sixties and thereafter stagnant till the early Eighties. While the milch animal stock increased steadily, the work animals...
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