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Climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in Italy: An economic assessment
Carraro, Carlo; Sgobbi, Alessandra - 2008
In this paper, the economic value of the impacts of climate change is assessed for different Italian economic sectors and regions. Sectoral and regional impacts are then aggregated to provide a macroeconomic estimate of variations in GDP induced by climate change in the next decades. Autonomous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270923
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Non-pecuniary Value of Employment and Natural Resource Extinction
Farzin, Y. Hossein; Akao, Ken-Ichi - 2006
We assume that people value employment not only to earn income to satisfy their consumption needs but also as a means of community/social involvement that provides socio-psychological (non-pecuniary) benefits. We show that the latter incentive can encourage full employment harvesting resources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312372
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Weather Impacts On Natural, Social And Economic System (WISE) Part II: Individual Perception of Climate Extremes in Italy
Galeotti, Marzio; Goria, Alessandra; Mombrini, Paolo; … - 2004
WISE project. This project aims at investigating the effects and the impacts of extreme weather events, particularly very … the perception of weather impacts through questionnaire survey to the general public. With regard to the individuals … impacts of weather extremes on their daily habits at work, at home, in their leisure activities, on their transport patterns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324909
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Weather Impacts On Natural, Social And Economic System (WISE) Part I: Sectoral Analysis of Climate Impacts in Italy
Galeotti, Marzio; Goria, Alessandra; Mombrini, Paolo; … - 2004
WISE project. This project aims at investigating the effects and the impacts of extreme weather events, particularly very … modelling of the impact of weather, through quantitative analysis of activity time series. In particular, the core sectors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011324910
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Mapping ecosystem services' values: Current practice and future prospects
Schägner, Jan Philipp; Maes, Joachim; Brander, Luke; … - 2012
Mapping of ecosystem services' (ESS) values means valuing ESS in monetary terms across a relatively large geographical area and assessing how values vary across space. Thereby, mapping of ESS values reveals additional information as compared to traditional site-specific ESS valuation, which is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294263
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A methodology to propose the X-factor in the regulated English and Welsh water And sewerage companies
Maziotis, Alexandros; Saal, David S.; Thanassoulis, Emmanuel - 2013
The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology which can be used to set X-factor under price cap schemes, when the number of observations is limited. We firstly apply a panel index approach across Water and Sewerage companies (WaSCs) over time to decompose unit-specific index number based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294268
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Output quality and sources of profit change in the English and welsh water and sewerage companies
Maziotis, Alexandros; Saal, David S.; Thanassoulis, Emmanuel - 2012
This paper investigates the determinants of profit change over the period 1991-2008 for the Water and Sewerage Companies (WaSCs) in the English and Welsh water and sewerage industry. We firstly apply an input oriented profit decomposition approach following the approach of De Witte & Saal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294274
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Profit, Productivity, Price and Quality Performance Changes in the English and Welsh Water and Sewerage Companies
Maziotis, Alexandros; Saal, David S.; Thanassoulis, Emmanuel - 2013
The purpose of this paper is the evaluation of various profit drivers such as price changes, productivity changes and quality levels on the financial performance of the Water and Sewerage Companies (WaSCs) over time in the case when the number of observations is limited. We thereby follow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294282
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A study on industrial green transformation in China
Ping, Li; Danhui, Yang; Pengfei, Li; Zhenyu, Ye; Zhou, Deng - 2013
China's speedy industrialization has undertaken mostly a crude path with extensive energy consumption and severe environmental damage. In face of the challenge of global warming and resource restrictions, it calls for urgent green transformation for the sustainable development of China's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294296
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Profit, productivity and price performance changes in the English and welsh water and sewerage companies
Maziotis, Alexandros; Saal, David S.; Thanassoulis, Emmanuel - 2012
The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of regulation in the financial performance of the Water and Sewerage companies (WaSCs) in England and Wales. We apply a panel index approach across WaSCs over time to decompose unit-specific (temporal) index number based profitability growth as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294297