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Weather and income: Lessons from the main European regions
García-León, David - 2015
Some recent papers by Dell et al. (2009) and Dell et al. (2012) (DJO) relating weather and economic outcomes, have … countries, leaving rich countries basically unaffected. In this study, we make use of a detailed weather and economic dataset … regions to a climate shock is partially adapted in the long-run. …
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Spatial climate-economic models in the design of optimal climate policies across locations
Brock, William A.; Engström, Gustav; Xepapadeas, Anastasios - 2012
We couple a one-dimensional energy balance climate model with heat transportation across latitudes, with an economic growth model. We derive temperature and damage distributions across locations and optimal taxes on fossil fuels which, in contrast to zero-dimensional Integrated Assessment...
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What Factors Affect the Competiveness of Power Generation Sector in China? An Analysis Based on Game Cross-efficiency
Xie, Bai-Chen; Gao, Jie; Zhang, Shuang; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2017
China’s unbundling reform in 2002 aimed to introduce competitiveness into the power industry, especially the generation sector, to improve its operational efficiency. Meanwhile, great concern about a range of environmental problems and global climate change increasingly calls for saving energy...
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Economic Implications of EU Mitigation Policies: Domestic and International Effects
Bosello, Francesco; Davide, Marinella; Alloisio, Isabella - 2016
The EU has a consolidated climate and energy regulation: it played a pioneering role by adopting a wide range of climate change policies and establishing the first regional Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS). These policies, however, raise several concerns regarding both their environmental...
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Geographical distribution of crime in Italian provinces: A spatial econometric analysis
Cracolici, Maria Francesca; Uberti, Teodora Erika - 2008
Italian crime phenomenon some stylized facts exist: high spatial and time variability and presence of 'organised crime' (e … determinants of Italian crime for 1999 and 2003 and its 'neighbouring' effects, measured in terms of geographical and relational … have a relevant impact on crime activities, but their role changes enormously respect to crimes against person (murders) or …
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Integrating waste disposal policies into energy studies: The case of landfill gas in South Africa
Lumby, Anthony B. - 1999
Current research into the pattern of energy usage in South Africa reveals an extraordinarily heavy reliance on coal-fired electricity, a strategy that is not only unsustainable but which has resulted in serious air pollution problems. The paper argues that this development ought to be seen in...
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Junior Farmer Field Schools, Agricultural Knowledge and Spillover Effects: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Northern Uganda
Bonan, Jacopo; Pagani, Laura - 2016
We analyse the impact of a junior farmer field school project in Northern Uganda on students’ agricultural knowledge and practices. We also test for the presence of intergenerational learning spillover within households. We use differences-in-differences estimators with ex-ante matching. We...
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Drought and civil war in Sub-Saharan Africa
Couttenier, Mathieu; Soubeyran, Raphaël - 2010
In this paper, we show that drought has a positive effect on the incidence of civil war over the 1945-2005 period in Sub-Saharan Africa. We use the Palmer Drought Severity Index which is a richer measurement of drought than the measures used in the literature (rainfall and temperature) as it...
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Privatization in Africa: What has happened? What is to be done?
Nellis, John - 2005
Sub-Saharan African states urgently need expanded and more dynamic private sectors, more efficient and effective infrastructure/utility provision, and increased investment from both domestic and foreign sources. Privatization is one way to address these problems. But African states have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312302
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The Evolution of Enterprise Reform in Africa: From State-owned Enterprises to Private Participation in Infrastructure - and Back?
Nellis, John - 2005
Many African state-owned enterprises (SOEs), particularly those in infrastructure, have a long history of poor performance. From the outset, SOE financial and economic performance generally failed to meet the expectations of their creators and funders. By the late 1970s, the situation was...
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