Similar Search Results

Delayed Participation of Developing Countries to Climate Agreements : Should Action in the EU and US be Postponed?

Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo; Tavoni, Massimo - 2012

This paper analyses the cost implications for climate policy in developed countries if developing countries are unwilling to adopt measures to reduce their own GHG emissions. First, we assume that a 450 CO2 (550 CO2e) ppmv stabilisation target is to be achieved and that Non Annex1 (NA1)...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214800

Emigration and Democracy

Docquier, Frédéric - 2015

International migration is an important determinant of institutions, not considered so far in the development literature. Using cross-section and panel analysis for a large sample of developing countries, we find that openness to emigration (as measured by the natives' average emigration rate)...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013634

Modeling Trade and Income Distribution in Six Developing Countries A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis up to the Year 2050

Britz, Wolfgang - 2020

This paper presents an empirical exercise, aimed at investigating the implications on poverty and income distribution of a reference scenario (SSP2) of economic development. It does so by coupling a dynamic general equilibrium model of the global economy, specifically designed to capture...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012836919

Trust in the Healthcare System and COVID-19 Treatment in the Developing World. Survey and Experimental Evidence from Armenia

Antinyan, Armenak; Bassetti, Thomas; Corazzini, Luca; … - 2020

Concerns are looming that the healthcare systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are mostly unprepared to combat COVID-19 because of limited resources. The problems in LMICs are exacerbated by the fact that citizens in these countries generally exhibit low trust in the healthcare...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014096357

Corruption in Privatization and Governance Regimes

Molinari, M. Cristina - 2012

We consider the choice to privatize the provision of a public good in a hierarchical model with three layers: a Central Government, a decentralized agency and a (private or public) manager. In a good governance regime the privatization can be devolved upon the decentralized agency while it...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014173744

Climate Change and Economic Growth : Impacts and Interactions

Roson, Roberto; Van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique - 2014

An integrated assessment model (ENVISAGE), including a CGE-based economic module and a climate module, is used to assess the effects of a variety of economic impacts induced by climate change. These impacts include: sea level rise, variations in crop yields, water availability, human health,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014195852

An Analysis of Adaptation as a Response to Climate Change

Bosello, Francesco; Carraro, Carlo; De Cian, Enrica - 2013

climate-related damage reduction, and the benefit-cost ratios of each of these strategies are assessed for the world as a …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200518

Corruption and Positive Selection in Privatization

Molinari, M. Cristina; Buia, Raluca - 2010

We consider the supply of a public good based on a publicly-owned facility. The Government has a choice between provision in-house and privatizing the facility and then outsourcing the production. In particular, we focus on corruption in the decision to privatize and on its effect on social...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014212364

The EU and Asia : World Trade Liberalisation and the Evolution of Agricultural Product Flows

Zolin, Bruna - 2008

In the trade policy debate, the complete liberalisation of world trade for agricultural products is one of the most … relevant issues. European Union is a free trade area where agricultural products are protected and supported from the world … of world agricultural trade in these areas, on the other hand, to measure the integration degree of these groups of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216822

Surviving in a Commoditized World

Holmes, Andrew; Ryan, John - 2008

This paper examines why organizations have adopted a wide range of responses when addressing the opportunities and threats posed by commoditization. Some may choose to focus on their cost base, whilst others may focus on innovation. Whatever strategy is adopted, it will be driven by a range of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219199