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A model of different species competing for the same environment is presented, and possible explanations of peaceful …
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about biodiversity: the diversity of organisms that inhabit a given area. Concepts of species diversity such as alpha … species that are present, it includes species richness and species evenness. Those various aspects of diversity are measured … by biodiversity indices such as Simpson’s Diversity Indices, Species Richness Index, Shannon Weaver Diversity Indices …
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that the influence of environment on optimal growth in the long-run may be explained by the detrimental effect of pollution … on life expectancy. It also shows that, in such a case, greener preferences are growth- and welfare-improving even if the …
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This article investigates the influence of environmental policy on growth assuming that the channel of transmission … (1985) where growth is driven by a mechanism à la Romer (1986). We demonstrate that environmental policy has an ambiguous … effect on growth in the steady-state when the detrimental impact of pollution on health and lifetime is taken into account …
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Data on the growth performances of countries with similar comparative (dis)advantage and political institutions reveal … a striking variation across world regions. While some former autocracies such as the East Asian growth miracles have …
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degradation increases in the early stages of growth, but it eventually decreases as income exceeds a threshold level. The present …
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Over the last two decades in OECD countries an increasing number of firms are obtaining certification as Socially Responsible (CSR is the acronym for Corporate Social Responsibility). Several studies (including Preston and O’Bannon, 1997; Waddock and Graves, 1997; McWilliams and Sieger, 2001; Ullman,...
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diffuses spatially across locations. The result is an endogenous growth theory that can shed light on the link between the …
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taxation and the economic activity (level- and growth-output) becomes inverted-U shaped, when the detrimental impact of …, a tighter environmental tax is more likely to promote (rather than to harm) output-level and –growth when health is very …
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between political stability and economic growth which is stronger and empirically more robust in countries with high … bureaucratic costs. Motivated by these results, which contrast with previous contributions, we develop a model of growth with … between the probability that the incumbent politician remains in office and average economic growth in the presence of high …
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