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China is faced with the big challenge of maintaining a remarkable economic growth in an environmental friendly manner … find that difference in emissions between regions is narrowed but gap within the Western China is sharply expanding. Then … of 29 provinces ranging from 1995 to 2011. Results show that the peak of per capita carbon dioxide emissions in China …
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This study revisits the growth-finance nexus using a new econometric approach and unique data set. In particular by employing the smooth transition framework and annual time series data for Brazil from 1890 to 2003, we attempt to address on the one side, what is the relationship between...
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Are natural resources a source of conflict or stability? Empirical studies demonstrate that rents from natural resources, and in particular oil, are an important source of civil war. Allegedly, resource rents attract rent seekers, which destabilize society. However, there is a large literature...
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Natural resources are generally associated to negative effects on the political environment of a country. This paper explores the impact that oil revenues have on the establishment of a given political system. Based on previous literature, a political economy perspective is employed. A simple...
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