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Structural change, environment and well-being : interactions between production and consumption choices of the rich and the poor in developing countries
Antoci, Angelo; Russu, Paolo; Ticci, Elisa - 2008
Vulnerability to scarcity or to reduction of natural capital depends on defensive substitution possibilities that, in turn, are affected by the availability of other productive factors. However, in several developing countries asset distribution tends to be highly skewed. Taking into ac- count...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008700108
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Local communities in front of big external investors : an opportunity or a risk?
Antoci, Angelo; Russu, Paolo; Ticci, Elisa - 2010
In the current age of trade and financial openness, local economies in developing countries are becoming increasingly exposed to external investments. The objective of the proposed two-sector model with environmental externalities is to provide an insight into the interaction between external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008746858
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Corruption and the curse : the dictator's choice
Sarr, Mare; Swanson, Timothy M. - 2013
We develop a dynamic discrete choice model of a self-interested and unchecked ruler making decisions regarding the exploitation of a resource-rich country. This dictator makes the recursive choice between either investing domestically to live off the productivity of the country while facing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009702219
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On the water-energy-food nexus: is there multivariate convergence?
Bollino, Carlo Andrea; Galeotti, Marzio - 2021
This paper provides new evidence on the convergence process of energy, water and food per capita consumption levels for 108 countries from 1971 to 2018, using a common data set, with VAR and panel data approach. We establish a new notion of multivariate sigma and beta-convergence. The results...
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Abatement and allocation in the pilot phase of the EU ETS
Anderson, Barry; Di Maria, Corrado; Convery, Frank J. - 2009
We use historical industrial emissions data to assess the level of abatement and overallocation that took place across European countries during the pilot phase (2005-2007)of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme. Using a dynamic panel data model, we estimate the counterfactual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824485
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Land accumulation dynamics in developing country agriculture
Henderson, Heath; Corral, Leonardo; Simning, Eric; … - 2014
Understanding land accumulation dynamics is relevant for policy makers interested in the economic effects of land inequality in developing country agriculture. We thus explore and simultaneously test the leading theories of microlevel land accumulation dynamics using unique panel data from...
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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 … nonhomogeneous and are lower in latitudes with relatively lower per capita income populations. We show the way that heat … rapid ramp-up initially and then decrease over time. -- One-dimensional Energy Balance Model ; Heat Transport ; Latitudes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009632873
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Konjunkturanalyse for Bornholm, 1987 til 1996. Kapitel 3: arbejdsmarkedet på Bornholm 1987 til 1996
Lund, Lars - 2001
Using the seminal work of Blanchard and Katz on regional development as a frame a small number of macro economic key figures are looked upon for Bornholm, the Capital Area and the country. The model used is presented and even though the analysed time period is short, a comparison is made with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142225
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Lobbying and Legislative Organization The Effect of the Vote of Confidence Procedure
Bennedsen, Morten; Feldmann, Sven E. - 2002
We analyze how the structure of organizational form of legislative institutions affects interest groups ’incentives to lobby.Lobbying is modelled the strategic provision of information by an interest group to a multi-person legislature.We show that the effectiveness of lobbying lies in...
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Asset Pricing, Habit Memory, and the Labor Market
Jaccard, Ivan - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2007
This study finds that a model with internal habit memory allowsto simultaneously explain a series of business cycle and asset pricing puzzles. Compared to the literature, the equity premium puzzle can be resolved in a model with endogenous labor, without giving rise to excessive risk free rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005858035