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Efficiency, productivity and environmental policy : a case study of power generation in the EU
Jaraitė, Jūratė; Di Maria, Corrado - 2011
This study uses the EU public power generating sector as a case study to investigate the environmental efficiency and productivity enhancing performance of the European Union's CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in its pilot phase. Using Data Envelopment Analysis methods, we measure the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008858130
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Catching up and falling behind : cross-country evidence on the impact of the EU ETS on firm productivity
Themann, Michael; Koch, Nikolas - 2021
This paper assesses the potential impact of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) on firm productivity. We estimate a stylized version of the neo-Schumpeterian model, which incorporates innovation and productivity catch-up as two potential sources of firm’s productivity growth,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507941
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The impact of the European carbon market on firm productivity : evidence from Italian manufacturing firms
D'Arcangelo, Filippo Maria; Pavan, Giulia; Calligaris, Sara - 2022
The European Union Emissions Trading System has raised concerns about possible detrimental effects on firms production through an increase in polluting costs, unless firms change inputs or increase the efficiency in the way they produce. We provide evidence of the causal impact of this policy on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013361269
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Estimating the impact of crop diversity on agricultural productivity in South Africa
Bellora, Cecilia; Blanc, É lodie; Bourgeon, Jean-Marc; … - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685328
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Valuation of linkages between climate change, biodiversity and productivity of European agro-ecosystems
Palatnik, Ruslana Rachel; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D. - 2010
productivity. However, this is not the only channel for climatic change to affect agro-systems. Biodiversity is subject to climatic … fluctuations and in turn may alter land productivity too. Firstly, biodiversity is an input into agro-ecosystems. Secondly …, biodiversity supports the functioning of these systems (e.g. the balancing of the nutrient cycle). Thirdly, agro-systems also host …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008747736
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Agricultural biodiversity and land fragmentation : the case of Bulgaria
Di Falco, Salvatore; Penov, Ivan; Aleksiev, Aleksi; Van … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003744322
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Human genetic diversity and comparative economic development
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded; Trigari, Antonella - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003717369
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Essays on land lease markets, productivity, biodiversity, and environmental variability
Bezabih, Mintewab - 2007
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Human genetic diversity and comparative economic development
Ashraf, Quamrul (contributor); Galor, Oded (contributor) - 2008
This research contributes to the understanding of human genetic diversity within a society as a significant determinant of its economic development. The hypothesis advanced and empirically examined in this paper suggests that there are socioeconomic trade-offs associated with genetic diversity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728410
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The trade and biodiversity product classification : measuring trade in products with a biological origin
UNCTAD - 2023
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