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Sustainability, Resource Efficiency and Competitiveness. An Assessment of Resource Efficiency Policies in the European Union.
Flachenecker, Florian - European Economic Studies, College of Europe - 2015
–Bond dynamic panel data model reveals no robust impact of resource efficiency on competiveness in the EU between 2004 and 2009 – a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265851
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Rifiuti generati, rifiuti in discarica ed efficacia delle politiche ambientali in Europa
Iafolla, Valentina; Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Nicolli, … - In: ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (2010) 2, pp. 103-135
importante. Modelli panel SURE evidenziano come le regolarità statistiche medie europee nascondano spesso specificità che … luce il rischio di recoupling. Le analisi empiriche panel con fini di analisi ex post delle politiche mostrano di poter …
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Landfill Diversion in a Decentralized Setting: a Dynamic Assessment of Landfill Taxes
Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Nicolli, Francesco - Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università … - 2012
large panel dataset that introducing and increasing landfill taxes over time is an effective way to cope with waste disposal …We analyse the process of landfill diversion and separated collection, two pillars of a waste related performance in a … the regional trends over the years on the basis of an original landfill tax dataset covering all Italy that we constructed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011134454
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Economic Convergence with Divergence in Environmental Quality? Desertification Risk and the Economic Structure of a Mediterranean Country (1960-2010)
Esposito, Piero; Patriarca, Fabrizio; Perini, Luigi; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
productive structure in Italy during the last fifty years (1960-2010). The objectives of the study are two-fold: (i) to present … land vulnerability across Italian provinces is completely reverted once we move from a cross section analysis to panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114232
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L’Environmental Kuznets Curve nel settore dei rifiuti solidi urbani
Ferraris, Matteo - In: ECONOMIA PUBBLICA XL (2010) 1-6, pp. 229-254
correlation between income and household waste generation. The model highlights an inverted U-shaped path of income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010875866
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Reduced Deforestation and Economic Growth
Doupe, Patrick David - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2014
The clearing of forests for agricultural land and other marketable purposes is a well-trodden path of economic development. With these private benefits from deforestation come external costs: emissions from deforestation currently account for 12 per cent of global carbon emissions. A widespread...
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Governing of Agro-Ecosystem Services
Bachev, Hrabrin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper we incorporate interdisciplinary New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics (combining Economics, Organization, Law, Sociology, Behavioral and Political Sciences), and suggest a framework for analysis of mechanisms of governance of agro-ecosystem services. Firstly, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025716
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Irreversibility, ignorance, and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off
Hoberg, Nikolai; Baumgärtner, Stefan - 2011
Two important policy goals in intergenerational problems are Pareto-efficiency and sustainability, i.e. intergenerational equity. We demonstrate that the pursuit of these goals is subject to an intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off. Our analysis highlights two salient characteristics of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651105
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Optimal Acid Rain Abatement Strategies for Eastern Canada
Mariam, Yohannes; Smith, W.B.G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
In the past environmental management practices have been based on disparate analysis of the impacts of pollutants on selected components of ecosystems. However, holistic analysis of emission reduction strategies is necessary to justify that actions taken to protect the environment would not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837527
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Trends in Resource Extraction and Implications for Sustainability in Canada
Mariam, Yohannes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999
There is a disagreement on the concept, definition and application of the paradigm of sustainable development. The definition that has been accepted by many involves several components, and it is difficult to measure or quantify indicators. Depending on the structure of the economy, it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621515