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Education, Innovation, and Growth - Critical Appraisal and Cliometric Analyses with Implications for Present Economic Policy
Müller, Normann - 2009
'public finance', 'political economy', 'growth theory', 'human capital theory', and 'innovation-driven growth theory …'.The first project reveals that the prevailing notion of education externalities is misleading and therefore empirical … externalities of education according to Lucas (1988) are likely to be internalized on the labor market. Education is recognized as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475316
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Zur dynamischen Anreizwirkung umweltpolitischer Instrumente
Unold, Wolfram - 2000
Im Mittelpunkt der vorgestellten Arbeit steht die dynamische Anreizwirkung umweltpolitischer Instrumente. Die voliegende Arbeit erstellt einen differenzierten Vergleich umweltpolitischer Instrumente. Hierzu wird die Anreizwirkung von Steuern, Subventionen, Zertifikaten und einheitlichen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476197
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Appropriation Externalities in the Commons: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Herr, Andrew - 1996
of the commons.' This dissertation combines the tools of game theory and experimental methods to gain a broader … conducted. A distinction is made between two types of appropriation externalities: those that are restricted to a single period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468337
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Matching Issues: An auction with externalities and unraveling matching markets
Ranger, Martin - 2005
externalities, however, efficiency may no longer be guaranteed.This dissertation shows that a modification of Ausubel & Milgrom … presence of externalities, the resulting auction possessesan efficient Nash equilibrium in pure strategies leading to a core … strategy. The auction is augmented to includeexplicitly the auctioneer's preferences over final outcomes. Externalities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450582
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Common Assets: Asserting Rights to Our Shared Inheritance
Watt, Helen Payne - 2000
"Many of what we consider to be valuable natural assets existed for millennia without our ever being aware of their usefulness or value. For example, the capacity of the atmosphere to absorb pollution has only become useful to us in recent decades as the limits of that environmental service have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468379
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Incorporating jurisdiction issues into an analysis of carbon attributable to Welsh final consumption under different economic conditions: an integrated IO and CGE analysis
Turner, Karen; De Fence, Janine; McGregor, P. G.; … - 2010
This paper considers the combined use of regional input-output (IO) and computable general equilibrium (CGE) methods to examine regional pollution problems from different consumption and production orientated perspectives. The first stage of the analysis involves using a regional input-output...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465810
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How responsible is a region for its carbon emissions? An integrated input-output and CGE analysis
Turner, Karen; Munday, Max; McGregor, P. G.; Swales, J. Kim - 2011
Targets for CO2 reduction tend to be set in terms of the amount of pollution generated within the borders of a given region or nation. That is, under a "production accounting principle". However, in recent years there has been increased public and policy interest in the notion of a carbon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465851
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Econometric estimation of Armington import elasticities and their system-wide impact in a regional CGE model of the Illinois economy
Soo, Jung Ha; Turner, Karen; Hewings, Geoffrey; … - 2010
One of the main concerns associated with the development and use of regional CGE models is the determination of key parameter values, particularly substitution and other price elasticities. A common problem is the lack of appropriate regional data for econometric estimation. Consequently, it is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465867
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An integrated IO and CGE approach to analysing changes in environmental trade balances
Turner, Karen; Gilmartin, Michelle; McGregor, P. G.; … - 2011
The application of multi-region environmental input-output (IO) analysis to the problem of accounting for emissions generation (and/or resource use) under different accounting principles has become increasingly common in the ecological and environmental economics literature, with many...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465944
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Productivity Growth, Decoupling and Pollution Leakage
Turner, Karen; Hanley, Nick; Cui, Cathy Xin; Soo, Jung Ha; … - 2011
This paper examines the issue of decoupling economic growth and pollution through growth driven by productivity improvements; and the extent to which pollution effects spill over national borders. Focus is widened from conventional production measures of pollution to a consumption accounting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009465953