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Estimation of expected value for lognormal and gamma distributions. [Environmental pollutants]
White, G.C. - 2009
Concentrations of environmental pollutants tend to follow positively skewed frequency distributions. Two such density functions are the gamma and lognormal. Minimum variance unbiased estimators of the expected value for both densities are available. The small sample statistical properties of...
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Intraindustry Trade and the Environment: Is There a Selection Effect?
Aralas, Sarma B.; Hoehn, John P. - 2010
This paper develops a pollution model of trade in differentiated goods. Our analyses show the following: first, the … number of firms in the economy. Third, we examine the relationship between openness to trade and the environment. The impact … empirical analysis to test the integrated theoretical predictions of the pollution models of intra-industry as wells as inter …
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The Environment and the SUV: Any Room for Compromise?
Schnitzer, Eliza Newbold - 2002
In addition to the serious health effects caused by oil production, distribution and consumption, there are environmental as well as political effects. Equally important is the issue of our nations security. America imports 53% of the oil it consumes daily, leaving us extremely reliant on...
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11.479 Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Planning in Developing Countries, Spring 2004
Davis, Jennifer - 2004
Policy and planning for the provision of water supply and sanitation services in developing countries. Reviews available technologies, but emphasizes the planning and policy process, including economic, social, environmental, and health issues. Incorporates considerations of financing, pricing,...
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Ausländische Direktinvestitionen als Wachstumsmotor? - Eine Empirische Analyse am Beispiel Lateinamerikas
Hinrichs, Cord - 2005
kausale Beziehung zwischen ausländischen Direktinvestitionen (DI) und Wirtschaftswachstum in 6 lateinamerikanischen Ländern … aufgeworfen, wie die Interaktion zwischen DI und inländischem Wirtschaftswachstum zu sehen ist. Auch wenn in der theoretischen als … auch empirischen Literatur signifikante Belege für eine Verbindung zwischen DI und Wirtschaftswachstum zu finden sind, so …
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Annual Hard Frosts and Economic Growth
Zuo, Xinjuan - 2005
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Development and Gender Inequality ; Development and Gender Inequality
Lamanna, Francesca - 2013
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Zehn großartige? beschauliche? verlorene? erfolgreiche? anstrengende? lustige? Jahre Umweltbewegung in den neuen Bundesländern
GRÜNE LIGA e.V. Berlin u.a. - 2000
Diese Zeitung ist eine einmalige gemeinsame Ausgabe der Umweltzeitungen:Alligator, Greifswalder Str. 4, 10405 Berlin, Tel. 030/2044-745, Fax -468Briefe zur Orientierung im Konflikt Mensch-Erde, c/o Kirchliches Forschungsheim,Wilhelm-Weber-Str. 1a, 06886 Wittenberg, Tel. 03491/467090Calendula,...
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Imbedding dynamic responses with imperfect information into static portraits of the regional impact of climate change
Yohe, G.W. - 2008
It is becoming increasingly clear, at least on a theoretical level, that modelers of the potential impacts of climate change must impose that change upon the world as it will be configured sometime in the future rather than confine their attention to considerations of what would happen to the...
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