ZusammenfassungDie Diskussion über die Wechselwirkungen zwischen internationalem Handel und der Nutzung natürlicher Ressourcen hat ihren Ursprung zu Beginn der 70er Jahre, als eine forcierte Umweltpolitik seitens der OECD-Länder eine Verschlechterung der Wettbewerbsposition umweltintensiv...

The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential contribution of transnational corporations (TNC) to the upgrading of systems of innovation in late-industrialising countries. This study looks specifically at TNC-affiliierter in Thailand’s manufacturing sector and compares them with...

Este artículo utiliza las hemerotecas de dos periódicos para estimar el índice de incertidumbre sobre las políticas económicas —Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU)—en España en 1905-1945, un período de gran polarización política. Encontramos que el estallido de la Guerra Civil en 1936...

El hecho de que los episodios de disturbios y conflictos sociales, tensiones políticas e incertidumbre sobre las políticas económicas afectan a la evolución de la economía es comúnmente aceptado en Economía. Sin embargo, la dimensión en tiempo real de tales interacciones no ha sido tan...

En el presente artículo se muestra como la incertidumbre política y las variables que miden el conflicto impactan sobre la actividad económica en Rusia (y en concreto sobre el PIB). Para ello se utilizan diversos indicadores que miden el conflicto, referidos a aspectos específicos de este...

Der vermehrte Anbau von Agrartreibstoffen, der auch in Kolumbien forciert wird, hat unter anderem Auswirkungen auf die kolumbianische Landwirtschaft und die ländliche Bevölke-rung. Die Diplomarbeit untersucht, ob sich unter dem bestehenden internationalen Agrarsys-tem, der Agrarsituation in...

As defined by Ascher, biocomplexity results from a "multiplicity of interconnected relationships and levels." However, no integrative framework yet exists to facilitate the application of this concept to coupled human-natural systems. Indeed, the term "biocomplexity" is still used primarily as a...

Many Americans are getting sick of the way things have become and the way things are, from the government to the quality of food we put into our bodies. We are upon a new frontier, people are changing the way they live and consume. The days of quantity over quality are fading. Many consumers are...

The oil industry is the richest and most influential industry in the world. The industry has moved the fates of nations. Oil is required to fight wars and exert power, and the restriction of this energy source is paramount to the restriction of movement, control, and in the end, power....

Currently the gold mining industry is taxed differently to other industries. It is taxed on a two-tier system. The nature of the gold mining tax formula encourages the mining of marginal gold ores. Firms that are involved in the mining of gold are subjected to a "tax tunnel", which is a tax free...