Future energy demand will be affected by changes in prices and income, but also by other factors, like temperature levels. This paper draws upon an econometric study, disentangling the contribution of temperature in the determination of the annual regional demand for energy goods. Combining...

The objective of this study is to provide a European assessment of the potential effects of climate change on agricultural crop production computing monetary estimates of these impacts for the European agricultural sector. The future scenarios incorporate socio economic projections derived from...

Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models have gained continuously in popularity as an empirical tool for assessing the impact of trade liberalization on agricultural growth, poverty and income distribution. Conventional models ignore however the channels linking technical change in...

Eine gesellschaftlich akzeptable Klimapolitik darf aus der Sicht der Entscheidungsträger in der EU die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit europäischer energieintensiver Industrien nicht gefährden. Die vorliegende Dissertation bewertet intersektorale Verteilungswirkungen der europäischen Klimapolitik und...

This paper investigates the potential for a carbon tax to induce R&D, and for the consequent induced technical change (ITC) to lower the macroeconomic cost of abating carbon emissions. ITC is modelled within a general equilibrium simulation of the U.S. economy by the effects of emissions...

Verslo ciklų sinchronizacijos reiškinio atpažinimas socialiniuose moksluose paskatino daugelio skirtingų sričių tyrėjų (fizikų, ekonofizikų, ekonomistų) domėjimąsi šiuo fenomenu. Kokie aplinkos veiksniai lemia šalių verslo ciklų sinchronizaciją ir kaip įvertinti šių...

Recognition of the business cycle synchronization phenomenon in social science fostered a number of researchers from different areas (physics, econophysics, economics) to take interest in this phenomenon. Which environmental determinants influence the country’s business cycle synchronization...

COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) aims at establishing a currency union by 2025. To this end, a policy harmonisation programme and a set of convergence criteria have been set up. A number of projects to foster trade, economic and financial integration have also been...

Artículo de revista ; This article analyses the recent performance of the main Latin American economies (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Peru). Economic developments in the region have progressively been influenced by the global spread of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic....

The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size and growth on the overall socio-economic development in the region, has received the least attention due to lack of reliable data for most of the countries. This paper focuses...