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Carbon mitigation potential and costs of forestry options in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, the Philippines and Tanzania

Sathaye, J.; Makundi, W.; Andrasko, K.; Boer, R.; … - 2009

This paper summarizes studies of carbon (C) mitigation potential and costs of about 40 forestry options in seven developing countries. Each study uses the same methodological approach - Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (COMAP) - to estimate the above parameters between 2000 and 2030....

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Who's in the Driver's Seat? Mobile Source Policy in the U.S. Federal System

Harrington, Winston; McConnell, Virginia D.; Walls, Margaret - 1996

Regulation of mobile source emissions in the US has evolved as a complex combination of central government and decentralized authority. The central government required uniform new car emissions standards in the 1970 Clean Air Act, but gave states the power to meet ambient air quality standards...

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Tuition fees and equal access to higher education in Germany and the EU: An analysis from a law and economics perspective

Ringe, Dorothea Charlotte - 2009

The design of both tuition fees and their accompanying loan systems determines their effect on the goals of investment in higher education, equal access to higher education, free choice between universities as well as cost-effective provision of the loans. Under a law-and-economics approach,...

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The Estimated Trade Effects of the Euro: Why Are They Below Those From Historical Monetary Unions Among Smaller Countries?

Jeffrey Frankel - 2009

Andy Rose (2000), followed by many others, has used the gravity model of bilateral trade on a large data set to estimate the trade effects of monetary unions among small countries. The finding has been large estimates: Trade among members seems to double or triple, that is, to increase by...

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Wirkung föderaler Strukturen in der staatlichen Innovationsförderung ; Effects of federal structures on public innovation support

Becker, Lasse - 2015

Staatliche Innovationsförderung erklärt Firmen, besonders kleinere Unternehmen, die Hindernissen zur Innovationstätigkeitgegenüberstehen, zu unterstützen. Frühere Studien haben gezeigt, dass staatliche Programme diese Ziele nicht erreichen. Aber in der Vergangenheit wurde hierbei selten...

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Oil politics in the new Iraq

Moore, Clement Henry (contributor); Rai, Varun (contributor) - 2011

federalism among all of the sects battling for oil wealth in Iraq. This paper focuses primarily on the issue between Kurds and … from other oil-rich divided societies such as Nigeria, Sudan, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates, the paper suggest …

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Towards an Economics of Happiness

Norberg-Hodge, Helena; Gorelick, Steven - 2004

The authors have studied the effects of global economic development on individuals and cultures for the last three decades and have concluded that the most strategic and effective way of building a more positive future is through economic localisation. Fundamentally, localisation is about...

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Will an asymmetrical system of fiscal decentralisation resolve the conflicts in the republic of Georgia?

Kirn, Tanja; Khokrishvili, Elguja - 2008

This paper discusses the problems regarding the decentralisation of a formerly communist country. In Georgia, the first … steps towards decentralisation failed, since the transition process led to a power vacuum that escalated in bloody conflicts … unsolved. This may be one of the reasons why the most recent attempts of decentralisation are rather hesitant. It is far from …

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Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in Central and Eastern Europe

Andr??s Rodr??guez-Pose and Anne Kr??ijer - 2009

The majority of the literature on fiscal decentralization has tended to stress that the greater capacity of decentralized governments to tailor policies to local preferences and to be innovative in the provision of policies and public services, the greater the potential for economic efficiency...

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Senior women managers’ transition to entrepreneurship: Leveraging embedded career capital

Terjesen, Siri A. - 2005

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the phenomenon of senior women managers leaving corporate organisations to start their own companies. Women's advancement to senior management roles is facilitated by the acquisition of human capital and social capital. Female ex-corporate managers leverage...

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