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The direction of technical change in capital-resource economies
Di Maria, Corrado; Valente, Simone - 2006
consumption in the long run, contradicting the view that these models are conceptually biased in favour of sustainability. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475728
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Innovationsbasierte Wachstumstheorie
Kornprobst, Wolfgang - 2007
Der anhaltende Anstieg des Pro-Kopf-Einkommens ist die wichtigste Eigenschaft, die kapitalistische Länder seit mehreren Dekaden aufweisen. Grund für das anhaltende Wachstum ist hauptsächlich der technische Fortschritt. Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich vor allem damit, wie technischer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450183
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Carbon leakage revisited : unilateral climate policy with directed technical change
Di Maria, Corrado; Van der Werf, Edwin - 2007
Using a stylized theoretical model, we argue that current economic analyses of climate policy tend to over-estimate the degree of carbon leakage, as they abstract from the effects of induced technological change. We analyse carbon leakage in a two-country model with directed technical change,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475729
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Savings and investment decisions in a poor oil economy: beyond the textbook case
Collier, Paul; Gunning, Jan Willem - 2007
The current commodity boom is a major opportunity for poor countries exportingexhaustible resources such as oil. In the past oil booms were often mismanaged leaving the country with lower long run income. Many countries are now well aware that booms require intricate savings and investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441531
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Two economic perspectives on the IPv6 transition
School of Information Systems
Purpose – IPv6 is the replacement for the Internet’s incumbent protocol, IPv4. IPv6 adoption is required to allow the Internet to continue to grow; however, there has been almost no uptake since its standardisation in the late 1990s. This paper seeks to explain how this non-adoption may be a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009480130
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Business sustainability and undergraduate management education in Australia
Fisher, Josie; Bonn, Ingrid - 2009
sustainability and the appropriate strategies required to improve business sustainability. In addition, there are international calls … for educators to address sustainability in their programs. The aim of this study was to investigate the extent to which … business sustainability is being incorporated into undergraduate business and management courses in Australian universities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441710
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A Comparative Analysis of Water Quality Sampling Decisions in Aquifers
Rajagopal, Rangaswamy; Kuchibhatla, Ramana - 1995
No single set of sampling decisions is optimal for all monitoring programs. Cost-effective decisions will have to be made in an adaptive framework, constantly changing yet having a basic structure. The major objectives of this paper are to develop and illustrate such a model structure for...
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The Point-of-Use Water Treatment Industry: Expert Opinion on Regulation.
Rajagopal, Rangaswamy; Tobin, Graham A - 1990
Concerns over declining water quality have led many home owners to install point-of-use water treatment units to improve potable supplies. This industry has grown considerably in recent years. However, some questions have been raised regarding misleading advertising and improper claims being...
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Sectoral Endogenous Growth by Education in a System Dynamics Model
Helfrich, Nicki Daniel - 2010
The effect of an increase of the education level of the population on innovation and economic growth is an important topic in current political discussions. This thesis quantifies the effect with an empirically grounded system dynamics model distinguishing 30 economic sectors in Germany....
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Process spillovers and growth
Luckraz, Shravan - 2008
This paper develops an R&D based endogenous growth model in which the firm’s free-riding behavior, prompted by an incomplete technological protection at the industry level, can drive economic growth. Unlike existing endogenous growth models, it shows how free-riding behavior and process...
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