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Trade reforms, deforestation and industrial pollution in developing countries: One size does not fit all
Coxhead, Ian; Jayasuriya, Sisira - 2005
Many developing countries possess comparative advantage both in natural resources and in labor-intensive industries, and experience both industrial pollution and natural resource degradation. We present a model that incorporates these stylized facts together with key spatial features and...
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Does Partner Type Matter in R&D Collaboration for Environmental Innovation?
Pippel, Gunnar - 2013
In the literature on environmental innovations R&D collaborations have been identified as a critical determinant of a firm's environmental innovation performance. However, the literature suggests that R&D collaboration is not always beneficial. Therefore, a more elaborated analysis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292380
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Modeling economic, social and environmental implications of a free trade agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation
Jarocinska, Elena; Maliszewska, Maryla; Ščasný, Milan - 2010
The EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which entered into force in 1997 foresees the possible establishment of a free trade area (FTA) between the parties. The aim of our study is to evaluate the possible economic, social and environmental impact of such a free trade agreement...
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The development gap between the CIS and EU
Sinitsina, Irina; Atamanov, Aziz; Chubrik, Alexander; … - 2008
); * innovation potential, including R&D, information and communication technologies, and institutional environment; * openness and …
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Lessons from the Southern enlargement of the EU for the environmental dimensions of Eastern enlargement in particular for Poland
Kuik, Onno J.; Oosterhuis, Frans H. - 2001
This paper analyses the environmental dimensions the past accession of Greece, Portugal and Spain to the EU in order to draw lessons for the current accession of countries of Central and Eastern Europe. A distinction is made between scale, composition and technique effects. Two major conclusions...
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Nachhaltige Mobilität als umweltpolitisches Handlungsfeld in Kleinstädten
Nadler, Robert; Fina, Stefan - In: Kompendium Kleinstadtforschung, (pp. 177-188). 2021
Mobilitäts- und damit zusammenhängende Umweltthemen werden bislang kaum explizit für Kleinstädte beforscht. Im Fokus stehen Raumtypen mit hoher (Großstadt) bzw. geringer (ländlicher Raum) Nutzerdichte. Der Beitrag fasst den Forschungsstand für Kleinstädte zusammen und argumentiert, dass...
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Is Inequality Harmful for the Environment in a Growing Economy?
Kempf, Hubert; Rossignol, Stéphane - 2005
In this paper we investigate the relationship between inequality and the environment in a growing economy from a … the environment. Public expenditures may either be devoted to supporting growth or abating pollution. The decision over … and show that inequality is harmful for the environment: the poorer the median voter relative to the average individual …
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A framework for incorporating environmental indicators to the measurement of human well-being
Zaim, Osman - 2005
This study, relying on an economic-theoretical approach to index numbers, proposes a framework for incorporating environmental indicators to the measurement of human well-being. Furthermore this study also proposes an improvement index which alleviates the well-known deficiency of across-time...
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Impatience and uncertainty: Experimental decisions predict adolescents' field behavior
Sutter, Matthias; Kocher, Martin G.; Rützler, Daniela; … - 2010
We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to eighteen years, in an incentivized experiment. We relate experimental choices to field behavior. Experimental measures of impatience are found to be significant redictors of health...
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Increasing the effectiveness of financial education in the workplace
Lusardi, Annamaria - 2008
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