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A Dynamic Model of the Environmental Kuznets Curve : Turning Point and Public Poliy
Egli, Hannes; Steger, Thomas M. - 2005
potential explana- tion of an N-shaped pollution-income relation. Finally, it is shown that the model is compatible with most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753098
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Income inequality and the environmental Kuznets curve
Borghesi, Simone - 2000
This study explores the link between environmental degradation, economic growth and income inequality within the framework of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) literature. To investigate this issue, we examine how inequality affects carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their relationship with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608646
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Corruption, Growth, and the Environment : A Cross-Country Analysis
Welsch, Heinz - 2003
The relationship between per capita income and a number of pollution indicators has been found to display an inverted U …-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given …. Using cross section data for several indicators of pollution, the paper estimates the direct and the indirect effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260691
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Poverty incidence and sectoral growth: Evidence from Southeast Asia
Warr, Peter G. - 2002
In recent decades, absolute poverty incidence declined in most countries of Southeast Asia, even though in some of these countries inequality increased at the same time. This paper examines the relationship between these outcomes and the rate of economic growth in the agricultural, industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279267
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Freedom, growth, and the environment
Barrett, Scott A.; Graddy, Kathryn - 1998
A number of recent papers have found that certain measures of pollution worsen and later improve as income per head … political system. In this paper we find that, for a number of pollution variables, an increase in civil and political freedoms … significantly improves environmental quality. For other pollution variables, however, we find that freedoms have no effect. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608462
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The environmental Kuznets curve from mulitple perspectives
Jaeger, William K.; Kolpin, Van - 2008
The analysis finds that in addition to U-shaped paths of environmental quality arising for growth in income per capita, growth in population can also produce socially efficient patterns that are U-shaped. Sufficient conditions for both types of paths are identified for a range of models and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270961
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Ownership strategies in post-financial crisis Southeast Asia: The case of Japanese firms
Kawai, Norifumi; Jonas, Manja - 2007
Existing research on entry mode determinants is firmly grounded in the transaction cost and resource-based literature while location-and institution-specific characteristics lack attention. The primary goal of this article is to address the determinants of entry mode by Japanese manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010302283
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Past and future of human capital in Southeast Asia: From 1970 to 2030
Goujon, Anne; Samir, K. C. - 2006
This paper examines levels of educational attainment in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam for the period 1970-2030 through the reconstruction and projection of levels of educational attainment. While the study of the past shows that the determination to invest in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352555
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E-Commerce in Southeast Asia: A Review of Developments, Challenges and Issues
Orbeta, Aniceto C. - 2000
This paper reviews the developments, challenges and issues in e-commerce in Southeast Asian countries. Given its implications for public policy, it focuses on e-commerce using the Internet. The review covers the developments in transaction values, the state of infrastructure (communication...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011429640
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FDI and Growth in East Asia: Lessons for Indonesia
Lipsey, Robert E.; Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2010
Foreign direct investment has been important in the economic growth and global economic integration of developing countries over the last decades. Both Northeast and Southeast Asia, especially the latter, have been part of this development with increasing inflows of FDI and greater foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320290