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How Fast are the Tourism Countries Growing? The cross-country evidence
Brau, Rinaldo; Lanza, Alessandro; Pigliaru, Francesco - 2003
Specializing in tourism is an option available to a number of less developed countries and regions. But is it a good option? To answer this question, we have compared the relative growth performance of 14 "tourism countries" within a sample of 143 countries, observed during the period 1980-95....
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Can nature promote development? The role of sustainable tourism for economic growth
Freytag, Andreas; Vietze, Christoph - 2010
We analyze whether biodiversity is enhancing the development process in developing countries (DCs) via increasing tourism receipts in a trade based endogenous growth framework. The underlying assumption is that a rich biodiversity - only if used sustainably - provides a comparative advantage in...
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Zum systematischen Stellenwert von Wirtschaftswachstum: Ziel, Mittel oder weder noch?
Hirata, Johannes - 2012
In der gegenwärtigen Debatte um die Ziele sozio-ökonomischer Entwicklung nimmt Wirtschaftswachstum eine zentrale, wenn … auch umstrittene Rolle ein. Während die eine Seite Wirtschaftswachstum als etwas Erstrebenswertes betrachtet, da sie es als … diese beiden Positionen kritisch und argumentiert, dass beide einen Fehler begehen, indem sie Wirtschaftswachstum zu einem …
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The impact of trade and economic growth on the environment: revisiting the cross-country evidence
Abdulai, Awudu; Ramcke, Linda - 2009
This paper explores the interrelations between economic growth, international trade and environmental degradation both theoretically and empirically. Panel data from developed and developing countries for the period of 1980 to 2003 is used and previous critique, especially on the econometric...
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Natural resources: Curse or blessing?
van der Ploeg, Frederick - 2010
Are natural resources a 'curse' or a 'blessing'? The empirical evidence suggests either outcome is possible. The paper surveys a variety of hypotheses and supporting evidence for why some countries benefit and others lose from the presence of natural resources. These include that a resource...
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The Stability of the Adjusted and Unadjusted Environmental Kuznets Curve
Becchetti, Leonardo; Auci, Sabrina - 2005
In our paper, we test the stability of the unadjusted and adjusted Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). Our results provide evidence in favour of the significance of the adjusted EKC hypothesis in which the impact of per capita GDP on the intensity of CO2 emissions is evaluated conditionally to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312303
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Innovative investments, natural resources, and intergenerational fairness: Are pension funds good for sustainable development?
Bretschger, Lucas; Pittel, Karen - 2005
We analyse long-term consumption paths in a dynamic two-sector economy with overlapping generations. Each young generation saves for the retirement age, both with private savings and pension funds. The productivity of each sector can be raised by sector-specific research while the essential use...
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Sectoral Heterogeneity, Resource Depletion, and Directed Technical Change: Theory and Policy
Pittel, Karen; Bretschger, Lucas - 2008
We analyze an economy in which sectors are heterogeneous with respect to the intensity of natural resource use. Long-term dynamics are driven by resource prices, sectoral composition, and directed technical change. We study the balanced growth path and determine stability conditions. Technical...
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The Implications of Heterogeneous Resource Intensities on Technical Change and Growth
Pittel, Karen; Bretschger, Lucas - 2009
We analyze an economy in which sectors are heterogeneous with respect to the intensity of natural resource use. Long-term dynamics are driven by resource prices, sectoral composition, and directed technical change. We study the balanced growth path and determine stability conditions. Technical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011753184
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A Chinese renaissance in an unremittingly integrating global economy
Das, Dilip K. - In: CESifo Forum 09 (2008) 1, pp. 39-46
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