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Economic costs of ocean acidification: A look into the impacts on shellfish production
Narita, Daiju; Rehdanz, Katrin; Tol, Richard S. J. - 2011
currently almost absent. Unlike most other marine organisms, mollusks, which have significant commercial value worldwide, have … performing a partial-equilibrium analysis, we estimate global and regional economic costs of production loss of mollusks due to … assumption of increasing demand of mollusks with expected income growths. The major determinants of cost levels are the impacts …
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The economic impact of climate change in the 20th century
Tol, Richard S. J. - 2011
The national version of FUND3.6 is used to infrapolate the impacts of climate change to the 20th century. Carbon dioxide fertilization of crops and reduced energy demand for heating are the main positive impacts. Climate change had a negative effect on water resources and, in most years, human...
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Damage costs of climate change through intensification of tropical cyclone activities: An application of fund
Narita, Daiju; Tol, Richard S. J.; Anthoff, David - 2008
Climate change may intensify tropical cyclone activities and amplify their negative economic effects. We simulate the direct economic impact of tropical cyclones enhanced by climate change with the integrated assessment model FUND 3.4. The results show that in the base case, the direct economic...
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The uncertainty about the total economic impact of climate change
Tol, Richard S. J. - 2011
This paper uses a vote-counting procedure to estimate the probability density function of the total economic impact as a parabolic function of global warming. There is a wide range of uncertainty about the impact of climate change up to 3 °C, and the information becomes progressively more...
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Marine Resources, Climate Change and International Management Regimes
Stokke, Olav Schram (contributor);  … - 2022
This open access volume examines how international institutions set up to manage marine living resources are adapting to the effects of climate change on the geographic distribution of these resources. In the Barents Sea, the world's biggest cod stock is expanding north-eastwards, while in the...
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The Economic Impact of Olympic Games: Evidence from Stock Markets
Dick, Christian D.; Wang, Qingwei - 2008
By means of an event study of stock market reactions to the announcement of the Olympic Games host cities, we find a significant and positive announcement effect of hosting the Summer Games, with a cumulative abnormal return of about 2% within a few days. We do not find any significant results...
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Differentiating emissions targets for individual developed countries: economics and equity
Reisinger, Andy - 2009
A key challenge for a future climate change agreement is allocating emissions targets for individual developed countries that are perceived as equitable given differing national circumstances. Many economics-based frameworks for evaluating future targets use as a key criterion for individual...
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Does citizenship matter? The economic impact of naturalizations in Germany
Steinhardt, Max Friedrich - 2008
The paper analyzes whether citizenship acquisition affects the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. Up to the present, there is no empirical evidence about this question for Germany. Theoretically, naturalization can increase the productivity by enabling unrestricted access to the...
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Employment contribution of private equity and venture capital in Europe
Achleitner, Ann-Kristin; Klöckner, Oliver - 2005
Over the past ten years, private equity and venture capital have played an increasingly important role in the European economy. In parallel to the increase in investments, contribution of the private equity and venture capital industry to employment in Europe has grown. Against this background,...
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Estimación del impacto económico del sector eólico en Galicia en el período 2000-2010
Varela Vázquez, Pedro; Sánchez Carreira, María del Carmen - In: Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y … 18 (2014), pp. 18-33
Wind energy stands out among the main domestic renewable energy sources in Galicia. The economic impact quantification is crucial but there are several differential analysis of the temporal and permanent activities, among other factors. The main aim of this paper consists of the economic impact...
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