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Regional integration and business localizations: A long run approach to the cork industry in the Iberian Peninsula
Branco, Amélia; Lopes, João; Parejo, Francisco; … - 2013
The cork sector is a relevant case study given the economic importance of this industry for some regions (value added, employment and rural development). This industry is also important because of its contribution to environmental sustainability as it uses a natural renewable raw material....
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Bank profitability and efficiency in Portugal and Spain: A non-linearity approach
Neves, Elisabete Duarte; Proença, Catarina Alexandra Neves - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 13 (2020) 11, pp. 1-19
This paper aims to analyze the determinants of profitability and bank efficiency in the Iberian Peninsula. To achieve the proposed objective, a sample of 66 Portuguese and Spanish banks was analyzed. To test the hypotheses formulated according to the proposed literature review, the panel data...
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On the foundation of a general theory of stocks
Faber, Malte; Frank, Karin; Klauer, Bernd; Manstetten, … - 2003
This essay develops the "concept of stocks" – a conceptual notion designed to enable a clearer understanding of the interaction between the dynamics of ecosystems and the economy. The notion of stocks is formulated in a general manner based on set theory. The central attribute of a stock is...
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Optimal dynamic scale and structure of a multi-pollution economy
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Jöst, Frank; Winkler, Ralph - 2003
We analyze the optimal dynamic scale and structure of a two-sector-economy, where each sector produces one consumption good and one specific pollutant. Both pollutants accumulate at different rates to stocks that damage the natural environment, which acts as a dynamic driving force for the...
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Drought management in the agriculture of Dobrogea Province
Lup, Aurel; Miron, Liliana - 2013
long time, but the first steps to combat drought took just in the mid twentieth century when there was planted windbreak …
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Fighting against drought in Dobrogea by protective forest belts
Lup, Aurel; Miron, Liliana - 2014
case, the lack of the water. During 1949 and 1955, studies were carried out concerning the damages produced by drought and …
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Impacts of Natural Disasters on Agriculture, Food Security, and Natural Resources and Environment in the Philippines
Israel, Danilo C.; Briones, Roehlano M. - 2012
This study quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the impacts of natural disasters, particularly typhoons, floods, and droughts, on agriculture, food security, and the natural resources and environment in the Philippines. It aimed to propose recommendations as to how best to respond to the...
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Impacts of climate change on tourism in the Mediterranean: Adaptive responses
Perry, Allen - 2000
Key sensitivities to Mediterranean tourism include drought and heatwaves, both of which are likely to increase with …
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Droughts and farms' financial performance in New Zealand: a micro farm-level study
Pourzand, Farnaz; Noy, Ilan; Saglam, Yigit - 2019
current (same fiscal year) drought events have positive impacts on dairy farms’ revenue and profit; this effect is most likely … attributable to drought-induced increases in the price of milk solids (New Zealand is the market maker in this global market). In … general, dairy farmers ‘benefit’ more from drought events when compared to sheep/beef farms, whereas the latter sector has …
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Green Lights: Quantifying the economic impacts of drought
Fisker, Peter - 2014
This study investigates the effect of drought on economic activity globally using remote sensing data. In particular ….25 degree latitude-longitude pixels. I define drought as greenness estimated by lagged variation in monthly rainfall and … temperature. This definition of drought performs well in identifying self-reported drought events since 2000 compared with …
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