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Natural Resource Dependence and Monopolized Imports
Arezki, Rabah; Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Merchán, Federico - 2021
This paper explores the effect of natural resource dependence on market concentration of imports. Using a new panel database for importing firms in developing and emerging market economies, the paper shows that higher natural resource dependence is associated with larger market concentration of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012657960
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Internationale Umweltkooperation im Fall von Ostsee und Nordsee: Was erklärt die Unterschiede?
Bossert, Albrecht - 2003
Vor dem Hintergrund wachsender Umweltprobleme im Bereich der Nordsee und der Ostsee ist die Zusammenarbeit der Anrainerstaaten dieser beiden Meere in den zurückliegenden Jahrzehnten enger geworden. Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird ein Überblick über die bestehenden internationalen Umweltabkommen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291680
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Cooperation in international environmental negotiations due to a preference for equity
Lange, Andreas; Vogt, Carsten - 2001
This paper demonstrates that cooperation in international environmental negotiations can be explained by preferences for equity. Within a N-country prisoner?s dilemma in which agents can either cooperate or defect, in addition to the standard non-cooperative equilibrium, cooperation of a large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297749
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A Model of Eco-Efficiency and Recycling
Cogoy, Mario - 2009
This paper presents the model of an economy subject to the mass conservation principle. The economic system is related to the environment by a flow of virgin materials into the economy, and by the diffusion of waste into the environment. Ecoefficiency contributes to reducing material waste in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298590
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A Model of Eco-Efficiency and Recycling
Cogoy, Mario - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 3 (2009) 2009-21, pp. 1-30
This paper presents the model of an economy subject to the mass conservation principle. The economic system is related to the environment by a flow of virgin materials into the economy, and by the diffusion of waste into the environment. Ecoefficiency contributes to reducing material waste in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298639
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Assessing Kosovo's horticultural potential: the market for fruit and vegetables on the Balkans
Fischer, Christian - 2004
Kosovo had been a net exporter - at least of some - fruit and vegetables in the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before the civil war. Current reconstruction efforts therefore focus on restoring the past horticultural potential of the now independent province. This paper analyses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299324
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Which type of crop insurance for Kazakhstan? Empirical results
Heidelbach, Olaf; Bokusheva, Raushan; Kussaiynov, Talgat - 2004
Risk plays an important role in agricultural decision-making, particularly in those regions that are remarkably exposed to natural hazards and underdeveloped input and output markets. This is especially true for crop production in CIS countries where many farms have to deal with low liquidity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299344
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Are cross-country studies of the Environmental Kuznets Curve misleading? New evidence from time series data for Germany
Egli, Hannes - 2001
In recent years, extensive literature on the Environmental Kuznets Curve leading to optimistic policy conclusions has attracted great attention. However, the underlying cross-section estimations are not very reliable. Accordingly, this contribution uses time series data for a single country with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010306026
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Revisiting Worst-case DEA for Composite Indicators
Athanassoglou, Stergios - 2015
Composite indicators are becoming increasingly infuential tools of environmental assessment and advocacy. Nonetheless … indicators was extended to account for worst-case analysis by Zhou, Ang, and Poh [21] (hereafter, ZAP). In this note we argue … analogue of standard DEA for composite indicators and show how it leads to tractable optimization problems. Finally, we compare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307248
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Are cross-country studies of the Environmental Kuznets Curve misleading? New evidence frome time series data for Germany
Egli, Hannes - 2002
In recent years, extensive literature on the Environmental Kuznets Curve leading to optimistic policy conclusions has attracted great attention. However, the underlying cross-section estimations are not very reliable. Accordingly, this contribution uses time series data for a single country with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335695