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Income inequality in China is severe; measured by the Gini-coefficient it amounted to 0.46 in 2011; wealth distribution is even worse with 0.61. These disparities led to a major shift in emphasis of politics in general and of the Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development by the...
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This paper explores the trade-off between economic growth and environmental quality along two paradigms of endogenous growth theory: variety expansion (HIP) and quality improvements (VIP). We compare the policies that match the decentralised economies' paths with the optimal "strong sustainable"...
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This paper investigates the economic implications of a comprehensive approach to sustainable greenhouse policies that strives to stabilise the atmospheric concentration of the five major greenhouse gases at an ecologically determined threshold level. In a theoretical optimisation model...
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This book provides novel and in-depth perspectives on evaluating environment and sustainability issues in developing … countries. Evaluating Environment in International Development focuses on the approaches and experiences of leading … normative work on the environment as well as environmental consequences of economic and social development efforts. This new …
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This paper analyses the environmental dimensions the past accession of Greece, Portugal and Spain to the EU in order to draw lessons for the current accession of countries of Central and Eastern Europe. A distinction is made between scale, composition and technique effects. Two major conclusions...
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the environment. Public expenditures may either be devoted to supporting growth or abating pollution. The decision over …In this paper we investigate the relationship between inequality and the environment in a growing economy from a … political economy perspective. We consider an endogenous growth economy, where growth generates pollution and a deterioration of …
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