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Cartel in the Indian cement industry: An attempt to identify it
Bejger, Sylwester - 2012
This article is devoted to the problem of the detection of overt or tacit collusion equilibrium in the context of the choice of the appropriate econometric method, a choice that is determined by the amount of information that the observer possesses. The author addresses this problem in two...
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Trotz Klimaschutzabkommen: weltweit steigende CO2-Emissionen
Ziesing, Hans-Joachim - In: DIW Wochenbericht 73 (2006) 35, pp. 485-499
Der weltweite Klimaschutz hat im vergangenen Jahr erneut einen Rückschlag erlitten. Nach vorläufi gen Schätzungen stiegen die Emissionen von Kohlendioxid (CO2 ), dem mit weitem Abstand wichtigsten Treibhausgas, im Jahre 2005 gegenüber 2004 weltweit um etwa 2,5 %; gegenüber 1990 betrug der...
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Can Imports Discipline Collusive Firms? The Case of the Philippine Cement Industry
Aldaba, Rafaelita M. - 2008
Applying a conjectural variations (CV) model introduced by Haskel and Scaramozzino (H&S model 1997), the paper examines the impact of trade liberalization on the Philippine cement industry where alleged cartel activities have taken place after the entry of the world's Big Three cement firms:...
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Dynamics of technical efficiency and productivity change under central planning: The Romainian cement industry 1966 - 1989
Cotfas, Mihai; Heshmati, Almas; Hjalmarsson, Lennart - 2000
This paper investigates the time-path of efficiency and productivity change in the case of the Romanian cement industry 1966-1989. The analysis is based on different specifications of stochastic frontier models. The efficiency scores and the time paths of efficiency and technical change are...
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The Impact of Environmental Regulation on Competitiveness in the European Cement Industry - Results of a Matched Plant Comparison between Germany, Spain and the UK
Triebswetter, Ursula; Hitchens, D. - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 3, pp. 38-49
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India's Turn in Climate Policy: Assessing the Interplay of Domestic and International Policy Change
Betz, Joachim - 2012
India has long been regarded as a deal-breaker in international climate negotiations; it was at the summit in … Copenhagen that India first abandoned its old strategic line and made a commitment to reduce carbon emissions voluntarily. This … globally, India intended to be perceived as a responsible actor, one deserving of a greater say in global governance matters …
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How regulation might fail to reduce energy consumption while still stimulating total factor productivity growth
Bansal, Sangeeta; Filippini, Massimo; Srinivasan, Suchita - 2023
manufacturing sectors in India, on the total factor productivity (TFP) growth of firms and on its components, scale efficiency and …
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Income inequality and the environmental Kuznets curve
Borghesi, Simone - 2000
This study explores the link between environmental degradation, economic growth and income inequality within the framework of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) literature. To investigate this issue, we examine how inequality affects carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their relationship with...
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Does S. Kuznets' belief question the environmental Kuznets curves?
Bousquet, Alain; Favard, Pascal - 2000
This paper examines the link between pollution and income. It shows how income inequality affects environmental … policies and therefore pollution. The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis proposes that there is an inverted U …
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Corruption, Growth, and the Environment : A Cross-Country Analysis
Welsch, Heinz - 2003
The relationship between per capita income and a number of pollution indicators has been found to display an inverted U …-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given …. Using cross section data for several indicators of pollution, the paper estimates the direct and the indirect effect of …
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