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Política ambiental discrecional y bienestar social : un modelo de inconsistencia dinámica
Maldonado, Leonardo J. - In: Atlantic review of economics 1 (2012)
rate, there will be pollution beyond the socially tolerable. To eliminate the bias, it will be necessary to reach a …
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La gestión de residuos en la empresa: motivaciones para su implantación y mejoras asociadas
Tamayo Orbegozoa, Unai; Vicente Molinaa, María Azucena; … - In: Investigaciones europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 18 (2012) 3, pp. 216-227
Nowadays the reduction or elimination of waste has become a major environmental concern among industrialized countries and a priority for companies. In this work it is carried out a review of the postulates of the classical economic model, existing until a few dates, in connection with the...
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Environmental impact assessment review
Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier; anfangs: New York, NY : …; … - Jg. 1.1980 - 4.1983; 5.1985 - 31.2011; Vol. 32.2012 -
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Size of economy, cost of transport and their impact on trade in GCC countries : evidence from qualitative and quantitative approaches
Saddam, Ahmed; Kari, Fatimah - In: Journal of finance and investment analysis 1 (2012) 3, pp. 137-169
This paper addresses the intra-regional trade of the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait. We have found that the intra-regional trade is still at a modest level, where the trade intensity index showed...
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Irrelevance of competitive advantage for the benefits of international trade
Siggel, Eckhard - In: The open economics journal 5 (2012), pp. 15-20
International competitiveness is often regarded as crucial for the attainment of gains from trade, which may lead policy makers to subsidize exports. This view is based on confusion between the concepts of competitive and comparative advantage. The paper argues that when comparative advantage is...
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Irrelevance of competitive advantage for the benefits of international trade
Siggel, Eckhard - In: The open economics journal 5 (2012), pp. 15-20
International competitiveness is often regarded as crucial for the attainment of gains from trade, which may lead policy makers to subsidize exports. This view is based on confusion between the concepts of competitive and comparative advantage. The paper argues that when comparative advantage is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010080136
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Mind the remoteness! : income disparities across Japanese prefectures
López-Rodríguez, Jesús; Nakamura, Daisuke - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 2, pp. 393-417
In this paper we analyze the role played by Market access to explain income disparities among Japanese Prefectures for different periods of time. The results of the estimations suggest that 1) Market access plays an important role in the explanation of income disparities in Japan, 2) the effect...
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El efecto de China en el comercio internacional de América Latina
Montenegro, Claudio E.; Pereira, Mariana; Soloaga, Isidro - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 2, pp. 341-368
Using a gravity model, this article presents an analysis of aggregate trade flows aimed at identifying China’s impact on Latin America’s trade. The results obtained indicate that: i) China´s growth in the last years implied a growing supply of exports to this market from most countries in...
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Country specific environmental Kuznets curves : a random coefficient approach applied to high-income countries
Figueroa B., Eugenio; Pastén C., Roberto - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 1, pp. 5-32
income and pollution have generally assumed a common structure for all countries. Since this latter feature is not supported … by economic theory, this paper uses the Random Coefficient Model proposed by Swamy (1970) and empirically estimates EKCs … eventual structural change causing the sign change in the pollution-per capita income relationship of the EKC. The weak …
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Erneuerbare Energien : Quotenmodell keine Alternative zum EEG
Diekmann, Jochen; Kemfert, Claudia; Neuhoff, Karsten; … - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 45, pp. 15-20
Das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) hat sich als wirkungsvolles Instrument zur Förderung von Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien erwiesen und ist in seiner Grundstruktur von einer großen Anzahl anderer Länder übernommen worden. Beim EEG besteht die Förderung insbesondere aus einer...
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