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Including non-trade concerns: the environment in EU and US agricultural policy

Baylis, Kathy; Rausser, Gordon C.; Simon, Leo K. - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 4 (2005) 3/4, pp. 262-276

markets. In this paper, we focus on how environmental NTC have been addressed in agricultural policy in the USA and the … European Union (EU) and the resulting implications for trade agreements. For example, programmes in the USA discourage …

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How green are principles texts? An investigation into how mainstream economics educates students pertaining to energy, the environment and green economics

Reardon, Jack - In: International Journal of Green Economics 1 (2007) 3/4, pp. 381-393

environment and green economics. The focus is on the principles of economics text which embodies the state of economic knowledge … interdependence between the economy and the environment. US economics education is on a collision course with environmental realities …

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Introductory economics textbooks: what do they teach about sustainability?

Green, Tom L. - In: International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education 3 (2012) 2, pp. 189-223

analysis of the coverage of environment-economy linkages in introductory economics textbooks. In North America, introductory … explicitly written to address sustainability. The standard textbooks are found to largely ignore or mischaracterise environment … text and have addressed both environment-economy linkages and the challenge of sustainability with sophistication. …

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The Failure of Northern Rock - A Multidimensional Case Study

Eisenbeis, Robert Allen; Taylor, Michael William; … - SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum

In August 2007 the United Kingdom experienced its first bank run in over 140 years. Although Northern Rock was not a particularly large bank (it was at the time ranked 7th in terms of assets) it was nevertheless a significant retail bank and a substantial mortgage lender. In fact, ten years...

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Creating 21st Century Learning Environments

Li, Phan Pit; Locke, John; Nair, Prakash; Bunting, Andrew - Directorate for Education, Organisation de Coopération … - 2005

What is involved in creating learning environments for the 21<sup>st</sup> century? How can school facilities serve as tools for teaching and meet the needs of students in the future? What components are required to design effective schools, and how does architecture relate to the purposes of schooling?...

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Industrial Hemp's Double Dividend: A Study for the USA.

Alden, D.M.; Gay, P.W.; Proops, J.L.R. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 1996

The impacts on domestic industries and the quality of the environment of permitting industrial hemp production in the …

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Economists, Environmental Policies and Federalism

Scott, Anthony - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS)

With global warming, Canadians are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of effective environmental policies. In his paper Anthony Scott, a pioneer in the areas of resource and environmental economics in this country, provides a comprehensive discussion of the role economists can and...

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Environmental disorder and functional decline among older adults: A layered context approach

Schafer, Markus H.; Upenieks, Laura - In: Social Science & Medicine 124 (2015) C, pp. 152-161

Environmental context is widely recognized as a critical influence on older adults' well-being. Disorderly conditions, in particular, are believed to threaten health and to potentially accelerate functional decline. The current article develops a layered context approach that integrates...

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U.S. policy in the UN environmental arena: powerful laggard or constructive leader?

Chasek, Pamela - In: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law … 7 (2007) 4, pp. 363-387

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Factors that influence farm women to advocate the adoption of environmentally benign agricultural production practices

Bridges, Tracy R.; Napier, Ted L. - In: International Journal of Agricultural Resources, … 2 (2003) 2, pp. 201-219

Few researchers have examined the roles and responsibilities of women in the farm enterprise or women's influence in the adoption of environmentally responsible farming practices; thus, women's role in the adoption of conservation practices has remained relatively unclear. A better understanding...

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