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The influence of different production functions on modeling resource extraction and economic growth
Voosholz, Frauke - Centrum für angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung, … - 2014
In this paper we discuss the influence of using different production functions on modeling the resource extraction rates and economic growth. The focus is set on the modeling of the production sector, which requires either non-renewable resources, renewable resources or a combination of both...
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A survey on modeling economic growth. With special interest on natural resource use
Voosholz, Frauke - Centrum für angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung, … - 2014
The purpose of this paper is to survey the contributions to economic growth theory. We focus on the basic models and literature that link resource economic and economic growth, in order to reveal the main differences on how the different aspects are incorporated into growth models. As economic...
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Scarcity and Growth in the New Millennium: Summary
Toman, Michael; Simpson, R. David; Ayres, Robert - 2004
In their 1963 classic Scarcity and Growth Howard Barnett and Chandler Morse argued that resource scarcity did not threaten economic growth. A second investigation in the late 1970s, Scarcity and Growth Reconsidered, reached largely the same conclusion. The 25 years since that work was published...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005232935
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A Comparison Between Shale Gas in China and Unconventional Fuel Development in the United States: Health, Water and Environmental Risks
Farah, Paolo D.; Tremolada, Riccardo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
China is appraised to have the world's largest exploitable reserves of shale gas, although several legal, regulatory …, environmental and investment-related issues will likely restrain its scope. China's capacity to successfully face these hurdles and … produce commercial shale gas will have a crucial impact on the regional gas market and on China’s energy mix, as Beijing …
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The Questioned Sustainability of the Carbon-Dependent Asian Dynamics
Geoffron, Patrice; Rouhier, Stéphane - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010707140
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Mineral Resource Trade in Chile: Contribution to Development and Policy Implications
Korinek, Jane - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2013
Mineral resources present a formidable source of wealth but a formidable challenge to regulate in order to maximize social welfare from their extraction. Some resource-rich countries, such as Chile, have been successful in developing their economies and managing their revenue streams...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277122
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Tracking global fuel supply, CO2 emissions and sustainable development
Wagner, Liam; Foster, John; Ross, Ian; Hankamer, Ben - Energy Economics and Management Group, School of Economics - 2013
Reducing CO2 emissions is imperative to stay within the 2oC global warming ‘safe limit’ of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. However to ensure social and political stability, these reductions must be aligned with fuel security and economic growth. Here an advanced multifactorial...
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China’s New Development Strategy: Environment and Energy Security
Khan, Haider - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper analyzes China's development strategy by focusing on both global and regional approaches to solving problems … of energy security and ecological imbalance by addressing specifically the problems of China’s energy security. PRC … assumption can be seen to entail the goal of creating further technological capabilities. In particular, China seems to be firmly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621715
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Factors Determining FDI in Nigeria: Role of Emerging Economies
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
earlier paper. China is emerging as a strong trade partner of Nigeria and significantly influences its natural resource …
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We're Right, They're Wrong, Regional Science Is Where It's At
Partridge, Mark D. - In: The Review of Regional Studies 36 (2006) 1, pp. 1-14
Regional science is highly relevant in assessing issues that tangibly impact our lives. Conversely, economics is so fixated on mathematical rigor that it does not have the impact on policy that it should. Similar constructive criticisms apply to geography. To illustrate how regional scientists...
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