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Methods for Scenario-building: it’s importance for policy analysis
Moniz, António - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
A scenario is a policy analysis tool that describes a possible set of future conditions. The most useful scenarios (for …, the foresight and scenario building methods can be an interesting reference for social sciences. Some examples of these …
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Bioenergy, Pollution, and Economic Growth
Ankarhem, Mattias - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2005
This thesis consists of four papers: two of them deal with the effects on the forest sector of an increase in the demand for forest fuels, and two of them concern the relation between economic growth and pollution. <p>Paper [I] is a first, preliminary study of the potential effects on the Swedish...</p>
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A Game-Theoretic Approach to the Roundwood Market with Capital Stock Determination
Koskela, Erkki; Ollikainen, Markku - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus (VATT), Government … - 1996
The paper provides a framework to approach price and quantity determination in the roundwood market from a slightly new perspective. In the spirit of the trade union literature, a model of timber price determination is formulated according to which the forest owners' association determines...
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Carbon sequestration and the forest sector: Implementing an additional project based on wood products in the construction sector
MALFAIT, Jean-Jacques - Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et …; … - 2008
The aim of the paper is to analyse the implementation of a climate change mitigation strategy for the forest sector. We suggest a strategy based on an increased storage capacity in wood products. An additional resource is provided by recycling and a reallocation of timber usages. In the first...
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Potential impact of a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on the global forest sector
Buongiorno, Joseph; Rougieux, Paul; Barkaoui, Ahmed; … - In: Journal of Forest Economics 20 (2014) 3, pp. 252-266
The effects of a transatlantic trade agreement on the global forest sector were assessed with the Global Forest Products Model, conditional on previous macroeconomic impacts predicted with a general equilibrium model. Comprehensive tariff elimination per se had little effect on the forest...
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Carbon sequestration in forestry: rotation lengths, wood products and carbon storage optimisation (In French)
MALFAIT, Jean-Jacques - Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et …; … - 2008
The aim of the paper is to analyse the impact of rotation lengths on carbon storage in the forest, but also on carbon storage in wood products. The software Co2Fix has been used to undertake the simulations. A case study has been conducted on the “Landes de Gascogne” forest. On a long time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005816021
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Assessing scenarios on the future of work
Moniz, António Brandão - In: Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies 4 (2008) 4, pp. 91-106
In this paper will be discussed different types of scenarios and the aims for using scenarios. Normaly they are being … (Shell Internacional). Scenarios should anticipate possible relations among social actors as in the Triple Helix Model, and … is possible to develop strategic intelligence in the innovation process that would enable the construction of scenarios …
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TRANSITION PATHWAYS TOWARDS USER-CENTRIC INNOVATION
WARNKE, PHILINE; WEBER, MATTHIAS; LEITNER, KARL-HEINZ - In: International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim) 12 (2008) 03, pp. 489-510
Although various user-centric innovation concepts have proved successful in niche markets and specific industries, there is yet little understanding how these models may become more widely diffused in manufacturing industries. We apply an evolutionary economics perspective to explore possible...
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Tendências futuras de evolução das qualificações na Europa [Future trends of evolution of qualifications in Europe]
Paulos, Margarida R. - Centro de Investigação em Inovação Empresarial e do … - 2008
The aim of this report is to highlight the importance of foresight exercises as a necessary tool to help the decision … prospective methods and also scenarios construction. One example is the European project WORKS (Work organization restructuring in … the knowledge society) that pretend to built a set of scenarios about the possible evolution of work in Europe in a short …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005731579
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Transport futures: Thinking the unthinkable
Banister, David; Hickman, Robin - In: Transport Policy 29 (2013) C, pp. 283-293
feature of future trajectories. This paper discusses the role that different types of scenarios can play in helping derive … contextualises the scenarios, emphasising the need for the longer view, the importance of decarbonising the economy, and in engaging …
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