Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 910
Cover Image
The Chinese waste import ban and the emergence of waste havens within Europe
Sommer, Konstantin - 2024
We study the implications of the Chinese waste import ban of 2018 on intraEuropean plastic waste trade. Specifically …, we ask if it led to a "waste haven" effect, which would imply that countries with high disposal and recycling costs … started to export more plastic waste to countries with lower costs. We study this question in a gravity difference …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015053935
Cover Image
The benefits and costs of export-oriented estates : export processing zones
Zhu, Ying - In: Asian economies 23 (1994) 4, pp. 53-72
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001174348
Cover Image
Cost-benefit studies of natural resource management in Southeast Asia
James, David Edward (contributor);  … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011292247
Cover Image
Cost-Benefit Studies of Natural Resource Management in Southeast Asia
James, David - 2015
This book applies cost-benefit analysis techniques in the management of environment and natural resources in developing countries of the Southeast Asian region and presents a compendium of studies conducted by researchers supported by the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012402048
Cover Image
Umwelttechnikindustrie - Zukunftsmarkt China
Lichtenecker, Ruperta - 2006
China, das Reich der Mitte, ist mit schwerwiegenden Umweltproblemen konfrontiert die hohe Kosten verursachen. Mit der zunehmenden Anwendung der Umwelttechnik kann der Herausforderung diese Problemfelder zu beheben sinnvoll begegnet werden. Die Indikatoren Wirtschaftswachstum, notwendiger Schutz...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294521
Cover Image
Internet use and subjective well-being in China
Nie, Peng; Nimrod, Galit; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - 2015
Using data from the 2010 China Family Panel Studies, we analyze the association between Internet use and various measures of subjective well-being (SWB) in a sample of 16- to 60- year-old Chinese. Our analysis shows that although intensive Internet use is significantly associated with lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011319144
Cover Image
Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Subjective Well-being?
Zhang, Xin; Zhang, Xiaobo; Chen, Xi - 2015
Existing studies that evaluate the impact of pollution on human beings understate its negative effect on cognition, mental health, and happiness. This paper attempts to fill in the gap via investigating the impact of air quality on subjective well-being using China as an example. By matching a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345378
Cover Image
A multicity study of association between air pollution and CHD mortality in China by using time series threshold poisson regression model
Chen, Xiaoyu - 2016
There are few multicity studies to address the effect of short-term effect of particulate matter air pollution on daily Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) mortality in developing countries, much fewer to further discuss its threshold and seasonal effect. This study investigates the season-varying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011663437
Cover Image
The Effect of Air Pollution on Body Weight and Obesity: Evidence from China
Deschenes, Olivier; Wang, Huixia; Wang, Si; Zhang, Peng - 2019
We provide the first study estimating the causal effect of air pollution on body weight. Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey, which provides detailed longitudinal health and socioeconomic information for 13,226 adult individuals over 1989-2011, we find significant positive effects of air...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005997
Cover Image
The Effects of Exposure to Air Pollution on Subjective Well-being in China
Zhang, Xin; Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2019
This paper studies the impact of six main air pollutants on three key dimensions of subjective well-being (SWB) – life satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and rich weather conditions according to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006014