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European forests and carbon sequestration services: an economic assessment of climate change impacts
Ding, Helen; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Teelucksingh, Sonja - 2010
This paper reports an original economic valuation of the impact of climate change on the provision of forest regulating services in Europe. To the authors’ knowledge the current paper represents the first systematic attempt to estimate human well-being losses with respect to changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702331
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On the potential policy use of biodiversity indicators : limitations of some currently used indices at the country level based on the Hungarian example and recommendations for impr...
Benedek, Zsófia - 2013
In order to facilitate the use of biodiversity indicators in policy making at the country level, a few and well-established indices should be suggested. Promising candidates include biodiversity-related indices of the Convention on Biological Diversity; therefore I evaluate their current use and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009777753
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European Forests and Carbon Sequestration Services : An Economic Assessment of Climate Change Impacts
Ding, Helen; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Teelucksingh, Sonja S. - 2015
This paper reports an original economic valuation of the impact of climate change on the provision of forest regulating services in Europe. To the authors’ knowledge the current paper represents the first systematic attempt to estimate human well-being losses with respect to changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014197663
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An evaluation of protected area policies in the European Union
Grupp, Tristan Earle; Mishra, Prakash; Reynaert, Mathias; … - 2023
The European Union designates 26% of its landmass as a protected area, limiting economic development to favor biodiversity. This paper uses the staggered introduction of protected-area policies between 1985 and 2020 to study the selection of land for protection and the causal effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444040
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An Evaluation of Protected Area Policies in the European Union
Grupp, Tristan Earle; Mishra, Prakash; Reynaert, Mathias; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The European Union designates 26% of its landmass as a protected area, limiting economic development to favor biodiversity. This paper uses the staggered introduction of protected-area policies between 1985 and 2020 to study the selection of land for protection and the causal effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447255
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Encompassing non-financial reporting in a coercive framework for enhancing social responsibility : Romanian listed companies' case
Tiron-Tudor, Adriana; Nistor, Cristina Silvia; … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 21 (2019) 52, pp. 590-606
This study investigates the disclosure levels of Romanians listed companies' pre and post the implementation of the European Directive 2014/95 (EUD) in order to explore the effects of the new regulation entered into force in January 2017, under the institutional lens. Moreover, the paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213812
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The impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on Europe's forest-based bioeconomy
Lööf, Hans; Stephan, Andreas - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 91 (2022) 3, pp. 63-82
The Russian-Ukrainian war has led to an increase of stress on forests. International sanctions have hit timber exports from Russia and Belarus, and the conflict severely affects timber production in Ukraine. The three countries accounted for a quarter of the worldwide timber trade in 2021, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014432609
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Competing for sustainability? : an institutionalist analysis of the new development model of the European Union
Gräbner-Radkowitsch, Claudius; Hager, Theresa; … - 2022
This paper explores whether the EU's new economic development model of "competitive sustainability" could serve as a … theoretically the interplay between "competitiveness" and "sustainability" and identify several challenges for combining them. In … delineating different interpretations of competitive sustainability, we emphasize that operationalizing the concept requires …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013467065
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The use of forest resources versus economic growth in Brazil : is possible to reach a balance? : paper to be presented at the 51st European Congress of the Regional Science Associa...
Bacha, Carlos José Caetano - 2011
This article analyzes how forest resources have been used in Brazil since 1930, in an attempt to prove two hypotheses. The first hypothesis is that the destruction of our forests and the unsustainable use of the remaining forests have always been linked to the developmental policies adopted in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011539278
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Setting one voluntary standard in a heterogeneous Europe : EMAS, corruption and stringency of environmental regulations
Borsky, Stefan; Blanco, Esther - 2014
This article addresses the mediating effect of corruption on the influence of stringency of environmental regulation on firms' voluntary environmental performance. Using panel data from adoption of the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) across European Union countries from 1995 to 2011,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010428737