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to the environment, resulting from the controlled fermentation process and its application in the production of useful …
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A major objective of this study is to analyse the evolutionary patterns of regional linkages and disparities across the EU space, especially those related to rural and peripheral/remote regions. In particular, this report assesses the economy-wide effects, in terms of GDP and employment,...
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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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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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We revisit the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) argument that an economy could pollute and develop at first and reduce pollution as income continues to grow. We propose a dynamic structural model to capture the interaction between economic growth, human capital accumulation, environmental...
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The relationship between growth and pollution is studied through a vintage capital model, where new technologies are more environmentally friendly. We find that once the optimal scrapping age of technologies is reached, an economy may achieve two possible cases of sustainable development, one in...
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As outlined, recurring concerns have surfaced since the 1700s that economic growth may prove to be unsustainable. These concerns have been expressed again and have intensified in recent decades but their foundation differs from that of Malthus. The rapid economic growth of China and India have...
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necessarily the solution of biodiversity loss. Then, we focus on the main biodiversity conservation policies implemented in Africa …From the economic literature on the relationship between economic growth and environment pioneered by Grossman and … a Kuznets curve for biodiversity. It appears that results are strongly contrasted; economic growth does not seem to be …
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This work examines the impact that economic growth can have on biodiversity and on the ecological dynamics that would … naturally emerge in the absence of human activity. The loss of biodiversity may induce policy-makers to implement defensive … exist in the absence of human intervention. This suggests that there might exist a conflict between preserving biodiversity …
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