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Environmental Kuznets Curves for Air Pollution in African and Developed Countries : Exploring Turning Point Incomes and the Role of Democracy
Sulemana, Iddisah - 2016
The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis advances an inverted U-shaped relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution. Scholars have estimated turning point incomes for various pollutants within and across countries. However, the majority of these studies were conducted...
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An Analysis of the Relevance of the Resource Curse to Australia, and Policy Implications
Bucifal, Stanislav; George, Terry; Ahmed, Nur - 2009
This paper and associated presentation explores the economic phenomenon of the so called ‘resource curse’. We begin by defining the phrase and outlining the main individual ‘curses’ and their causes to give the reader a broad understanding of what is meant by the phrase. This is followed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014202386
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What drives biodiversity?: an empirical assessment of the relation between biodiversity and the economy
Freytag, Andreas; Vietze, Christoph; Völkl, Wolfgang - 2009
The environmental discussion is increasingly extended to the question of how to preserve biodiversity. As sensible regulation of biodiversity utilization uses politically set incentive schemes, it is required to discus the monetary value of biodiversity. Consequently, the relation between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266684
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The analysis of the main indicators evolution of social and economic development in the Arab republic of Syria, period 1960-2014
Al Mahammad, Jaghayef; Necula, Raluca; Necula, Diana - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 47-55). 2016
The paper's aim is a retrospective analysis of the evolution of the main indicators of social and economic development … from Syria by highlighting the degree of development of the country before the policy crisis in 2011. An attempt was also …, managing the formation of an overview image of economic and social development of the country, and the effects of the civil war …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011588144
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Technological clusters in Brazilian agriculture : production and challenges
Vieira Filho, José Eustáquio Ribeiro - 2017
some of the main findings from the historical view of Brazilian agriculture development. The arguments should rest here on … development, but organizing some important historical facts can help creating a full picture. The future challenge is to include …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060354
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Heterogeneous technology and panel data: The case of the agricultural production function
Mundlak, Yair; Butzer, Rita; Larson, Donald F. - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 1, pp. 139-149
Economic growth involves reallocating resources from traditional to new techniques of production, creating new relationships between particular resources and productivity. The paper analyzes the implications of this process on the estimation of agricultural production functions using a panel of...
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Terms of trade and growth of resource economies : a tale of two countries
Fosu, Augustin Kwasi - 2011
case studies the two African countries, Botswana and Nigeria.Using distributed-lag analysis, the paper finds that the … supportive of the 'resource curse' hypothesis for Nigeria, but not for Botswana.I further argue that the superior institutional … quality in Botswana, relative to Nigeria, is likely responsible for the contrasting results. However, Nigeria appears to be …
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Oil Rent and Financial Development : Evidence from Nigeria
Ilo, Bamidele - 2019
the existence of a long run relationship between oil dependence and financial development in Nigeria; oil rent has a short …This study examined the relationship between oil dependence and financial development in a developing oil producing … run effect on banking sector development, and the absence of a short run relationship between oil rent and capital market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892633
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Natural Resources Abundance and Macroeconomic Performance in Nigeria
Jato, Terungwa Paul; Ayaga, Joyce Mbakosun - 2022
a nation’s economic performance that have termed a ‘resource curse’. Nigeria being of such countries with abundant … macroeconomic development. Annual time series data from 1981-2021 about the variables were obtained from various sources like … Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin, National Bureau of Statistics and World Bank data base were used for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014078302
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Farmers’ Food Price Volatility and Nigeria’s Growth Enhancement Support Scheme
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
The prices of food in Nigeria have become considerably higher and more volatile since 2012. The aim of this research … volatility at farm gate level. In number, 600 rural farmers were sampled across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Results …-compelled price increment in Nigeria. The findings suggested the need to enhance the GESS in line with the agricultural transformation …
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