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Literature review on fundamental concepts and definitions, objectives and policy goals as well as instruments relevant for socio-ecological transition
Dimitrova, Anna; Hollan, Katarina; Laster, Daphne; … - 2013
new socio-ecological growth path in Europe. The new path underlines the need to guarantee Welfare as a broad universal … to preserve natural resources, nature and bio-diversity. Both cannot be achieved without Work: Europe needs to enable its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010431693
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High-speed railway, market access, and economic growth
Wei Zou; Chen, Liangheng; Xiong, Junke - 2018
This paper establishes a general equilibrium trade model and adopts the "market access" approach to measure the impact of the high-speed railway (HSR) network on the economic growth of 110 of the main prefecture-level cities of the People's Republic of China, for which we manually collect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011879411
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Analysis of the impact of energy efficiency and renewable energy on greenhouse gas emissions and economic growth in EU member states
Mecu, Andra-Nicoleta; Chitu, Florentina; Marin, … - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 25 (2023), pp. 1049-1163
The European Union has set ambitious goals for both energy efficiency and renewable energy use as part of its strategy to combat climate change. Using a panel data regression model that spans from 2012 to 2021, this study aims to evaluate how energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014464453
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Substantiation of Transportation Infrastructure – Patterns of Governance and Public Finance in Development : An Analytical Comparison of the United States and China
Hou, Yilin - 2011
transportation infrastructure. We propose three propositions: modern society has increasing demands for government in promoting socio …-economic progress; infrastructure is the basis for economic development and requires government coordination and balancing central … planning with decentralized implementation; and transportation facilities contain public goods elements and optimal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131253
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Perspectives on climate policies
Andersson, Fredrik N. G. - 2019
The purpose of this article is twofold: First to discuss three misconceptions in the debate on climate policies: i) that de-growth is necessary, ii) that the market economy is part of the problem rather than part of the solution to climate change, and iii) that the only policy tool needed is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012166055
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Towards sustainable development : the impact of transport infrastructure expenditure on the ecological footprint in India
Hussain, Moon Moon; Pal, Shreya; Villanthenkodath, … - In: Innovation and green development 2 (2023) 2, pp. 1-10
The underlying objective of the study is to examine the role of transport infrastructure expenditure incurred by the … long run. In light of these outcomes, policy implications are recommended to expand the transport infrastructure …
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Green growth opportunities for Asia
Fankhauser, Sam; Kazaglis, Alex; Srivastav, Sugandha - 2017
This paper assesses the low-carbon economy in Asia: how large it is today and how well it will fare in the future. Using patent and trade data, it analyzes the potential of Asian economies to capture value from the design and export of low-carbon technologies, acknowledging that these are only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011590204
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Low-carbon competitiveness in Asia
Srivastav, Sugandha; Fankhauser, Samuel; Kazaglis, Alex - In: Economies : open access journal 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-18
Environmental degradation and the risks from climate change have strengthened the need for cleaner forms of economic growth. Using patent, trade and output data, we measure the current size of Asia’s low-carbon economy and assess its competitiveness across key sectors. We look at three success...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011849571
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Korea's Green Growth Strategy : Mitigating Climate Change and Developing New Growth Engines
Jones, Randall - 2011
Korea’s greenhouse gas emissions almost doubled between 1990 and 2005, the highest growth rate in the OECD area. Korea recently set a target of reducing emissions by 30% by 2020 relative to a “business as usual” baseline, implying a 4% cut from the 2005 level. Achieving this objective in a...
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