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Dynamic Environmental Policy in Developing Countries in the Presence of a Balance of Trade Deficit and a Tariff
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Beladi, Hamid; Lee, Dug Man - 2001
deficit and a tariff that protect the modern sector. The modern sector is also the import-competing and the polluting sector … dependence of these taxes on the current tariff, and we analyze the conditions that call for an activist environmental policy …. Our study demonstrates that, inter alia, the dynamic inconsistency of certain optimal programs and the tariff can prevent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014131579
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Dynamic Environmental Policy in Developing Countries with a Dual Economy
Lee, Dug Man; Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2001
We analyze a dynamic model of environmental policy in a stylized developing country (DC) with a dual economy. This DC's economy is distorted in part because the government subsidizes the exports of the non-polluting sector of the economy. We analyze the employment and output effects of three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014137256
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Environmental Policy in Developing Countries : A Dynamic Analysis
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2001
on the government's period of commitment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014068718
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Dynamic Environmental Policy in Developing Countries with a Dual Economy
Lee, Dug Man; Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 2002
We study an intertemporal model of environmental policy in a developing country with a dual economy. This developing country's economy is distorted because, among other things, the government subsidizes the exports of the sector of the economy that does not pollute. We study the output and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014114831
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Dynamic Environmental Policy in Developing Countries in the Presence of a Balance of Trade Deficit and a Tariff
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Beladi, Hamid; Lee, Dug Man - 2000
, and a tariff that protects the modern --- also the import competing and the polluting --- sector. The employment and … extant tariff is analyzed, and the conditions that call for an activist policy are specified. Our analysis shows that the … time inconsistency of some optimal programs and the existence of the tariff can prevent the DC government from attaining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014165527
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The Use of Economic Incentives for Environmental Protection in Less Developed Countries
Nguyen, To N. - 2008
The use of economic incentive instruments to address the environmental problems in less developed countries has been a policy concern in the literature as well as for the environmental policy makers. The issue boils down to how to introduce and implement the economic incentives in those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218381
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Sustainable development and international distribution : theory and application to rainforests as carbon sinks
Mohr, Ernst - 1995
A situation is analysed in which two countries negotiate the financing of the incremental costs which accrue if one of them switches from a non-sustainable onto a sustainable development path. The other country's incentive to pay arises as it benefits from the developing country's environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009708580
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Sustainable Development and International Distribution : Theory and Application to Rainforests
Mohr, Ernst - 2014
A situation is analyzed in which two countries negotiate the financing of costs that accrue if one of them switches onto a sustainable development path. The other country's incentive to pay arises as it benefits from the developing country's environmental resources, but at an ever declining rate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014073450
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A Dynamic Analysis of Protection and Environmental Policy in a Small Trading Developing Country
Batabyal, Amitrajeet A.; Beladi, Hamid - 2013
(DN). The DN government protects the polluting and the import competing sector of the economy with a tariff. The output … tariff is analyzed, and it is shown that, in general, an activist environmental policy is called for, irrespective of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014108429
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On the value of foreign PhDs in the developing world : training versus selection effects
Barnard, Helena; Cowan, Robin; Müller, Moritz - 2016
This paper compares the career effects of overseas and domestic PhD training for scientists working in an emerging economy, South Africa. Variations in scientific achievements of South African academics may arise be- cause those who attend "better" PhD programmes receive better training, but it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417303