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Climate-related trade measures : assessing impacts for Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Cosbey, Aaron; Vogt-Schilb, Adrien - 2023
five initiatives from large companies to source low-carbon inputs. It then assesses Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014536652
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Determining the environmental effects of indirect subsidies
Beers, Cees van; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den; Moor, … - 2004
Up to now a clear theoretical and methodological framework for economic-environmental analysis of environmentally damaging subsidies is lacking. Environmentally damaging subsidies are all kinds of direct and indirect subsidies aimed at achieving a certain (often non-environmental) goal that...
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Export diversification through public investment in cultural tourism : insights from a multi-regional model of Bolivia
Banerjee, Onil; Cicowiez, Martín; Moreda, Adela - 2019
drive economic development in developing countries. With Bolivia's regional disparities in income and opportunity, it is …-regional economy-wide model for Bolivia and apply it to the economic analysis of a US$26 million investment in tourism to diversify …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012127413
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The Impact of Natural Resource Discoveries in Latin America and the Caribbean : A Closer Look at the Case of Bolivia
Toscani, Frederik - 2017
-our results imply that the recent fall in prices could depress GDP per capita by several percentage points. Last, we use Bolivia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960578
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Achieving absolute decoupling? : comparing biophysical scenarios and macro-economic modelling results
Wiedenhofer, Dominik; Fischer-Kowalski, Marina - 2015
Most economic models struggle to incorporate biophysical relationships between materials, energy and emissions, in order to appropriately deal with biophysical constraints of supply (and possibly also demand). After the incorporation of biophysical constraints, some functions produced surprising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337041
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Does a renewable fuel standard for biofuels reduce climate costs?
Greaker, Mads; Hoel, Michael; Rosendahl, Knut Einar - 2014 - This version April 23, 2014
Recent literature on biofuels has questioned whether biofuels policies are likely to reduce the negative effects of climate change. Our analysis explicitly takes into account that oil is a non-renewable natural resource. A blending mandate has no effect on total cumulative oil extraction....
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Alternative Climate Policies and Intertemporal Emissions Leakage : Quantifying the Green Paradox
Fischer, Carolyn; Salant, Stephen W. - 2015
Efforts to limit cumulative emissions over the next century may be partially thwarted by the responses of fossil fuel suppliers. Current price-cost margins for major reserves are ample, leaving scope for significant price reductions if climate policies reduce demand for fossil fuels through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014170198
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Blockchain-based solutions in achieving SDGs after COVID-19
Aysan, Ahmet Faruk; Bergigui, Fouad; Disli, Mustafa - In: Journal of open innovation : technology, market, and … 7 (2021) 2, pp. 1-21
In this paper, we attempt to explore the extent to which the hard won development gains over the last several years … development practices that could lead the way forward and pave the path for new developmental narratives as we all navigate the … adoption of blockchain backedsolutions for sustainable development, and it showcases some of the promising use-cases being …
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Energy evaluation and economic impact analysis of green roofs applied to a pilot region in Aegean Coast of Turkey
Çelik, Serdar; Retzlaff, William; Morgan, Susan; … - 2010
This paper examines the energy savings, environmental benefits, and economic impact of green roof systems applied to a "micro" region in Western Turkey. This subdivision (Artur) in Karaağaç, Izmir, consists of 1729 residential units, mostly used as summer homes. The units are in 45m2, 60m2,...
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Green growth and equity in the context of climate change : some considerations
Sachs, Jeffrey; Someshwar, Shiv - 2012
Green growth entails several different kinds of processes: conversion to low-carbon energy, climate resilience, and response to climate shocks. Equity implies a fair sharing of the costs, within countries and between countries. The authors set out to explore some of the ways that equity has been...
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