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In the Czech Republic, water prices have been steadily increasing while water consumption has been decreasing during … the last decades. A great deal of literature is devoted to the price elasticity of water demand but to the best of our …-run price elasticities of water demand in the Czech Republic between years 2000 and 2011. We find that the water demand is …
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The anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere are one of the problems facing mankind on a global scale. Therefore, the governments of many countries are making efforts to reduce CO2 emissions through regulatory measures. Environmental pollution from CO2 emissions is not only...
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Der Klimawandel birgt sowohl Risiken für den Wert unterschiedlicher Finanzanlagen als auch die Stabilität des …
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We estimate the impact of climate change on agricultural production in a panel of 127 countries from 1961 to 2002. In contrast to the existing literature we account for cross-sectional dependence and technology heterogeneity. We find no significant impact of climate change on agricultural...
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We estimate the impact of climate change on agricultural production in a panel of 127 countries from 1961 to 2002. In contrast to the existing literature we account for cross-sectional dependence and technology heterogeneity. We find no significant impact of climate change on agricultural...
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This paper presents a meta-analysis of variations in price and income elasticities of residential water demand … policy-making. It is also crucial for effective water demand management. We focus on theapplication of statistical methods to … empirical estimates of the price and income elasticity ofresidential water demand vary to such considerable extents. The set of …
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When consumption of water and other utilities is measured collectively and payment for such services is equally shared … installation of individual meters affects water consumption. Using rich administrative data from the public water utility company … in Quito, Ecuador, it is estimated that water consumption decreases by about 8% as a result of the introduction of …
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We present the first meta-analysis of the income elasticity of water demand that accounts for the effects of …
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rising world food prices. Our simulation results suggest that climate change induced price increases for food will raise …
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