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What Drives Biodiversity Conservation Effort in the Developing World? An analysis for Sub-Saharan Africa
AMIN, Ariane Manuela - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement … - 2012
Biodiversity conservation in low-income economies is a vital issue and hence needs to be addressed for development and … possible causes of biodiversity erosion. Research on the “driving forces” that influence biodiversity conservation effort is …, strengthening governance is an effective mean to support the promotion of biodiversity conservation. In addition, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736764
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Exploring the role of economic incentives and spillover effects in biodiversity conservation policies in sub-Saharan Africa
Amin, Ariane - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 127 (2016), pp. 185-191
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011629653
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Ecological fiscal transfers in europe : evidence-based design options for a transnational scheme
Droste, Nils; Ring, Irene; Santos, R.; Kettunen, M. - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 147 (2018), pp. 373-382
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990039
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A Multi-Method, Spatial Approach for Explaining the Appearance and Passage of Open Space Referenda
Heintzelman, Martin D.; Walsh, Patrick J.; Grzeskowiak, … - National Center for Environmental Economics (NCEE), … - 2012
To guard against urban sprawl, many communities in the United States have begun enacting policies to preserve open space, often through local voter referenda. New Jersey sponsors such municipal action through the Green Acres Program by providing funding and low interest loans to towns that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010551179
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Development and biodiversity conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A spatial analysis
CHOUMERT, Johanna; AMIN, Ariane Manuela - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement … - 2013
A better understanding of the relationship between economic development and biodiversity loss is of great relevance … Curve, of the relationship between economic development and pressure on biodiversity. Drawing on the most up-to-date data on … biodiversity imperilment, measured as the percent of threatened bird species. The results also reveal some species …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213855
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Development and biodiversity conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A spatial analysis
AMIN, Ariane Manuela; Choumert, Johanna - HAL - 2013
A better understanding of the relationship between economic development and biodiversity loss is of great relevance … Curve, of the relationship between economic development and pressure on biodiversity. Drawing on the most up-to-date data on … biodiversity imperilment, measured as the percent of threatened bird species. The results also reveal some species …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821377
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What Drives Biodiversity Conservation Effort in the Developing World? An analysis for Sub-Saharan Africa
AMIN, Ariane Manuela - HAL - 2012
Biodiversity conservation in low-income economies is a vital issue and hence needs to be addressed for development and … possible causes of biodiversity erosion. Research on the "driving forces" that influence biodiversity conservation effort is …, strengthening governance is an effective mean to support the promotion of biodiversity conservation. In addition, we find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010561181
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Spatial dependence of regional unemployment in the European Union
Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2002
The findings of recent studies on adjustment processes suggest that regional labour markets in the EU and the US differ significantly. Low wage flexibility and limited labour mobility in European countries involve persistent unemployment differentials across regions. However, the spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295334
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Convergence and the effects of spatial interaction
Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the issue of income convergence has received considerable attention in economic research. Although a vast number of empirical studies has emerged, evidence on the role of spatial interaction is still rather scarce. The present paper is an attempt to provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295602
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Spatial model selection and spatial knowledge spillovers: a regional view of Germany
Klarl, Torben - 2010
The aim of this paper is to introduce a new model selection mechanism for cross sectional spatial models. This method is more flexible than the approach proposed by Florax et al. (2003) since it controls for spatial dependence as well as for spatial heterogeneity. In particular, Bayesian and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299933