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We develop an aggregated model to study rational environmental adaptation policies that compensate negative consequences of certain environmental hazards and changes. The model distinguishes the three categories of adaptation measures that (a) compensate the decrease of the environmental amenity...
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Using the time series statistical data of Uzbekistan and VAR framework, we made an attempt to investigate the … findings showed that unemployment rate and inflation are positively associated in Uzbekistan, which contradicts with the …
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characterizes the path in which a successful transformation in agriculture as a result of an improvement in agricultural technology …
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Developing countries employ a very large share of their workforce in agriculture, a sector in which their labor … productivity is particularly low. We take a macroeconomic approach to analyze the role of agriculture in development. We construct … dramatically relative to labor prices; concurrently, capital and intermediate input use in agriculture increases by a factor of 300 …
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explicitly considering the dynamics of the natural resource base (e.g., soil quality, water, etc.) of agriculture as well as the …
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The relationship between growth and pollution is studied through a vintage capital model, where new technologies are more environmentally friendly. We find that once the optimal scrapping age of technologies is reached, an economy may achieve two possible cases of sustainable development, one in...
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the forces that drive economic growth. The two stages of economic development have been indicated in the growth theory of … macroeconomics and in the various "turning point" theories in development economics, including Lewis's dual economy theory, Kuznets … reveals these two stages. Using the two-stage theory of economic development, we find that the People's Republic of China …
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sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. This paper examines the validity or otherwise of Wagner's theory in Nigeria for the …
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This paper develops a theoretical as well as an empirical model of deforestation and economic development in a tropical forest economy. The empirical model is estimated using panel data for 316 municipalities in the Brazilian Amazon during the period 1970-1985. The effects of controversial...
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Over the last few years, environmental issues have entered into policy design, particularly development and growth policies. Natural resources are considered necessary production inputs and environmental quality is considered a welfare determinant. The integration of environmental issues into...
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