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Natural Capital Considerations for an Extension of the U.S. Marine Economy Satellite Account
Wielgus, Jeffrey; Grasso, Mônica; Colgan, Charles S.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
In an effort to measure and track marine-dependent economic activities, the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has developed two statistical tools: The Economics: National Ocean Watch (ENOW) and the Marine Economy Satellite Account (MESA). In both efforts, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250126
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Are We Adapting to Climate Change?
Burke, Marshall; Zahid, Mustafa; Martins, Mariana C. M.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We study whether the sensitivity of economic, health, and livelihood outcomes to climate extremes has declined over the last half century, consistent with adaptation. Understanding whether such adaptation is already occurring is central to anticipating future climate damages, to calibrating the...
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The Rise of U.S. Food Sustainability Litigation
Tai, Steph - 2014
This article provides one of the first critical looks at the interface between the values of the sustainable food movement and its rising use of litigation. In particular, it focuses on two growing areas of food sustainability litigation "challenges to CAFOs and challenges to the use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014177006
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Climate Regulation of the Electricity Industry : A Comparative View from Australia, Great Britain, South Korea, and the United States
Davies, Lincoln L. - 2017
Climate regulation of the electricity sector is one of the most important growing — and rapidly changing — areas of law and policy today. This is both because of the critical role that electricity plays in modern society, acting as economic lifeblood, and because of electricity's part in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955867
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Emerging U.S. Climate Policy : Where We are and How We Got Here
Clemm, Geoffrey; Smith, Mark Griffin - 2009
After eight years of non-engagement, the new administration and the U.S. Congress, led by a majority in the President’s party, are rapidly developing climate policy legislation. This paper summarizes past efforts to establish a national climate policy in the United States as well as the major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014205949
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The Environmental Rights Provisions of U.S. State Constitutions : A Comparative Analysis
Dernbach, John C. - 2023
Nearly every U.S. state has environmental provisions in its constitution. These provisions cover a wide range of issues concerning the manner in which the environment and natural resources are to be governed (e.g., public funding, eminent domain, public trust, access to water, legislative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014358546
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"Underlying energy efficiency" in the US
Filippini, Massimo; Hunt, Lester C. - 2013
The promotion of US energy efficiency policy is seen as a very important activity by the Energy Information Agency (EIA). Generally, the level of energy efficiency of a state is approximated by energy intensity, commonly calculated as the ratio of energy use to GDP. However, energy intensity is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221112
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Ambition and jealousy : income interactions in the 'old' Europe versus the 'new' Europe and the United States
Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - In: Economica 75 (2008), pp. 495-513
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Ambition et jalousie : la perception du revenu d'autrui dans la "vieille Europe", la "nouvelle Europe" et les Etats-Unis
Senik-Leygonie, Claudia - In: Revue économique : revue bimestrielle 57 (2006) 3, pp. 645-653
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Ambition and jealousy : income interactions in the "old" Europe versus the "new" Europe and the United States
Senik-Leygonie, Claudia (contributor) - 2006
This paper asks how income distribution affects individual well-being and tries to explore the idea that this relation … and reference income (defined as the income of one's professional peers), and hinges on the micro-econometric analysis of … United States. Whereas "jealousy" is dominant in the former, "ambition" is even stronger in the latter. -- income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310955