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Revisiting the nexus between fiscal decentralization and CO2 emissions in South Africa : fresh policy insights
Udeagha, Maxwell Chukwudi; Breitenbach, Marthinus C. - In: Financial innovation : FIN 9 (2023) 1, pp. 1-46
The argument over fiscal decentralization and carbon dioxide emission (CO2) reduction has received much attention …. However, evidence to back this claim is limited. Economic theory predicts that fiscal decentralization affects environmental … quality, but the specifics of this relationship are still up for debate. Some scholars noted that fiscal decentralization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014289021
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An Inverse Global Environmental Kuznets Curve
Jha, Raghbendra; Murthy, K. V. Bhanu - 2014
This paper articulates the necessity of emphasizing the absolute level of environmental degradation in different countries as a guide to understanding the links between such degradation and economic development. We argue the case for developing a composite environmental degradation index (EDI)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014139961
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Cities and Green Growth : A Conceptual Framework
Hammer, Stephen; Kamal-Chaoui, Lamia; Robert, Alexis; … - 2011
This report examines the current state of knowledge about green growth in cities and outlines the key research questions and protocols that will guide the OECD Green Cities programme. It builds the case for an urban green growth agenda by examining the economic and environmental conditions that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012446283
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Green technology innovation and high-quality economic development : spatial spillover effect
Xu, Shaorui; Chen, Yang; Lyulyov, Oleksii; Pimonenko, … - In: Prague economic papers : a bimonthly journal of … 32 (2023) 3, pp. 292-319
provinces in China from 2010 to 2019 to construct a spatial Durbin model. The study finds that green technology innovation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014516238
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Could Weather Fluctuations Affect Local Economic Growth? Evidence from Counties in the People's Republic of China
Li, Chengzheng - 2020
This paper uses historical fluctuations of weather variables within counties in the People's Republic of China to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823232
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Could Weather Fluctuations Affect Local Economic Growth? Evidence from Chinese Counties
Li, Chengzheng - 2017
This paper uses historical fluctuations of temperature and precipitation within Chinese counties to identify their effects on the growth of economic outcome during 1996 and 2012. We find three primary results. First, higher temperature significantly reduces the growth rate of county-level income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943209
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The Rise of China and India and the Commodity Boom : Economic and Environmental Implications for Low-Income Countries
Coxhead, Ian; Jayasuriya, Sisira - 2008
The rapid growth of China and, more recently, of India, is having major effects on every facet of the global economy …. The supply of labor-intensive manufactured exports (from China in particular) has been accompanied by a huge expansion in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216172
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Environmental Kuznets Curves in the People’s Republic of China : Turning Points and Regional Differences
Jiang, Yi; Lin, Tun; Zhuang, Juzhong - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability in China by empirically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014181309
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Performance incentives and economic growth : regional officials in Russia and China
Rochlitz, Michael; Kulpina, Vera; Remington, Thomas F.; … - In: Eurasian geography and economics 56 (2015) 4, pp. 421-445
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011431394
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The Natural Resource Curse and Fiscal Decentralization
Perez‐Sebastian, Fidel - 2015
countries in the degree of fiscal decentralization can contribute to this divergent outcome. Using a large panel of countries …, covering several decades and various fiscal decentralization and natural resource measures, we provide empirical support for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013038322