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The Importance of Regulation-Induced Innovation for Sustainable Development
Ashford, Nicholas A.; Hall, Ralph P. - In: Sustainability 3 (2011) 1, pp. 270-292
aspects of sustainable development are emphasized. We contend that the most crucial problem in achieving sustainability is …
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Bio-economy and the sustainability of the agriculture and food system : opportunities and policy challenges
Diakosavvas, Dimitris; Frezal, Clara - 2019
The bio-economy is gaining increasing prominence in the policy debate, with several countries developing bio-economy strategies to decouple economic growth from dependence on fossil fuel, as well a pathway to supporting some of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and commitments under...
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On green growth with sustainable capital
Basu, Parantap; Jamasb, Tooraj - 2020
We develop an endogenous growth model to address a long standing question whether sustainable green growth is feasible by re-allocating resource use between green (natural) and man-made (carbon intensive) capital. Although the model is general we relate it to the UKís green growth policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012220220
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Interpreting sustainability in economic terms: Dynamic efficiency plus intergenerational equity
Stavins, Robert N.; Wagner, Alexander F.; Wagner, Gernot - 2002
concept of “sustainability.” We relate such a definition of sustainability to well known concepts from neoclassical economics …-temporal realm, we find that dynamic efficiency is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a notion of sustainability that has … normative standing as a goal for public policy. We define sustainability as dynamic efficiency plus intergenerational equity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335736
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Green national accounting: Synthesising and extending the welfare based and sustainability-standard based approaches
Markandya, Anil; Mason, Pamela; Tamborra, Marialuisa - 2000
compatible with achieving environmental sustainability. Both approaches deliver policy-relevant information and a comparison of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608657
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Towards a typology of "environmentally-adjusted" national sustainability indicators: Key concepts and policy application
O'Connor, Martin - 2000
This paper first describes two types of adjustments to National Accounting Systems, which take the environment into account: the first type centres on accounting conventions, through a change in the system boundary, in order to include specified categories of environmental assets (called...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608658
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On green growth with sustainable capital
Basu, Parantap; Jamasb, Tooraj - 2020
We develop an endogenous growth model to address a long standing question whether sustainable green growth is feasible by re-allocating resource use between green (natural) and man-made (carbon intensive) capital. Although the model is general we relate it to the UKís green growth policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012255107
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Interpreting sustainability in economic terms : dynamic efficiency plus intergenerational equity
Stavins, Robert N.; Wagner, Alexander F.; Wagner, Gernot - 2002
concept of "sustainability". We relate such a definition of sustainability to well known concepts from neoclassical economics …-temporal realm, we find that dynamic efficiency is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a notion of sustainability that has … normative standing as a goal for public policy. We define sustainability as dynamic efficiency plus intergenerational equity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011597674
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Inspection, Compliance and Violation: A Case of Fisheries
Otumawu-Apreku, Kofi - School of Economics, University of Adelaide
The presence of illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing activities is considered a serious barrier to the sustainable use of marine resources. This paper uses a game theoretic approach to investigate the strategic interaction between fishers and management in the presence of IUU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945124
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Chinese Public Willingness to Pay to Avoid Having Nuclear Power Plants in the Neighborhood
Sun, Chuanwang; Lyu, Nan; Ouyang, Xiaoling - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 10, pp. 7197-7223
In spite of the decreasing share of nuclear power all over the world, China resumed the approval of large-scale construction of nuclear power plants in 2012. However, influenced by the worldwide spreading anti-nuclear attitudes, people who live near nuclear power plants showed increasing...
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