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, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030. While energy was implicit in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the SDGs … explicitly recognise the direct linkage between energy access and consumption and poverty and development. This evolution of the … seen as a more holistic measure of overall quality of life. Energy has thus become recognised as an important aspect of …
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. This paper offers a new approach that focuses on energy consumption. A systematic relation exists between institution size … and energy consumption per capita: as energy consumption increases, institutions become larger. I hypothesize that this … stochastic model can be used to link energy consumption with firm dynamics. …
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transition to coal energy and the capitalization of state power as it relates to war, colonialism and slavery. We conclude by …
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Neoclassical growth theory assumes that economic growth is an atomistic process in which changes in distribution play no role. Unfortunately, when this assumption is tested against real-world evidence, it is systematically violated. This paper argues that a reality-based growth theory must...
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and the growth of energy capture on the other. It claims that hierarchical power is sought for its own sake; that building … and sustaining this power demands strategic sabotage; and that sabotage absorbs a significant proportion of the energy …
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Poor performance of the electricity sector remains a drag to economic efficiency and a bottleneck to economic activity …
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benefits of a large public investment through growth-enhancing increase in domestic energy supply and receipts from selling …
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development of clean energy, including hydroelectric power, wind power, and solar energy generation. In order to involve companies …, which causes serious pollution. In order to understand the regional markets well, it is necessary to analyze the energy … structure in these regions. Coal is the primary energy source in China, so that provinces that rely heavily on coal receive a …
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The existing economics literature neglects the important role of capacity in the production of renewable energy. To … fiill this gap, we construct a model in which renewable energy production is tied to renewable energy capacity, which then … allocation of energy, and which therefore comes at the cost of reduced general production. Requiring societal well-being to never …
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