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The role of participation and communication for energy efficient refurbishment
Bretzmann, Antje; Bäumer, Thomas; Huber, Stephanie - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 4, pp. 675-691
The effort of changing energy production and supply in Germany has not only led to innovative power supply concepts and large grid expansions, but also to ambitious goals for low and zero carbon (LZC) technologies in residential buildings. The present research project has a specific focus within...
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A recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium analysis of value-added tax policy options for Nigeria
Aminu, Alarudeen - In: Journal of Economic Structures 8 (2019) 22, pp. 1-38
The study investigates how government can implement an increase in the rate of value-added tax (VAT) to ensure that the final rate of 15% is achieved in a way that satisfies the public (households and business community) and also ensures maximum revenue generation for the government. The...
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The welfare impact of rising food prices
Dimova, Ralitza - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Dramatic food price spikes in recent years have stimulated debate on the welfare implications of food price risk. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the number of undernourished people in sub-Saharan Africa rose to a record 265 million in 2009. There is a...
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University students' preferences about savings and investments at individual and national level in the 21st century: The case of Turkey
Yumurtaci, Aynur; Bagis, Bilal - In: Review of Economic Perspectives 20 (2020) 4, pp. 485-202
This paper aims to capture the favored both national and individual saving and investment perceptions of the Turkish youth. Also, the research contributes to the understanding of the common preferences of the youth and focuses on perceptions over their home country's saving-investment decisions....
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Natural capital changes in Poland: Integrating spatial and economic approach
Telega, Ivan; Telega, Agnieszka - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 4, pp. 907-922
In the context of decision making, the main challenge is the assessment of changes in natural capital stocks due to conversion of ecosystems for development purposes. Ecosystems are basically a spatial concept, so the natural approach is to use GIS to evaluate land cover changes. Basic economic...
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Modelling natural capital: A proposal for a mixed multi-criteria approach to assign management priorities to ecosystem services
Rosefielde, Steven - In: Contemporary Economics 14 (2020) 1, pp. 22-37
Investment in natural capital is increasingly necessary and urgent considering the increasing loss of global bio- diversity and the associated social and economic losses. Ecosystem services are tools for quantifying the stock of natural capital and there is great concern about their assessment...
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Economic Accounting of Ethiopian Forests: A Natural Capital Approach
Narita, Daiju; Lemenih, Mulugeta; Shimoda, Yukimi; … - In: Forest Policy and Economics 97 (2018), pp. 189-200
Ethiopia has experienced a long-term deforestation with broad implications for human life and economic activities, but conventional frameworks of economic accounting are not able to assess the country's economic and environmental sustainability in the faceof such deforestation problem. In this...
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Impacts of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy “Greening” reform on agricultural development, biodiversity, and ecosystem services
Hristov, Jordan; Clough, Yann; Sahlin, Ullrika; Smith, … - In: Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 42 (2020) 4, pp. 716-738
. In this paper we simulate the impacts of the 2013 “greening” reform on biodiversity and ecosystem services in …
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Transformation der räumlichen Planung durch Ökosystemleistungen? Einschätzungen und Erfahrungen zu den Potenzialen aus ausgewählten Forschungsvorhaben
Hansen, Rieke; Dehnhardt, Alexandra; Marzelli, Stefan - In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung / Spatial Research and … 80 (2022) 1, pp. 112-127
To counteract the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss, sustainable transformations of societal systems and …
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Business, biodiversity and ecosystem services: Evidence from large‐scale survey data
Wagner, Marcus - In: Business Strategy and the Environment 32 (2022) 5, pp. 2583-2599
This paper analyses data from a large‐scale survey on corporate action to support biodiversity and ecosystem services … GDP in the European Union and analyses the uptake of activities directly aimed at protecting biodiversity and ecosystem … systems. The analysis finds tensions between risk perception and activities pursued for biodiversity protection, largely …
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