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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...
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Sustainable nations : what do aggregate indicators tell us?
Pillarisetti, Janaki Ram; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2007
compares three aggregate indicators of sustainability: the World Bank’s ‘Genuine Savings’ measure, the ‘Ecological Footprint …’ and the ‘Environmental Sustainability Index’. It is concluded that rankings of sustainable nations vary significantly …
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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 …
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Choice set awareness and ordering effects in discrete choice experiments in discrete choice experiments
Bateman, Ian; Carson, Richard T.; Day, Brett; Dupont, … - 2008
The choice experiment elicitation format confronts survey respondents with repeated choice tasks. Particularly within the context of valuing pure public goods, this repetition raises two issues. First, does advanced awareness of multiple tasks influence stated preferences from the outset, and...
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Energy evaluation and economic impact analysis of green roofs applied to a pilot region in Aegean Coast of Turkey
Çelik, Serdar; Retzlaff, William; Morgan, Susan; … - 2010
This paper examines the energy savings, environmental benefits, and economic impact of green roof systems applied to a "micro" region in Western Turkey. This subdivision (Artur) in Karaağaç, Izmir, consists of 1729 residential units, mostly used as summer homes. The units are in 45m2, 60m2,...
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Environmental degradation and the limits to LOV
Chen, Yu-Fu; Molana, Hassan; Montagna, Catia - 2010
We show how consumers’ environmental concerns may limit ‘love of variety’ (LOV) and be reflected in consumers decisions. We investigate how the impact of environmental degradation on LOV influences demand and optimal product variety, and how a pollution tax on firms might be used to...
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Contracting for impure public goods : carbon offsets and additionality
Mason, Charles F.; Plantinga, Andrew - 2011
Governments contracting with private agents for the provision of an impure public good must contend with agents who would potentially supply the good absent any payments. This additionality problem is centrally important in the use of carbon offsets as part of climate change mitigation....
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Climate policy without commitment
Golombek, Rolf; Greaker, Mads; Hoel, Michael - 2010
Climate mitigation policy should be imposed over a long period, and spur development of new technologies in order to make stabilization of green house gas concentrations economically feasible. The government may announce current and future policy packages that stimulate current R&D in...
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Super-grids and concentrated solar power : a scenario analysis with the WITCH model
Massetti, Emanuele; Ricci, Elena Claire - 2011
We extend the WITCH model to consider the possibility to produce and trade electricity generated by large scale concentrated solar power plants in highly productive areas that are connected to the demand centres through High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) cables. We find that it becomes optimal...
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