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Protecting the Environment – a Vital Issue in the Contemporary World

UDRESCU, Doina; MAN, Otilia Rica - In: Economics and Applied Informatics (2010) 1, pp. 197-204

Today’s worldwide concern regarding environment issues is by no means a passing fancy of no substance but a vital problem of epic proportions. Although tons of research performed since the last decades of the 20th Century have sufficiently proved the causes and effects of our environment...

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Economic growth and pollution in the long run: the case of carbon dioxide

Burke, Paul - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2008

The concept underpinning the Environmental Kuznets Curve is that economic growth results in reduced pollution in the …

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Why should sustainable finance be given priority? Lessons from pollution and biodiversity degradation

Wilson, Clevo - School of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2010

sustainability (3) the case of excessive pollution due to adverse selection, moral hazard and lobbying and (4) specialisation and … from pollution and biodiversity degradation. The paper also shows why economic growth without considering pollution impacts …

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Local Exposure to Toxic Releases: Does Ethnic Diversity Matter?

Cole, Matthew A; Elliott, Robert J R; Khemmarat, Khemrutai - Department of Economics, University of Birmingham - 2010

This paper examines the role played by community characteristics in influencing local environmental quality, focusing specifically on ethnic diversity. In contrast to the previous literature, this study argues that it is the fractionalization and/or polarization of ethnic groups that is the...

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Towards an Emissions Trading Scheme for Air Pollutants in India: A Concept Note

Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini; Greenstone, Michael; … - eSocialSciences - 2010

This paper connects experience with emissions trading, from programs like the U.S. Rain program, to lessons for implementation of a Trading Pilot Scheme in India. This experience suggests that four areas are especially important for successful implementation of an emissions trading scheme.

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Democracy, Inequality and the Environment when Citizens can Mitigate Privately or Act Collectively

Bernard, Sophie; Hotte, Louis; Winer, Stanley L. - CESifo - 2010

either mitigate the health consequences of domestic pollution privately or reduce pollution collectively through public … ordinary citizens. The recognition that the health consequences of pollution can be dealt with privately at a cost adds an … private mitigation is feasible, inequality of incomes leads to an unequal distribution of the health burden of pollution (in …

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Environment and environmental effects of pollution. Model of eco-dashboard – A tool for analysis of environmental management performances

G; Martinescu; Maria, Dana; Căpuşneanu, Sorinel; I - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This article presents some conceptual approaches to environment and pollution phenomenon, describing the main factors … of pollution and their evolution in Romania. There are described the main centers of pollution from the Slatina area …

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The Natural Environment as Field-Level Actor: The Environment and the Pulp and Paper Industry in Maine

Bouvier, Rachel - In: Journal of Economic Issues 44 (2010) 3, pp. 717-735

This article conducts a field-level analysis of institutional change in the pulp and paper industry in the state of Maine over the past 30 years. Furthermore, it considers the natural environment as a field-level actor, which can focus and redirect attention and resources, serve as a constraint...

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ОСОБЕННОСТИ ИЗМЕРЕНИЯ ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКИ СКОРРЕКТИРОВАННОГО ВРП

ВЛАДИМИРОВНА, ДУГИНЕЦ АННА; … - In: Проблемы экономики (2013) 3, pp. 184-191

В статье сформулирована необходимость углубления и совершенствования эколого-экономических показателей, рассмотрены существующие индексы и индикаторы...

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Environmental Kuznets curve. Evidence from Romania

JULA, Dorin; DUMITRESCU, Corina-Ionela; LIE, Ioana-Ruxandra - In: Theoretical and Applied Economics XXII(2015) (2015) 1(602), Spring, pp. 85-96

environmental degradation and income per capita. It has an inverse U shape which shows that pollution increases initially as a …

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