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, and uncertain energy supplies. Moreover, the global financial crisis and the ongoing euro area financial crisis suggest …
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This paper treats capital flows as risky growth opportunities for both investing and host countries in a standard mean-variance model. Differing optimal tradeoffs between growth and volatility on both sides of capital flows are examined on the basis of their different attitudes toward...
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Policymakers increasingly view China’s rapidly growing wealth as a threat. China currently ranks second, or perhaps even first, in the world in gross domestic product (although 78th in per capita GDP), and the fear is that China will acquire military prowess commensurate with its wealth and...
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for the taxation of energy products and electricity. The first proposals include a new energy taxation system, where the … current energy tax is divided into two components - an energy component and a CO2 component. This article first presents … European Union Member States with a focus on the energy and transport sectors. After making an overview of CO2 taxation, the …
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Globalisation requires a transition based on an agenda of national priorities consistent at a world level, and the new international order should take over projects related to the planet. Since the lessons of history are always forgotten, no matter how much they are being debated in times of...
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This article evaluates the evolution of environmental performance in the context of the European Union (EU), over the period 1993–2010. The context is particularly relevant, due to the traditionally high concerns of the EU about these issues, which has triggered off several initiatives and...
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Over the last few years there have been increasing concerns about the energy mix in many countries. These concerns have … been of greater magnitude for countries with a common energy regulation such as European Union (EU) member states. In order … to choose a given energy mix, an important aspect to take into account is the efficiency involved to generate it. In this …
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The European Union is world’s greatest economic block. The 27 Member States share the single market, thus a single trade policy. Further, Europe is the world’s largest exporter of goods and services and this market is managed through the executive arm of the EU i.e. the European Commission....
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East Asia is a region of great global significance, currently accounting for around 30% of the global economy by most measures, e.g. production, trade, investment and finance. It has also become increasingly integrated in various ways. Integration at the micro-level has steadily progressed since...
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This study explores the extent to which regional integration can be a viable tool in driving energy sustainability in … West African Power Pool (WAPP). Using three measures of energy sustainability, namely: energy security, energy equity, and … energy sustainability. The findings from the study reveal, inter alia, that there are prospects and benefits for energy …
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