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Unintended Consequences of Indian Groundwater Preservation Law on Crop Residue Burning

Agarwala, Meghna; Bhattacharjee, Shampa; Dasgupta, Aparajita - 2022

This paper examines the unintended consequences of a policy aimed at improving the groundwater level on crop residue … burning in India. The Preservation of Subsoil Water Act, 2009 implemented in two Indian states bans the transplantation of … paddy before mid-June to preserve groundwater. Theoretically, this leaves a short window of time for clearing the field …

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Air pollution and agricultural productivity in a developing country

Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2023

I document negative externalities of air pollution in the Indian agricultural sector. Using variation in pollution … induced by changes in wind across years, I show that higher levels of pollution lead to decreased agricultural productivity …, with large changes in productivity being common. The negative effects of pollution are larger in areas growing more labor …

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Air Pollution and Agricultural Productivity in a Developing Country

Merfeld, Joshua D. - 2023

I document externalities in the agricultural sector of India due to air pollution. Using variation in pollution induced … pollution from coal plants has a larger effect on agricultural productivity than other types of pollution. Given that the … agricultural sector is a refuge for the poor in many developing countries, these results suggest that the effects of pollution may …

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Literature review on fundamental concepts and definitions, objectives and policy goals as well as instruments relevant for socio-ecological transition

Dimitrova, Anna; Hollan, Katarina; Laster, Daphne; … - 2013

The research project WWWforEurope undertakes to lie the theoretical and empirical foundations for the embarkment on a new socio-ecological growth path in Europe. The new path underlines the need to guarantee Welfare as a broad universal principle for its population, assuring economic and social...

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A Simple Formula for the Social Cost of Carbon

van den Bijgaart, Inge; Gerlagh, Reyer; Korsten, Luuk; … - 2013

The social cost of carbon (SCC), commonly referred to as the carbon price, is the monetized damage from emitting one unit of CO2 to the atmosphere. The SCC is typically obtained from large-scale computational Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) that consolidate interdisciplinary climate research...

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An economic analysis of the reservoirs reclamation methods in the K±odnica River catchment

Dubel, Anna - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 18 (2018) 1, pp. 103-113

Reclamation and rehabilitation of water reservoirs is particularly important for their functioning and fulfilment of their economic, social, natural and other functions. The paper presents a case study of the ex-ante economic analysis used to determine the most suitable reservoirs reclamation...

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The new urban paradigm

Lanfranchi, Gabriel; Herrero, Ana Carolina; Palenzuela, … - 2018

This policy brief argues in favor of a new urban model that harnesses the power that cities have to curb global warming. Such a model tackles fundamental management challenges in the energy, building and transport sectors to promote the growth of diverse and compact cities. Such a model is...

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Tropical cyclone losses in the USA and the impact of climate change: a trend analysis based on a new dataset

Schmidt, Silvio; Kemfert, Claudia; Höppe, Peter - 2008

Economic losses caused by tropical cyclones have increased dramatically. It can be assumed that most losses are due to increased prosperity and a greater tendency for people to settle in exposed areas, but also that the growing incidence of severe cyclones is due to climate change. This paper...

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Dealing with ignored attributes in choice experiments on valuation of Sweden's environmental quality objectives

Carlsson, Fredrik; Kataria, Mitesh; Lampi, Elina - 2009

Using a choice experiment, this paper investigates how Swedish citizens value three environmental quality objectives. In addition, a follow-up question is used to investigate whether respondents ignored any attributes when responding. The resulting information is used in the model estimation by...

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Temperature and non-communicable diseases: Evidence from Indonesia's primary health care system

Fritz, Manuela - 2021

Increasing ambient temperatures will severely affect human health in the decades to come and will exacerbate a variety of chronic health conditions. In this paper, I examine the temperaturemorbidity relationship in the tropical climate environment of Indonesia with a focus on chronic,...

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