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Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

The motivations of the Arab Spring that have marked the history of humanity over the last few months have left political economists, researchers, governments and international policymakers pondering over how the quality of political institutions affect consumer welfare in terms of commodity...

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Tradable emission permits in a federal system

Verbon, Harrie A. A.; Withagen, Cees A. - 2005

A system of tradable permits in the standard setting is effective in attaining the policy objective with regard to pollution reduction at the least cost. This outcome is challenged in case of a tradable permit system in a federal state with individual states having discretionary power regarding...

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Assessing Kosovo's horticultural potential : the market for fruit and vegetables on the Balkans

Fischer, Christian - 2004

; export potential ; agriculture in international trade ; agricultur and natural resource economies ; aggregate supply and …

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Do Permit Allocations Matter?

Verbon, Harrie A. A. - 2010

In the standard setting a system of tradable permits is effective and cost-efficient in attaining the policy objective of pollution reduction. This outcome is challenged in case of a tradable permit system in a federal system/constitution with individual states having discretionary power...

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Delivering on US Climate Finance Commitments

Houser, Trevor - 2012

At the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen in 2009 and Cancun in 2010, the United States joined other developed countries in pledging to mobilize $100 billion in public and private sector funding to help developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a...

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Socioeconomic and Livelihood Impact of Invasive Species on Marginal Homesteads : The Case of Aceria Guerreronis on Coconut Palms in India

Aravindakshan, Sreejith - 2011

Alien invasive species are non-native organisms that occur outside their natural adapted habitat and dispersal potential. They are seen as a threat not only to biodiversity and ecosystems, but also to socioeconomic development, livelihood and human well-being. In India, the bioinvasion of...

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Commodity Index Traders and the Boom/Bust Cycle in Commodities Prices

Frenk, David - 2011

Since 2005, the public has lived with high and volatile prices for basic energy and agricultural commodities. The public focus on this unprecedented commodity price volatility has been intense, because a large proportion of the cost of living borne by individuals and families in the U.S. (and...

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The Social Discount Rate Under Intertemporal Risk Aversion and Ambiguity

Traeger, Christian P. - 2011

The social discount rate crucially determines optimal mitigation policies. This paper examines two shortcomings of the recent debate and the models on climate change assessment. First, removing an implicit assumption of (intertemporal) risk neutrality reduces the growth effect in social...

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Commodity Prices and Exchange Rate Volatility : Lessons from South Africa's Capital Account Liberalization

Arezki, Rabah - 2012

We examine the relationship between South African Rand and gold price volatility using monthly data for the period 1980-2010. Our main findings is that prior to capital account liberalization the causality runs from South African Rand to gold price volatility but the causality runs the other way...

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Ecological Economics - Aspects of Research

Maier-Rigaud, Gerhard - 2012

. It is an approach without analogy in the history of science. Therefore, any research strategy following standard … research field?The following pages raise some of these basic questions and reflect on major misleading assumptions research in … ecological economics unwittingly relies on. An outlook is given as to the aspects on which research in this field should now …

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