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The Economics of Climate Change and Science of Global Warming Debate:African Perspectives
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
As at today, it is an indisputable fact that the climate is changing and there is a scientific consensus that the world is becoming a warmer place principally attributable to human activities. Regrettably, the physical impacts of future climate change on humans and the environment will include...
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Energy consumption and economic growth: Evidence from the economic community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Ouédraogo, Nadia S. - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2013
as relationship between electricity consumption, prices and growth. Results show that GDP and energy consumption as well … as GDP and electricity move together in the long-run. By estimating these long-run relationships and testing for … running from GDP to energy consumption in the short-run, and from energy consumption to GDP in the long-run. There is also …
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Energy consumption and economic growth: Evidence from the economic community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Ouedraogo, Nadia S. - In: Energy Economics 36 (2013) C, pp. 637-647
Access to modern energy is believed to be a prerequisite for sustainable development, poverty alleviation and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
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Is Romanian Rural Tourism Sustainable? Revealing Particularities
Andrei, Daniela Ruxandra; Gogonea, Rodica-Manuela; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 8876-8888
Research on sustainable tourism involves developing an appropriate framework to highlight the interdependences of economic, social and environmental systems. The interdependence is based on the entropy of the system while respecting the principle of holism and diversity of rural tourism...
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Do energy consumption and economic growth lead to environmental degradation? Evidence from Asian economies
Jamel, Lamia; Derbali, Abdelkader - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-19
The main purpose of this study is to investigate empirically the impact of energy consumption and economic growth on the environmental degradation as measured by CO2 emissions. We utilize the cointegration test, the fully modified OLS, and the panel causality to examine the causality between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559216
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Nuclear versus coal plus CCS: A comparison of two competitive base-load climate control options
Tavoni, Massimo; van der Zwaan, Bob - 2009
In this paper we analyze the relative importance and mutual behavior of two competing base-load electricity generation options that each are capable of contributing significantly to the abatement of global CO2 emissions: nuclear energy and coal-based power production complemented with CO2...
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The nexus between economic growth, financial development, trade openness, and CO2 emissions in European countries
Jamel, Lamia; Maktouf, Samir - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-25
In this paper, we empirically investigate the causal nexus between economic growth (GDP), CO2 emissions (environmental …-Douglas production function. The empirical findings point to a bidirectional Granger causal linkage among GDP and pollution, GDP and … financial sector development, GDP and trade openness, financial sector development and trade openness, and trade openness and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011988763
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Nuclear versus Coal plus CCS: A Comparison of Two Competitive Base-load Climate Control Options
Tavoni, Massimo; Zwaan, Bob van der - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2009
In this paper we analyze the relative importance and mutual behavior of two competing base-load electricity generation options that each are capable of contributing significantly to the abatement of global CO2 emissions: nuclear energy and coal-based power production complemented with CO2...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502125
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Financial development, environmental quality, trade and economic growth: What causes what in MENA countries
Omri, Anis; Daly, Saida; Rault, Christophe; Chaibi, Anissa - In: Energy Economics 48 (2015) C, pp. 242-252
This paper examines the relationship between financial development, CO2 emissions, trade and economic growth using simultaneous-equation panel data models for a panel of 12 MENA countries over the period 1990–2011. Our results indicate that there is evidence of bidirectional causality between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011208280
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Do energy consumption and economic growth lead to environmental degradation? : evidence from Asian economies
Jamel, Lamia; Derbali, Abdelkader - In: Cogent economics & finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-19
The main purpose of this study is to investigate empirically the impact of energy consumption and economic growth on the environmental degradation as measured by CO2 emissions. We utilize the cointegration test, the fully modified OLS, and the panel causality to examine the causality between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450728