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The Development of the Brazilian Amazon Region and Greenhouse Gases Emission : A Dilemma to Be Faced!
Imori, Denise; Guilhoto, Joaquim; David, Letícia Scretas; … - 2011
The purpose of this work is to verify the existence of possible tradeoffs between policies direct to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) with the ones direct to foster the development of the Brazilian Amazon Region, which is one of the poorest in the country. In order to achieve this...
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China and Brazil Productive Structure and Economic Growth Compared: 1980’s to 2000’s
Guilhoto, Joaquim José Martins; Polenske, Karen Rosel; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
China and Brazil are two countries with continental dimensions, with differences in availability of natural resources …, population sizes, and which have adopted different strategies of economic growth in the past. China has been following … power parity rates (GNI-PPP) of China and Brazil were at approximately the same level, but by the mid 2000s the GNI-PPP of …
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A gravity model of virtual water trade
Fracasso, Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This work investigates the determinants of virtual water trade (VWT) flows by means of an estimated gravity model of trade applied to the virtual water embodied in the agricultural goods exchanged across countries. In line with the recent literature on the gravity model, the paper presents a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261093
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What is wrong with virtual water trading?
Gawel, Erik; Bernsen, Kristina - Department Ökonomie, Helmholtz Zentrum für … - 2011
So-called virtual water, the water embedded in internationally traded goods, has come under discussion. The amount of quantitative studies which attempt to estimate volumes and flows of virtual water in relation to agricultural trade is rising rapidly, while the concept has been recognized by...
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A gravity model of virtual water trade
Fracasso, Andrea - In: Ecological Economics 108 (2014) C, pp. 215-228
This work investigates the determinants of bilateral ‘virtual water trade (VWT) flows’ by means of an estimated gravity model of trade applied to the services of the water embodied in the agricultural goods exchanged across countries. In line with the recent literature on the gravity model...
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Unfolding the Potential of the Virtual Water Concept. What is still under debate?
Antonelli, Marta; Sartori, Martina - Istituto di Economia e Politica dell'Energia e … - 2014
The concept of virtual water refers to the volume of water used in the production of a commodity or a service. The concept was identified by the geographer Tony Allan in the early 1990s, to draw attention on the global economic processes that ameliorate local water deficits in the MENA region...
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The Virtual Water Of Siberia And The Russian Far East For The Asia-Pacific Region: Global Gains Vs Regional Sustainability
Likhacheva, Anastasia B.; Makarov, Igor A. - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014
Though Siberia and the Russian Far East are often considered oil and gas reservoirs, the southern areas of these regions have significant potential for water-intensive production, such as agricultural goods, chemicals, pulp and paper, metals, hydro energy. This potential is strengthening due to...
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Determinants of virtual water flows in the Mediterranean
Fracasso, Andrea; Sartori, Martina; Schiavo, Stefano - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The aim of the paper is to investigate the main determinants of the bilateral virtual water ‘flows’ associated with international trade in agricultural goods across the Mediterranean basin. Virtual water refers to the volume of water used in the production of a commodity or a service. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108156
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Unfolding the potential of the Virtual Water concept. What is still under debate?
Antonelli, Marta; Sartori, Martina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The concept of virtual water refers to the volume of water used in the production of a commodity or a service. The concept was identified by the geographer Tony Allan in the early 1990s, to draw attention on the global economic processes that ameliorate local water deficits in the MENA region...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108391
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The Economic Impact Water Taxes: a Computable General Equilibrium Analysis with an International Data Set
Berrittella, Maria; Rehdanz, Katrin; Roson, Roberto; … - Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - 2008
Water is scarce in many countries. One instrument to improve the allocation of a scarce resource is (efficient) pricing or taxation. However, water is implicitly traded on international markets, particularly through food and textiles, so that impacts of water taxes cannot be studied in...
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