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Economic globalisation and inclusive green growth in Africa : contingencies and policy-relevant thresholds of governance
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Figari, Francesco - 2022
This study employs macrodata for 23 African countries to examine whether good governance interacts with economic globalisation (EG) to foster inclusive green growth (IGG). First, the study finds that EG hampers IGG in Africa. Second, although unconditionally good governance promotes IGG, only...
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How does globalization affect ecological pressures? : a robust empirical analysis using the Ecological Footprint
Rudolph, Alexandra; Figge, Lukas - 2015
While the relationship between environmental pressures and globalization is often claimed to be unambiguously positive … the nexus between globalization and environmental degradation while at the same time taking the multidimensionality of the … controls testing different claims of the literature. Subsequently, we test our hypothesis regarding globalization controlling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348931
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How Much Will Climate Change Hurt the Dollar in Your Pocket?
Ko, David; Busellato, Richard - 2023
Climate change is making resources scarce, and our investments to build a new net-zero world are driving an insane demand for resources. This leaves the world economy caught between a rock and a hard place. Using a bankruptcy model with conservative estimates of the impact, we estimate public...
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Structural disparities in carbon dioxide consumption and trade in the world economy
Ederer, Stefan; Weingärtner, Stefan - 2014
Social scientists have long argued that developed countries are more and more responsible for climate change because they externalise pollution to less developed countries. This paper offers a way to quantify climate responsibility by calculating carbon footprints and carbon balances between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410857
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Energy footprints and the international trade network: A new dataset. Is the European Union doing it better?
Fernández-Amador, Octavio; Francois, Joseph F.; … - 2021
Understanding the global energy network and the developments of energy efficiency is key to advance energy regulation and fight climate change. We develop a global panel dataset on energy usage inventories based on territorial production, final production and consumption over 1997-2014. We apply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012614684
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The new developmental state and the challenges of the socio-ecological transformation: Lessons from Argentina and Brazil
Alfano, Lucia - 2022
The climate crisis is inevitably looming over the horizon. Some countries are much more vulnerable than others to its harshest consequences due to their existing issues of poverty and underdevelopment. At the same time, developmental policies pursue economic growth at the cost of environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013412263
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Structural disparities in carbon dioxide consumption and trade in the world economy
Ederer, Stefan; Weingärtner, Stefan - 2014
Social scientists have long argued that developed countries are more and more responsible for climate change because they externalise pollution to less developed countries. This paper offers a way to quantify climate responsibility by calculating carbon footprints and carbon balances between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426553
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Decomposition Analysis of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the European Union
Drastichová, Magdaléna - 2017
Climate change is a significant threat to sustainable development (SD). Using the Log-Mean Divisia Index Method (LMDI) a decomposition of the data on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU) in 2000-2013 is carried out. To detect if decoupling of the environmental variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952172
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Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Polluter Pays Principle in India
Mahaseth, Harsh - 2019
mechanisms that deter pollution and protect the environment and the public from threats posed by the pollution of the environment … ensure that the environment is in an acceptable state. This principle now plays an important role in both national as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012902178