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Climate change mitigation and green growth in developing Asia

Howes, Stephen; Wyrwoll, Paul - 2012

Developing Asia is the driver of today's emissions intensive global economy. As the principle source of future emissions, the region is critical to the task of global climate change mitigation. Reflecting this global reality and a range of related domestic issues, the governments of the People's...

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Zum systematischen Stellenwert von Wirtschaftswachstum : Ziel, Mittel oder weder noch?

Hirata, Johannes - 2012

In der gegenwärtigen Debatte um die Ziele sozio-ökonomischer Entwicklung nimmt Wirtschaftswachstum eine zentrale, wenn … auch umstrittene Rolle ein. Während die eine Seite Wirtschaftswachstum als etwas Erstrebenswertes betrachtet, da sie es als … diese beiden Positionen kritisch und argumentiert, dass beide einen Fehler begehen, indem sie Wirtschaftswachstum zu einem …

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Competitiveness and clusters : implications for a new European growth strategy

Ketels, Christian H. - 2015

This paper develops policy recommendations on the use of cluster-based economic policies and the adoption of a new concept of competitiveness in the context of the new growth path that WWWforEurope aims to outline. A first section discusses summarizes key findings from the previous research...

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An environmental-economic measure of sustainable development

Cairns, Robert D.; Martinet, Vincent - 2013

A central issue in the study of sustainable development is the interplay of growth and sacrifice in a dynamic economy. This paper investigates the relationship among current consumption, sacrifice, and sustainability improvement in a general context and in two canonical, stylized economies. We...

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Green growth : theory and evidence

Huang, Yongfu; Quibria, Muhammad G. - 2013

What are the major determinants of green growth? What role can the government play to promote green growth? To address these questions, this paper develops a simple Green Solow model that sheds light on the role of finance and technology in the process of green growth. The empirical section of...

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Climate change and infrastructure investment in developing countries : the case of Mozambique

Arndt, Channing; Chinowsky, Paul; Strzepek, Kenneth; … - 2011

Climate change may damage road infrastructure to the potential detriment of economic growth, particularly in developing countries. To quantitatively assess climate change's consequences, we construct a climate-infrastructure model based on stressor-response relationships and link this to a...

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Consequences of climate change damages for economic growth : a dynamic quantitative assessment

Dellink, Rob; Lanzi, Elisa; Chateau, Jean; Bosello, … - 2014

This report focuses on the effects of climate change impacts on economic growth. Simulations with the OECD’s dynamic global general equilibrium model ENV-Linkages assess the consequences of a selected number of climate change impacts in the various world regions at the macroeconomic and...

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Naturally negative : the growth effects of natural disasters

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Gröschl, Jasmin Katrin - 2013

Growth theory predicts that natural disasters should, on impact, lower GDP per capita. However, the empirical literature does not offer conclusive evidence. Most existing studies use disaster data drawn from damage records of insurance companies. We argue that this may lead to estimation bias as...

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Temperature and growth : a panel analysis of the United States

Colacito, Riccardo; Hoffmann, Bridget; Phan, Toan - 2016

This paper documents that seasonal temperatures have significant and systematic effects on the U.S. economy, both at the aggregate level and across a wide crosssection of economic sectors. This effect is particularly strong for the summer: an increase of 1°F in the average summer temperature is...

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From energy-intensive to innovation-led growth : on the transition dynamics of China’s economy

Jin, Wei; Zhang, ZhongXiang - 2014

Whether China continues its current energy-intensive growth path or adopts a sustainable development prospect has significant implication for energy and climate governance. Building on a Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans growth model incorporating the mechanism of endogenous technological change and its...

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