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emergence of new pollution problems, the lack of success in dealing with global warming and the still rising population in the … Third World as proof positive that humans are a short-sighted and rapacious species. Others however see the glass as half … the most part, we discuss the link between industrial pollution and growth, but also show how this most recent work is …
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EU to the rest of the world by making the EU more CO2-efficient. With its large wind power potential, Lower Saxony is …
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The purpose of this study is to measure the sensitivity of traded quantities and trade unit values to agricultural production shocks. We develop a general equilibrium model of trade in which production shocks in exporting countries affect both traded quantities and trade unit values. The model...
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A unilateral tax on CO2 emissions may drive up indirect carbon imports from non-committed countries, leading to carbon leakage. Using a gravity model of carbon trade, we analyze the effect of the Kyoto Protocol on the carbon content of bilateral trade. We construct a novel data set of CO2...
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Pests create biodiversity effects that increase food production risks and decrease productivity when agricultural production is specialized. Pesticides contain these effects, but damage the environment and human health. When opening to trade, governments are tempted to restrict pesticide use...
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This report analyses the EU trade in low-carbon energy technologies. It shows commercial exchanges with countries outside the EU as well as trade within the EU at the level of individual Member States. Trade performances vary in relation to sectors: for some technologies the EU has a positive...
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This paper analyzes the patterns of CO2 emissions for a sample of 144 countries in 1992–2013. The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis was tested with the help of econometric analysis for both production- and consumption-based emissions. The relationship between incomes and emissions...
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the world. This index captures the seasonal exchange of raw commodities in an insightful and concise manner. …
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to other existing indicators and covers all countries in the world. I find evidence of an inverted-U shaped relationship …. Consequently, environmental regulations that become operative in only one part of the world may fail without global coordination. …
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