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Impact of renminbi exchange rate expectation on China's foreign exchange reserves: an empirical analysis

Du, Jiancheng; Ge, Jiaoju; Qiao, Jin - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 327-344

Compared with the previous researches giving scattered and qualitative discussions about the exchange rate expectation China's foreign exchange reserves (FER), this paper conducted an empirical research by adding the exchange rate expectation. Starting from the evolution path of RMB exchange...

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Green productivity: clarifying terminology and concepts

Besco, Laurel - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 406-425

Employing and adjusting conventional productivity measures to represent the (mis)use of natural capital in production processes has recently generated increased interest. However, the literature relating to natural capital and productivity is highly fragmented, at times uses different...

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Surreptitious structure of the Turkish financial crisis 2000-2001

Ozkaya, Ata - In: International Journal of Sustainable Economy 6 (2014) 4, pp. 359-380

In this paper, we develop a comprehensive framework to obtain a 'broad definition' of overall public debt stock accumulation in Turkey. To do this first, we identify 'invisible balance' of public sector incurred from politically backed (informal) off-budget debt-creating transactions among...

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Interconnected responses for interconnected problems: synergistic pathways for sustainable wealth in port cities

Ravetz, Joe - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2014) 2/3/4, pp. 362-388

Port cities as hubs for trade and exchange show the extremes of rapid growth and catastrophic decline: they show the complex and interconnected problems of change in urban systems, and the challenge of maintaining local 'sustainable wealth' and prosperity. This suggests a transition from a...

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Evaluation model for cultural heritage in spatial planning

Mrak, Iva - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2014) 2/3/4, pp. 206-234

The article describes the evaluation model for cultural heritage in spatial planning, created in the shifting perspective from a static-contemplative to a dynamic-planning understanding of the heritage. The shift is manifested in the creation of the model which allows analysis, diagnosis,...

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Entrepreneurship and economic development: the relative attraction of employment centres by firm size

Craig, Steven G.; Kohlhase, Janet E.; Perdue, Adam - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2014) 2/3/4, pp. 281-293

Our research empirically explores the relative importance of firm size in fostering economic growth by using cross-sectional variation in the relative location of large and small firms in urban centres of employment. Our method compares the relative location of large and small firms between the...

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The role of culture in sustainable urban development: some economic issues

Throsby, David - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2014) 2/3/4, pp. 89-99

The cultural sector of a city contributes in a variety of ways to promoting the livability, vitality and sustainability … investment in urban heritage. Finally, the issue of sustainability is considered with reference to the notion of culturally … sustainable development, which implies the long-term management of cultural resources such that the basic sustainability …

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Cost efficient low-emission housing: implications for household cash-flows in Melbourne

Moore, Trivess; Morrissey, John; Horne, Ralph - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 4, pp. 374-386

A number of international jurisdictions have articulated a longer term goal of zero emission housing standards. However, in Australia, housing energy efficiency remains a contested policy area. In part, this is due to a lack of clear cost-benefit information on low emission housing standards,...

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Credits trading mechanism for corporate social responsibility: an empirically grounded framework

Hede, Shantesh; Nunes, Manuel José Lopes; Ferreira, Paula - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 7 (2014) 1, pp. 49-92

. By adopting a comprehensive perspective, the paper emphasises simultaneously social sustainability-related considerations …

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Green financing in Bangladesh: challenges and opportunities - a descriptive approach

Islam, Md. Ariful; Yousuf, Salahuddin; Hossain, Kh. Fahim; … - In: International Journal of Green Economics 8 (2014) 1, pp. 74-91

published information such as research papers, sustainability reports from different banks and environmental organisations …

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