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Heterogeneous beliefs among market participants can lead to questionable speculative trading that goes beyond any risk-sharing motives. We demonstrate that such unwarranted betting behavior in market equilibrium can be mitigated by introducing nonlinear pricing for ambiguous contracts, without...
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The socioeconomic impact of pollution naturally comes with uncertainty due to, e.g., current new technological … scenario will be realised and the scientific debate is still open. This paper captures those two layers of uncertainty by …
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In this paper it is shown that climate models are characterized by uncertainty and its causes are pointed out. It is … is well understood. However, as regards the feedback effects of higher temperatures, parameter uncertainty, model … uncertainty and the chaotic nature of the climate system give rise to a considerable degree of ignorance regarding the climate …
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characterized by high uncertainty. Hence, far reaching policy implications such as the net zero goal lack a definite scientific …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has already made a significant impact on various sectors. No country was fully prepared to face this global pandemic, and Indonesia is no exception. For Indonesia, this pandemic shook not only the public health service system but also the economy. This study makes...
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The question of whether biofuels help mitigate climate change has attracted much debate in the literature. Using a global computable general equilibrium model that explicitly represents land-use change impacts due to the expansion of biofuels, this study attempts to shed some light on this...
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In this paper we evaluate the economic, natural capital and ecosystem services impacts of strategies for conserving Colombias rich natural capital endowment. Specifically, we consider Government program proposals for establishing Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES), implementing more...
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The year 2020 is a critical year for sustainable development policy and practice with the review and renewal of various international commitments including the Sustainable Development Goals, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Paris Agreement. The post-2020 agenda needs to be informed...
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The Amazon biome, despite its resilience, is being pushed by unsustainable economic drivers towards an ecological tipping point where restoration to its previous state may no longer possible. This is the result of self-reinforcing interactions between deforestation, climate change and fire. In...
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