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The paper investigates the efficient extraction path in a partial equilibrium model with exhaustible resource, the usage of which is characterized by return flows, and a backstop to analyze the sequence of the resource use. It is shown that in the presence of users with different return flow...
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Concerns about carbon emissions from fossil fuel-based electricity generation have led to interest in the promotion of “renewable energy.” Around the world, many countries now employ “renewable portfolio standards” or “green quotas,” which stipulate a minimum percentage of total...
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This paper examines the causality linkages between economic growth, renewable energy consumption, CO2 emissions and …-directional causality between renewable energy consumption and economic growth, which supports the validity of the feedback hypothesis. In … to further develop a suitable infrastructure to the renewable energy sector, given its enhancing-effects on economic …
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Environmental problems are threatening China's sustainable future. China began implementation of several environmental policies for the late 1970s and stringency of the regulations is increasing over time. We utilize a province-level economy wide data set over 1987-2001 to measure various...
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Environmental problems are threatening China's sustainable future. China began implementation of several environmental policies for the late 1970s and stringency of the regulations is increasing over time. We utilize a province-level economy wide data set over 1987-2001 to measure various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010629698
We estimate an institutional production function to capture incentive induced growth in total factor productivity (TFP) of rice production in Bangladesh. The incentive component of TFP assists in explaining how farmers responded to the changes in incentives which were introduced during the major...
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considerations for its development over time using data for the period 1990-2009 on Swiss agriculture. To this end, Gini coefficients …
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We estimate an institutional production function to capture incentive induced growth in total factor productivity (TFP) of rice production in Bangladesh. The incentive component of TFP assists in explaining how farmers responded to the changes in incentives which were introduced during the major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008562908
The structural changes in sectoral composition and uneven pattern of growth of agriculture, industry and services …
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A controversial view of the evolution of commodity markets is that the engagement of speculative capital arguably introduces volatility and price movements unrelated to changes in traditional demand and supply factors. Thus, the efficiency of spot and futures markets is an important topic in...
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