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The GTAP-W model: Accounting for water use in agriculture

Calzadilla, Alvaro; Rehdanz, Katrin; Tol, Richard S.J. - 2011

agriculture. Moreover, the new production structure accounts for substitution possibilities between irrigation and other primary …Water and agriculture are intrinsically linked. Water is essential for crop production and agriculture is the largest …-W distinguishes between rainfed and irrigated agriculture and introduces water as an explicit factor of production for irrigated …

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Water scarcity and the impact of improved irrigation management: a CGE analysis

Calzadilla, Alvaro; Rehdanz, Katrin; Tol, Richard S. J. - 2008

We use the new version of the GTAP-W model to analyze the economy-wide impacts of enhanced irrigation efficiency. The … to improvements in irrigation efficiency in water-stressed regions is not beneficial for all. For water-stressed regions … and mostly negative. Global water savings are achieved. Not only regions where irrigation efficiency changes are able to …

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Enforcement of environmental liability in the case of uncertain causality and asymmetric information

Bartsch, Elga - 1996

In providing precautionary incentives and allocating environmental risk, liability for environmental damages faces two difficulties: randomness of damages incurred and nonobservability of precautionary measures. Hence, a major obstacle in enforcing legal claims is the difficulty of proving...

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Conserving Biodiversity by Commercialization? A Model Framework for a Market for Genetic Resources

Deke, Oliver - 2001

Since naturally occurring genetic information serves as a valuable input for biotechnological R&D, the private provision of genetic resources could generate income for the protection of biodiversity-rich areas. However, there has been a controversy over whether these potential revenues are...

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Modelling the economic impact of global warming in a general equilibrium framework

Kurtze, Christiane; Springer, Katrin - 1999

The issue of global warming has become a major topic in the international environmental debate. Alternative climate policy measures can be evaluated with the help of a simulation model that integrates economic and natural science considerations. A fully integrated assessment of the two-way...

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Modeling linkages between climate policy and land use: an overview

van der Werf, Edwin; Peterson, Sonja - 2007

Agriculture and forestry play an important role in emitting and storing greenhouse gases. For an efficient and cost …

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Foreign Direct Investment and Environmental Taxes

De Santis, Roberto A.; Stähler, Frank - 2000

This paper discusses environmental policies in response to foreign direct investment (FDI) in a symmetrie two-country setting, where firms' behavior affects government policy decisions. We show that two alternative equilibria with FDI are possible: (i) one with unilateral FDI, where one firm is...

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Sustainability and international trade in resources

Klepper, Gernot; Stähler, Frank - 1995

This paper discusses environmental policies which aim at a sustainable use of domestic resources which are mobile. It assumes that one country introduces such a policy but the other country does not. If a resource is mobile, strict domestic environmental policies may increase the resource...

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Trade policy and environmental protection

Siebert, Horst - 1996

The paper analyzes the relationship between trade policy and environmental protection. National and global environmental issues are distinguished. In principle, there is no conflict between an institutional order for international trade and national environmental policy. Protectionism against...

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Sustainable development and international distribution: Theory and application to rainforests as carbon sinks

Mohr, Ernst - 1993

A situation is analysed in which two countries negotiate the financing of the incremental costs which accrue if one of them switches from a non-sustainable onto a sustainable development path. The other country's incentive to pay arises as it benefits from the developing country's environmental...

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