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Strategies for Sustainable and Inclusive Agriculture Development in Jharkhand

Singh, Vivek - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Despite having rich mineral and biotic resources with some of India’s most industrialized cities, Jharkhand is amongst the third poorest state in India. The rural economy is dominated by smallholder rain-fed farming and use of extensive common property resources. In this paper, an attempt is...

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Modelling biodiversity

Halkos, George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This study uses a sample of 71 countries and nonparametric quantile and partial regressions to model a number of threatened species (reptiles, mammals, fish, birds, trees, plants) in relation to various economic and environmental variables (GDPc, CO¬2 emissions, agricultural production, energy...

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Environmental attitude, motivations and values for marine biodiversity protection

Halkos, George; Matsiori, Steriani - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

This study explores people’s environmental attitudes and motives for putting economic values to marine biodiversity and … values were derived from a referendum, contingent valuation method (CVM) survey for protecting marine biodiversity. Use of … individuals’ opinions about marine biodiversity utility. Pro-environmental behavior or attitudes are associated with higher NEP …

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Biodiversity and economic growth: stabilization versus preservation of the ecological dynamics

Antoci, Angelo; Borghesi, Simone; Russu, Paolo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

This work examines the impact that economic growth can have on biodiversity and on the ecological dynamics that would … naturally emerge in the absence of human activity. The loss of biodiversity may induce policy-makers to implement defensive … exist in the absence of human intervention. This suggests that there might exist a conflict between preserving biodiversity …

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The First Oil Shock, Stylized Facts, Reflections and The Easterly Puzzle in a Forty-Year Retrospective

Covi, Giovanni - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The paper aims at understanding if the First Oil Shock has produced long-term effects to the economic system and its fundamentals, if it is still indirectly affecting the energy market and the growth rates of the Western Economies and Less Developed Countries. An historical perspective here will...

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Factors Determining FDI in Nigeria: Role of Emerging Economies

Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper investigates the determinants of FDI in Nigeria, which is poor in terms of income but rich in natural resources. This study is an extension of our earlier work (Dinda 2012). Incorporating emerging trade partners of Nigeria in VECM this paper re-examine the factors determining FDI...

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Introduction: Environmental Sustainability Symposium

Cebula, Richard; Payne, James - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The issue of environmental sustainability is a controversial and extremely diverse multi-faceted topic that ranges from questions as to how to ensure that adequate investment in energy R&D and infrastructure will be undertaken, to state level renewable portfolio standards, to the impact of...

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Hydrocarbon liquefaction: viability as a peak oil mitigation strategy

Höök, Mikael; Fantazzini, Dean; Angelantoni, André; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Current world capacity of hydrocarbon liquefaction is around 400,000 barrels per day (kb/d), providing a marginal share of the global liquid fuel supply. This study performs a broad review of technical, economic, environmental, and supply chains issues related to coal-to-liquids (CTL) and...

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Current issues in the economics of groundwater resource management

Koundouri, Phoebe - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

The issue of groundwater management remains a practical concern in many regions throughout the world, while water managers continue to grapple with the question of how to manage this resource. In this article, we attempt to bring the most advanced and appropriate tools to bear on the issue of...

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Disregarded inefficiency may dominate sustainability policies

Bazhanov, Andrei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper examines the effects of ignored inefficiencies on the reliability of sustainability indicators and effectiveness of investment in resource-based economies. A model of a social planner does not include some phenomena that may influence the path of utility. These unspecified phenomena...

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