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Vincent, Jeffrey R. - 2013

"Ecosystem services" has become a catch-phrase for the complex connections between the natural environment and human … near term. This perception can make policymakers reluctant to support environmental protection. Where the environment is a …

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Massive Modular Ecosystems

Thun, Eric; Dallas, Mark P.; Sturgeon, Timothy J.; … - 2025

The rapid evolution of the global economy, driven by digitization and modularization, has outpaced existing theoretical tools. This paper proposes a unified analytical framework for understanding the complexity of digital industries through the lens of Massive Modular Ecosystems. To...

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Environment as Cultural Heritage : The Armenian Diaspora???s Willingness to Pay to Protect Armenia???s Lake Sevan

Laplante, Benoît; Meisner, Craig; Wang, Hua - 2012

This paper presents a study of willingness-to-pay of the Armenian Diaspora in the United States to protect Armenia's Lake Sevan, a unique and precious symbol of the Armenian cultural heritage. Dichotomous choice contingent valuation questions were asked by mail surveys to elicit respondents'...

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Goals for Development : History, Prospects, and Costs

Devarajan, Shantayanan; Miller, Margaret J.; Swanson, … - 2013

, gender equality, the environment, and other aspects of human welfare. At existing rates of progress many countries will fall … in health, education, and the environment. Both estimates yield a figure in the range of $40-$70 billion in additional … to changes in the policy environment (both at the macroeconomic and sector level, and with respect to international trade …

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Environmental Determinants of Child Mortality in Rural China : A Competing Risks Approach

Jacoby, Hanan; Wang, Limin - 2013

We use a competing risk model to analyze environmental determinants of child mortality using the 1992 China National Health Survey, which collects information on cause of death. Our primary question is whether taking into account of cause of death using a competing risk model, compared with a...

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The Environment as a Factor of Production

Considine, Timothy James; Larson, Donald F. - 2013

The authors develop a model of environmental resource use in production with an empirical analysis of how electric power companies consume and bank sulfur dioxide pollution permits. The model considers emissions, fuels, and labor as variable inputs with quasi-fixed inputs of permits and capital....

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Impact of Temperature Uncertainty on Firm Growth

Yang, Jangho; Schoder, Christian - 2025

This study examines the impact of temperature uncertainty on firm fixed capital growth using a unique dataset that merges extensive firm-level financial data with detailed grid-level weather data. The analysis reveals a strong negative relationship between temperature uncertainty and fixed...

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Crops, Conflict and Climate Change

Artuc, Erhan; Porto, Guido; Rijkers, Bob - 2025

This paper studies the welfare impacts of agricultural shocks on households with detailed heterogeneity, by taking consumption, land, and labor allocation choices into account. The underlying model is quantified with household survey data from 51 developing countries, then used to analyze the...

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Vulnerability to Climate Risk-Induced Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean

De La Fuente, Alejandro; Serio, Monserrat - 2024

This study offers the first comprehensive estimates of populations in Latin America and the Caribbean at heightened risk of poverty or deeper impoverishment due to structural factors and risks, particularly climate-related events. The populations of Peru, Colombia, and Honduras exhibit the...

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The Potential Cascading Impacts of Climate Change in Cambodia

Pollitt, Hector; Petrauskaite, Migle - 2024

This paper develops a "plausible worst-case" scenario for Cambodia to illustrate how a severe, 1-in-10-year flood could trigger cascading impacts, including widespread disease outbreaks and financial instability. The analysis shifts from forecasting to risk management, focusing on the economic...

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