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Copeland, Brian Richard - 2013

This paper reviews the challenges and opportunities raised by international trade for developing countries considering a green growth strategy. A key concern is the effect of environmental policies on international competitiveness. For production-generated pollution, there is evidence that...

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Economics of Transiting to Renewable Energy in Morocco : A General Equilibrium Analysis

Landis, Florian; Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2014

investment in renewable energy. The study shows that meeting the renewable target would achieve up to 15 percent reduction of … fuel taxation and a renewable energy mandate financed through increased electricity prices, have been considered to attract … meet the renewable energy target in Morocco, as the former would cause a lower loss in economic welfare and a larger …

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Oil Price Volatility, Economic Growth and the Hedging Role of Renewable Energy

Rentschler, Jun E. - 2013

countries can hedge against such effects by using renewable energy. By considering the Realized Volatility of oil prices, rather … discusses various factors which may determine the level of sensitivity (such as sectoral composition and the energy mix). This … volatility shocks in hypothetical energy mixes (with increased renewable shares) illustrate the potential economic benefits …

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Tools for Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Green Growth : The U.S. and Mexico

Harrington, Winston; Morgenstern, Richard D.; … - 2013

well-established as a world leader in the use of quantitative methods to evaluate options for environmental regulation and …

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Aging, Social Security Design, and Capital Accumulation

Dedry, Antoine; Onder, Harun; Pestieau, Pierre - 2015

This paper analyzes the impact of aging on capital accumulation and welfare in a country with a sizable unfunded social security system. Using a two-period overlapping generation model with endogenous retirement decisions, the paper shows that the type of aging and the type of unfunded social...

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Capital Accumulation and Resource Depletion : A Hartwick Rule Counterfactual

Hamilton, Kirk; Ruta, Giovanni; Tajibaeva, Liaila - 2012

also derive a more general rule for sustainability-maintain positive constant genuine investment-and use this to draw …

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Understanding the Economic Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Policies on Shipping : What Is the State of the Art of Current Modeling Approaches?

Englert, Dominik; Halim, Ronald A.; Smith, Tristan - 2019

The International Maritime Organization's initial strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships stipulates that the international shipping sector should assess the impacts on states prior to adoption of the mitigation measures included in the strategy. This assessment should be...

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Dirty Exports and Environmental Regulation : Do Standards Matter to Trade?

Wilson, John S.; Sewadeh, Mirvat - Tsunehiro Otsuki - 2013

How to address the link between environmental regulation and trade was an important part of discussions at the World …

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Trade, Environmental Regulations and the World Trade Organization : New Empirical Evidence

Busse, Matthias - 2013

The paper empirically explores the linkages between environmental regulations and international trade flows. So far, empirical studies either have failed to find any close statistical relationship or have delivered questionable results due to data limitations. Using a comprehensive new database...

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Social Inclusion in Macro-Level Diagnostics : Reflecting on the World Bank Group's Early Systematic Country Diagnostics

Bordia Das, Maitreyi - 2016

-level assessments conducted by the World Bank Group, ahead of the preparation of its Country Partnership Frameworks. In addition to this …

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