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-fired electric power plants) are often the first targets considered for serious CO2 emissions mitigation. Without participation of … all sectors of the global economy, however, the challenges of climate change mitigation will not be met. Because of its … particularly difficult challenge for CO2 emissions mitigation. Our research shows that climate change induced price signals (i …
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combination of policy instruments will be more economically efficient than any single strategy in order to correct for multiple …) to compare the cost-effectiveness of individual and combinations of policy instruments. Despite many of the parameter … policy instruments in terms of economic efficiency found in Fischer & Newell (2008). Beginning with the most cost …
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This paper summarizes studies of carbon (C) mitigation potential and costs of about 40 forestry options in seven … developing countries. Each study uses the same methodological approach - Comprehensive Mitigation Assessment Process (COMAP) - to … estimate the above parameters between 2000 and 2030. The approach requires the projection of baseline and mitigation land …
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an important link between instrument choice and policy stringency, based on the observation that both of these elements … of policy design depend on the same underlying information, namely the marginal benefit and cost slopes. This result is … of stabilization at the current stock level. In the case of greenhouse gas policy, we show that any benefit slope …
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solicit their perspectives on innovation policy issues. Findings indicate that current government innovation management … significantly between producers and users. Producers generally favoured more indirect government involvement. Policy implications …
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in the context of the forest products industry in China, this study attempts to fill in the blank by investigating the … scholars, policy makers and industry managers. With a focus on environmental marketing at the strategic level, this study seeks … enterprises to building market-supporting institutions, its influence on business decisions may decline in the future. Private …
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China’s agricultural and trade policies have been shifting despite little change in policy objectives. This paper … investigates potential implications of recent agriculture policies applied in China, and quantitatively analyzes their impacts on … farmers and lowering domestic prices to consumers. China’s producers increase production slightly because of increased input …
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: long-term vision and policy for the industry; basic resources and infrastructure [physical & institutional]; thinking the …
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Under the normal conditions of construction contracts, the client is obliged to pay the contractor in monthly instalments. The amount of each instalment is based on the value of construction work actually produced in the previous month and forecasts are needed in advance of the likely value of...
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The aim of construction price forecasting is to provide an estimate of the market price of construction contracts. The estimates may be for individual or groups of past, present or future projects entering the contract market. They are made by a variety of interested parties ranging from...
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