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The EU’s Quest for Strategic Raw Materials: What Role for Mining and Recycling?

Righetti, Edoardo; Rizos, Vasileios - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 2, pp. 69-73

The war in Ukraine has brought the challenges stemming from Europe's dependency on natural gas and oil imports into sharp focus. This has also highlighted another dependency - that on raw materials that are critical for the EU's transition to a low-carbon economy. A strategic approach to raw...

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Critical Raw Material Supply Matters and the Potential of the Circular Economy to Contribute to Security

Månberger, André - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 2, pp. 74-78

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Agriculture, Pesticides and the Ecosystem

Pethig, Rüdiger - 2001

Economists have a good understanding of intra-economic interdependence and a mature methodology of modeling it. Ecologists focus on the complex and sensitive interactions of species in ecosystems. This paper's objective is to suggest a new micro-foundation of ecosystem analysis based on economic...

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Economics of technological change and the natural environment: How effective are innovations as a remedy for resource scarcity?

Bretschger, Lucas - 2004

The paper aims to substantiate the importance of endogenous innovations when evaluating the compatibility of natural resource use and economic development. It explains that technological change has the potential to compensate for natural resource scarcity, diminishing returns to capital, poor...

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Is Inequality Harmful for the Environment in a Growing Economy?

Kempf, Hubert; Rossignol, Stéphane - 2005

In this paper we investigate the relationship between inequality and the environment in a growing economy from a … the environment. Public expenditures may either be devoted to supporting growth or abating pollution. The decision over … and show that inequality is harmful for the environment: the poorer the median voter relative to the average individual …

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Does Partner Type Matter in R&D Collaboration for Environmental Innovation?

Pippel, Gunnar - 2013

In the literature on environmental innovations R&D collaborations have been identified as a critical determinant of a firm's environmental innovation performance. However, the literature suggests that R&D collaboration is not always beneficial. Therefore, a more elaborated analysis of the...

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Modeling economic, social and environmental implications of a free trade agreement between the European Union and the Russian Federation

Jarocinska, Elena; Maliszewska, Maryla; Ščasný, Milan - 2010

The EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, which entered into force in 1997 foresees the possible establishment of a free trade area (FTA) between the parties. The aim of our study is to evaluate the possible economic, social and environmental impact of such a free trade agreement...

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The development gap between the CIS and EU

Sinitsina, Irina; Atamanov, Aziz; Chubrik, Alexander; … - 2008

); * innovation potential, including R&D, information and communication technologies, and institutional environment; * openness and …

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Nachhaltige Mobilität als umweltpolitisches Handlungsfeld in Kleinstädten

Nadler, Robert; Fina, Stefan - In: Kompendium Kleinstadtforschung, (pp. 177-188). 2021

Mobilitäts- und damit zusammenhängende Umweltthemen werden bislang kaum explizit für Kleinstädte beforscht. Im Fokus stehen Raumtypen mit hoher (Großstadt) bzw. geringer (ländlicher Raum) Nutzerdichte. Der Beitrag fasst den Forschungsstand für Kleinstädte zusammen und argumentiert, dass...

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A framework for incorporating environmental indicators to the measurement of human well-being

Zaim, Osman - 2005

This study, relying on an economic-theoretical approach to index numbers, proposes a framework for incorporating environmental indicators to the measurement of human well-being. Furthermore this study also proposes an improvement index which alleviates the well-known deficiency of across-time...

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