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on Trade and Environment (CTE) mandated the WTO Secretariat to compile and collate all environment-related measures … notified to WTO. The database also includes environment-related entries found in Trade Policy Reviews (TPRs). This information … time, we can better understand how the relationship between trade and environment is evolving in Members' trade policies …
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This paper investigates the sensitivity of the intergenerational transmission of health to exogenous changes in income … maternal health by (relative) height. We find that improvements in maternal education, income and public health provision that …
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housing on health and on income? How do we choose between policies in completely different areas, such as an education policy …
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debates about economy and environment: autonomous technological change, induced technological change and barriers of entry to …
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This paper investigates the linkages between the environment, income and migration, exploring the role that … allows for the estimation of a migration decision function in two stages, relating migration to income and the environment … environmental factors play in inducing migration within a rural developing economy. The environment has a deep economic value …
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cooperation in groups. Within the controlled environment of a laboratory experiment, we identify ways by which non …
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Preparing people for dealing with hazards, diseases and disasters requires teaching them statistics, and ideally doing so by means of good representation formats in a dynamic fashion. Translating these dynamics to simple communication is what governments need from scientists.
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Based on an ad hoc online survey about risk perception and preventive behaviours, we describe three chronological phases related to how people in Germany perceived the Corona pandemic between March 22 and May 10, 2020. In general, participants reported to be less concerned about their own risk...
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The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument for assessing psychological readiness for entrepreneurship. A well-designed measurement of entrepreneurship psychological readiness can provide early warning to policymakers, in this case the government, and provide education and funding to...
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We analyze the determinants of environmental policy when two firms engage in two types of lobbying against a restriction on allowed pollution: General lobbying increases the total amount of allowed pollution, which is beneficial for both firms. Private lobbying increases the individual pollution...
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