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CDM Potential for Rural Transition in China Case Study: Options in Yinzhou District, Zhejiang Province

Zhao, Xingshu; Michaelowa, Axel - 2004

during the rural transition process in China, using a case study of quickly urbanizing and industrializing Yinzhou district … in coastal Zhejiang province. Yinzhou's per capita GDP reached US$ 3100 in 2002, three times China's average, and is …

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Carbon policy in a high-growth economy: The case of China

Bretschger, Lucas; Zhang, Lin - 2014

it would imply too high costs for fast growing economies like China. To quantify these costs we develop a general … increased urbanization raises the costs of carbon policies due to altered consumption patterns. …

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Rural labor absorption efficiency in urban areas under different urbanization patterns and industrial structures: The case of China

Liwen, Chen; Zeng, Xiangquan; Yumei, Yang - 2011

In this paper, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate how well China's urban areas absorb migrant workers … under the interaction of urbanization and industrialization. We applied an output-oriented BCC model to evaluate provincial … and regional rural labor absorption efficiency in mainland China. It appears that 4 out of 31 provinces and municipals are …

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Spatial dependence of regional unemployment in the European Union

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2002

The findings of recent studies on adjustment processes suggest that regional labour markets in the EU and the US differ significantly. Low wage flexibility and limited labour mobility in European countries involve persistent unemployment differentials across regions. However, the spatial...

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Convergence and the effects of spatial interaction

Niebuhr, Annekatrin - 2000

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the issue of income convergence has received considerable attention in economic research. Although a vast number of empirical studies has emerged, evidence on the role of spatial interaction is still rather scarce. The present paper is an attempt to provide...

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Applying tradable permits to biodiversity conservation: effects of space-dependent ecological benefits and cost heterogeneity on habitat allocation

Drechsler, Martin; Wätzold, Frank - 2007

This paper is concerned with the cost-effective allocation of habitat for endangered species under spatio-temporally heterogeneous economic development. To address the dynamic dimension of the problem we consider tradable development rights (TDR) as the instrument of choice. A particular...

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Exponential or Power Distance-decay for Commuting? An Alternative Specification

de Vries, Jacob J.; Nijkamp, Peter; Rietveld, Piet - 2004

In this paper we determine the effect of transport cost on commuting flows, on the basis of an analysis of home-to-work journeys between municipalities in Denmark. Special attention is given to a proper estimation method and the form of the distance-decay function. It appears that neither an...

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Does Proximity Matter in the Choice of Partners in Collaborative R&D Projects? – An Empirical Analysis of Granted Projects in Germany

Fuhrmeister, Clemens; Titze, Mirko; Blum, Ulrich; … - 2014

This paper contributes to the discussion on the importance of physical distance in the emergence of cross-region collaborative Research and Development (R&D) interactions. The proximity theory, and its extensions, is used as a theoretical framework. A spatial interaction model for count data was...

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Para Krizleri Öngörüsünde Logit Model ve Sinyal Yaklaşımının Değeri: Türkiye Tecrübesi

Kaya, Vedat; Yilmaz, Omer - 2007

Logit model and the signal approach are two analysis methods being commonly used to forecast and explain currency crises. Logit model is successful to determine explaining variables of crisis and to calculate the probability of crisis in particular during the period experienced with a crisis. On...

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A salience theory of choice errors

Manzini, Paola; Mariotti, Marco - 2010

We study a psychologically based foundation for choice errors. The decision maker applies a preference ranking after forming a 'consideration set' prior to choosing an alternative. Membership of the consideration set is determined both by the alternative specific salience and by the rationality...

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