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Global Multisector / Multicountry 3 - E Modelling: From COMPASS to GI FORS

Meyer, Prof. Dr. Bernd; Lutz, Dr. Christian; Wolter, … - GWS mbH - Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftliche … - 2003

: A multisector and multicountry system with global coverage and bilateral trade linkage with econometrically estimated … GINFORS (Global Interindustry Forecasting System), which is just being constructed based on the experiences made with COMPASS … parameters is needed. The authors present the system COMPASS (Comprehensive Model of Policy Assessment) and the improved system …

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Determinants of Environmental Expenditure and Investment: Evidence from Sweden

Jaraite, Jurate; Kažukauskas, Andrius; Lundgren, Tommy - CERE - the Center for Environmental and Resource Economics - 2012

This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of environmental expenditure and investment. Also, by employing the Heckman selection models, we study how environmental expenditure and investment by Swedish industrial firms responded to the national and international policies directed to...

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Environmental Policy and the Location of Foreign Direct Investment in China.

Ljungwall, Christer; Linde-Rahr, Martin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005

This paper introduces an environmental policy variable, i.e. the provincial pollution levy paid by an average firm, and measure its impact on the foreign investors' location decisions over the 1987 to 1998 period. We argue that less developed regions in China are more inclined to sacrifice...

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Understanding the Success of an Environmental Policy: The case of the 1989-1999 Integrated Pest Management Program in Indonesia

Resosudarmo, Budy P - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2010

The fact that most environmental degradation occurs in developing countries shows that they face difficulties in implementing environmental policies. It is hence extremely valuable to take lessons from any instances of the successful implementation of an environmental policy in a developing...

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Are You SURE You Want to Waste Policy Chances? Waste Generation, Landfill Diversion and Environmental Policy Effectiveness in the EU15

Iafolla, Valentina; Mazzanti, Massimiliano; Nicolli, … - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010

We empirically test delinking of waste dynamics with regard to economic growth and the effectiveness of environmental and specific waste-related policies, by exploiting a newly constructed, integrated waste-economic-policy dataset based on official data for the EU15 for 1995-2007. We find that...

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Foreign direct investment and globalization

Leitão, Nuno Carlos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper aims to examine the relationship between foreign direct investment and the globalization. The Portuguese … potential correlation issues and endogeneity bias. The results show that the market size and globalization have a positive … of dynamic theoretical model will be of interest to academic researches in FDI theory. …

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Globalization and Environment: Can Pollution Haven Hypothesis alone explain the impact of Globalization on Environment?

Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

globalization on pollution level, pollution intensity and relative change of pollution for the developed (OECD), developing (Non …-OECD) country groups, and the world as a whole. This paper examines the factor endowment and pollution haven hypotheses that predict … how trade affects the environment. Interaction effects also play a crucial role to determine the impact of globalization …

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Does Greater Economic Openness Grasp the Elements of Inflation 'Surprise'? New Evidence Using Panel Data Techniques

Syed, Sarfaraz Ali Shah - In: Economie Internationale (2012) 130, pp. 33-58

globalization on inflation in both developed and developing countries, and going further for different regional clusters. The … outlier. Nonetheless, despite the mixed impact of globalization on inflation, it does not allow for inflation …

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The relationship between globalization and insurance activities: A panel data analysis

Chen, Sen-Sung; Cheng, Shu-Ching; Pan, Guochen; Wu, … - In: Japan and the World Economy 28 (2013) C, pp. 151-157

globalization and insurance activity. We examine data from sigma reports of Swiss Reinsurance Company for 8 Eastern Asian countries … activity, life insurance activity, and non-life insurance activity on globalization only in Korea. However, there is strong … causality from globalization to insurance activity for Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines. In our research, the results …

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Does globalization affect the insurance markets? Bootstrap panel Granger causality test

Chang, Tsangyao; Cheng, Shu-Ching; Pan, Guochen; Wu, … - In: Economic Modelling 33 (2013) C, pp. 254-260

This study applies the bootstrap panel Granger causality test to identify whether globalization promotes insurance …–2008. Empirically, results for one-way Granger causality show the influence of insurance activity on globalization only in Japan …. However, there is strong interaction causality between globalization and insurance activity in India, South Korea, and …

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