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A test of Hirschman’s hiding hand principle in world bank-financed hydropower projects
Olasehinde-Williams, Godwin; Jenkins, Glenn P. - In: Journal of benefit-cost analysis : JBCA 14 (2023) 2, pp. 298-317
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A test of Hirschman's Hiding Hand principle in World Bank-financed hydropower projects
Jenkins, Glenn P.; Olasehinde-Williams, Godwin - 2023
Hiding Hand dominates the Malevolent Hiding Hand in the selected World Bank-financed hydropower projects (33% v. 21%) and …This study is an attempt to determine whether the need to get hydropower project appraisals perfectly right during the … placing some weight on proceeding with hydropower projects that shows significant promise even if all the implantation risks …
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A test of Hirschman's hiding hand principle in World Bank-financed hydropower projects
Olasehinde-Williams, Godwin; Jenkins, Glenn P. - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014433251
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Global Warming : Correcting the Data
Michaels, Patrick - 2008
Temperature records compiled by the International Panel on Climate Change are biased by non-climatic factors that are largely socioeconomic in origin. The result is that as much as 50 percent of the land-surface warming that has been detected in recent decades may not be the product of global...
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The Environmental Kuznets Curve from Multiple Perspectives
Jaeger, William K.; Kolpin, Van - 2013
The analysis finds that in addition to U-shaped paths of environmental quality arising for growth in income per capita, growth in population can also produce socially efficient patterns that are U-shaped. Sufficient conditions for both types of paths are identified for a range of models and...
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Taxes, Subsidies, and Knowledge : A Reply to Professor Oei
Simkovic, Michael - 2016
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World Bank-directed development? : negotiating participation in the Nam Theun 2 hydropower project in Laos
Singh, Sarinda - In: Development and change 40 (2009) 3, pp. 487-507
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'Offsetting' Crisis? - Climate Change Cap and Trade Need Not Contribute to Another Financial Meltdown
Flatt, Victor Byers - 2012
In 2009, the promise of a comprehensive federal cap and trade bill to address climate change fell apart. At least in part, this was due to the fears that exotic 'carbon' financial instruments might cause more financial crises. As California launches it economy wide carbon trading system, and...
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A Review of Renewable Energy Supply and Energy Efficiency Technologies
Abolhosseini, Shahrouz - 2014
Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...
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A review of renewable energy supply and energy efficiency technologies
Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - 2014
Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350361