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Green Growth and Climate Change Policies in New Zealand

Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

New Zealand, as a resource-based economy anxious to protect and promote its clean-and-green image, appropriately sees green growth as a natural direction for future development. The country’s environment is of high quality, and depletion of its abundant natural resources is for the most part...

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Deconstructing Canada's Housing Markets: Finance, Affordability and Urban Sprawl

Cheung, Calista - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

requires stronger pricing signals for land development, road use, congestion and parking, combined with better integration of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276860

Maintaining an Efficient and Equitable Housing Market in Belgium

Zwart, Sanne - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015

Housing conditions in Belgium are among the best in OECD countries according to the Better Life Index, as dwellings are of high quality and large, and housing costs are average. However, the steep increase in house prices since 2003 has put market access for first-time buyers under pressure....

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Policies for Inclusive Urbanisation in China

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off … standards improve, putting pressure on land prices. This can be offset by relaxing the very stringent restrictions on the use of … agricultural land for building. For migrants to better integrate in the cities where they work, their access and that of their …

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Environmental Policies and Productivity Growth: A Critical Review of Empirical Findings

Koźluk, Tomasz; Zipperer, Vera - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

The economic effects of environmental policies are of central interest to policymakers. The traditional approach sees environmental policies as a burden on economic activity, at least in the short to medium term, as they raise costs without increasing output and restrict the set of production...

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Encouraging Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Canada

Vourc'h, Ann - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

This paper analyses aspects of natural resource policy and environmental policy in Canada. In the taxation of resource-based activities, the management of water supply and the Atlantic fisheries management, the paper finds that there are incentives that may lead to overexploitation,...

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Encouraging Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Australia

Vourc'h, Ann; Price, Robert W.R. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

programmes while at the same time authorising further land clearing. Economic instruments could be used for intermediate ...<BR …

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Enhancing Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Finland

Vourc'h, Ann; Jimenez, Miguel - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2000

This document examines Finland’s policy on natural and environmental resource management. In many fields, progress has been made and pollution curbed. However, there is still room for improvement with regard to cost-effectiveness. Economic evaluation of the measures planned in various fields...

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Making Growth More Environmentally Sustainable in Germany

Kirkpatrick, Grant; Klepper, Gernot; Price, Robert W.R. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

pollueurs les plus importants ont eu tendance à être exemptés des réglementations les plus strictes, du fait de préoccupations …

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Encouraging Environmentally Sustainable Growth in Sweden

Roseveare, Deborah - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001

This paper analyses Sweden’s policies for addressing a range of key environmental challenges. Although Sweden has a deliberately comprehensive approach to establishing its environmental objectives and policies, some issues have received particular attention. These include acidification and...

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