Economic valuation of climate change adaptation
This paper reviews the literature on the economics of climate change adaptation in developing countries, and identifies three key points for consideration in future studies.
Corporate Environmental Management in Transition Economies: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe
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We use firm-level data to study the adoption of Environmental Management Practices (EMPs) in the most polluting industrial sectors in Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia during the 1990 – 1998 period when these countries were in a transition away from a centrally planned economy.
In defence of sensible economics
How can economics best contribute to the scientific and public debates? Professor Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, together with Nicholas Stern, who wrote the The Stern Review, and Nobel laureates Thomas Schelling and Robert Solow are among the scholars who explain in this book both how economics has changed environmental understanding and how the study of climate change has modified the economy.
Household Tree Planting in Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: Tree Species, Purposes, and Determinants
Trees have both economic and ecological purposes in rural Ethiopia, supplying households with wood products for consumption and sale, and decreasing soil degradation.
Land Reforms in Asia and Africa - Impacts on Poverty and Natural Resource Management
In this research project EfD aims to draw lessons from land reforms in several Asian and African countries. The findings will be presented in a book edited by Professors Stein Holden and Keijiro
Land Reforms in Asia and Africa - Impacts on Poverty and Natural Resource Management
A new EfD/RFF Book titled "Land Reforms in Asia and Africa - Impacts on Poverty and Natural Resource Management" is planned for 2012. Editors are Professors Stein Holden and Keijiro Otsuka.
The research project on land reforms is ongoing, and a first book workshop was held on Jan 24-25, 2010, at Peking University.
Sida and the University of Gothenburg give 26.5 million SEK to environmental economics programme
Press release from Environmental Economics Unit, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, 2009-12-18 The Environmental Economics Unit at the School of Business, Economics and…
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To trade or Not to Trade: A Firm-Level Analysis of Emissions Trading in Santiago, Chile
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The authors surveyed firms participating in emissions trading programs in Santiago, Chile, to explore further whether tradable permits are appropriate for transition and developing economies. Their survey information revealed serious implementation and design flaws in Chile’s trading, but they are not more severe than the EU or U.S. systems. Countries with similar income levels and institutional maturity as Chile should be able to develop well-functioning permit trading schemes.
Climate Change in a Public Goods Game: Investment Decision in Mitigation versus Adaptation
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The authors studied the potential tradeoff between countries’ investments in mitigation versus adaptation to climate change. Mitigating greenhouse gases may be a public good, but adaptation to climate change is a private good, benefiting only the country or individual.