Sökning: "environmental endowment"
Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden environmental endowment.
1. Microeconomic Policy for Development: Essays on Trade and Environment, Poverty and Education
Sammanfattning : Abstracts This thesis contains three papers analyzing different issues. Paper 1: “Do Countries with Lax Environmental Regulations Have a Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries?” We study whether lax environmental regulations induce comparative advantages, causing the least-regulated countries to specialize in polluting industries. LÄS MER
2. Environmental and Behavioral Economics - Applications to China
Sammanfattning : Paper 1: “The Effects of an Environmental Policy on Consumers – Lessons from the Chinese Plastic Bag Regulation.” To reduce plastic bag litter, China introduced a nationwide regulation requiring all retailers to charge for plastic shopping bags on June 1, 2008. LÄS MER
3. Family, Friend, or Foe? Essays in Empirical Microeconomics
Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four studies that deal with how individual outcomes are shaped by social interactions. The scope of the thesis ranges from relationships between individuals in what is arguably the most fundamental building block in society today — the family — to more generalized relationships between different groups in society. LÄS MER