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Does improved environmental policy enhance economic growth? endogenous growth theory applied to developing countries
(Discussion Papers;No. 114, Working paper, 1994)The environmental impacts on an economy is studied over time using endogenous growth theory. Externalities from the environment on production are central in the analysis, and we examine whether an optimal path realizes ... -
Greenhouse gas emissions in Norway : do carbon taxes work?
(Discussion Papers;No. 337, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: During the last decade, Norway has carried out an ambitious climate policy. The main policy tool is a relatively high carbon tax, which was implemented already in 1991. Data for the development in CO2 emissions ... -
How well do tree plantations comply with the twin targets of the clean development mechanism? : the case of tree plantations in Tanzania
(Discussion Papers;No. 534, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: This paper studies the effect of a CDM tree-planting project on carbon sequestration and urban and rural income distribution, taking economy-wide impacts into account. Carbon sequestration in agricultural soil ... -
Unit roots, polynomial transformations and the environmental Kuznets curve
(Discussion Papers;No. 443, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: Time-series regressions including non-linear transformations of an integrated variable are not uncommon in various fields of economics. In particular, within the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) literature, ...