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Poverty traps in natural resource based economy: case of Iran [PDF]
Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī, 2012 Poverty traps as vicious circles preserve people‘s poverty and undermine the poor effort to overcome their own misery. This paper presents an empirical test for a subclass of poverty traps hypotheses.
Hosein Raghfar +2 more
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The Economic Costs of Corruption: A Survey and New Evidence [PDF]
This paper reviews the empirical literature on the economic costs of corruption. Corruption affects economic growth, the level of GDP per capita, investment activity, international trade and price stability negatively.
Axel Dreher, Thomas Herzfeld
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Connecting GDP Per Capita and Average Life Expectancy
International Journal of Social Science and Economic ResearchEconomic growth is a single dimensional concept, one of the most used measures for which is GDP per capita. On the other hand, economic development is a multi-dimensional concept with average life expectancy as the most popular measure. As per economists, economic growth might lead to economic development but not always. This paper sets out to find the
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Barriers to the Adoption of Circular Economy Business Models in the Indian Textile Industry
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indian textile industry has significant negative impacts on the environment. This industry needs to adopt a circular economy approach to become more sustainable; however, progress on this has been limited. In this study, we report on the barriers to adoption of Circular Economy Business Models (CEBMs) in the Indian textile industry.
Himanshu Chandra +2 more
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Short run and long run dynamics of impact of health status on economic growth Evidence from Pakistan [PDF]
The paper investigates the impacts of different health indicators on Economic growth in Pakistan. The Cointegration and Error Correction techniques were applied on the time series data of Pakistan for the period of 1972-2006.
Akram, Naeem
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite the critical role that state‐owned enterprises (SOEs) can play in the green transition, relatively little is known about governments' environmental behavior as foreign shareholders. This study examines the effect of state ownership on domestic and foreign environmental performance.
Pablo Torres, Germà Bel, Marc Esteve
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RATES, RATIOS AND PER CAPITA VARIABLES IN INTERNATIONAL MODELS: ANALYSIS OF INVESTMENT AND FOREIGN TRADE IN OECD COUNTRIES [PDF]
Some econometric models try to explain the rate of growth of real Gross Domestic Product per capita as a function or ratios like Investment/GDP or Exports/GDP, with confusing results and conclusions which are misleading when the studies do not show a ...
GUISAN, Maria-Carmen
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Decarbonization of the economy is a central challenge in the fight against climate change. Although most governments show clear commitment to limiting global warming, the drivers of corporate decarbonization remain underexplored. Using a dataset of 1052 firms from OECD, this article analyses how intangible assets and environmental innovation ...
Yanik Nimtz, Mercedes Teruel
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Board Networks and Corporate Carbon Emissions: A Cross‐Country Analysis of Causal Effects
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether board networks influence corporate carbon emissions and the strategic pathways through which firms decarbonize. Using a sample of 1952 firms across 48 countries from 2003 to 2020, we employ dynamic stacked regressions that exploit exogenous carbon‐regulation shocks affecting firms connected through shared third ...
Katarzyna Burzynska +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the strategic efficacy of corporate low‐carbon energy transition, such as through nuclear energy adoption, as a response to decarbonization pressures. Analyzing an international sample of energy firms, we demonstrate that the relationship between this form of transition and emission reductions is not technologically ...
Bilal Ahmed Abbasi +4 more
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