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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate sustainability in the Global South unfolds under heterogeneous institutional conditions, where firms face simultaneous pressures from global ESG standards and local governance constraints. This study examines the relationship between ESG‐aligned environmental practices and corporate financial performance, considering the moderating ...
Paulo Sérgio Reinert +3 more
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Fiscal sustainability across government tiers: an assessment of soft budget constraints. [PDF]
This paper analyses how fiscal adjustment comes about when both central and sub-national governments are involved in consolidation. We test sustainability of public debt with a fiscal rule for both the federal and regional government.
Raúl Ramos +2 more
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Subnational Business Ready in the European Union 2024: Bulgaria
This year, the Subnational B-READY series cover 40 cities in six EU Member States—Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, and the Slovak Republic—covering 36 European regions.
World Bank
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Subnational government bailouts in Germany [PDF]
, 1999 The paper presents an investigation of subnational government bailouts in Germany. In a first part we briefly describe the fiscal federalism system in Germany. The main part of the paper examines the bailout of two West German states.
Seitz, Helmut
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López +2 more
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Does Carbon Intensity Affect the Cost of Equity? An Empirical Study From Mexico
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change poses significant risks for companies, particularly in emerging countries like Mexico, where sustainability perceptions are evolving. This study analyzes how carbon emissions affect the cost of equity capital (CoE) for Mexican firms.
Guillermo Pérez‐Elizundia +2 more
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Subnational Government Structure and Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations: An Overlooked Dimension of Decentralization [PDF]
, 2004 The purpose of this paper is to explore what guidance economic theory and international practices offer policy makers in considering the issue of subnational government structure in the context of fiscal decentralization reforms, particularly in ...
Andrei Timofeev, Jamie Boex
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are unlikely to be achieved by 2030, prompting debate about what should follow. Beyond revision, there is a need to critically examine what values and assumptions have shaped how the SDGs are conceptualised and operationalised.
Gin Dupont +7 more
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UNPACKING LEGAL BARRIERS: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN CAMEROON
Humanities and Social SciencesCameroon introduced decentralisation mechanisms in the 1990s, and in 2019, the Code of Regional and Local Authorities was promulgated to transfer greater powers and autonomy to local governments.
Robert Kosho NDIYUN +1 more
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Cannabis Agritourism and Local Pathways Toward Sustainable Development Goals in Northern California
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent acceleration in global cannabis legalization offers a new context for examining the multiscale links between agritourism, sustainability, and international policy frameworks. In this study, Responsible Tourism is used to conceptualize cannabis agritourism in Northern California's Emerald Triangle as a strategy that may advance targets ...
Susan Dupej +2 more
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