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Impact of energy intensity, renewable energy, and economic growth on CO2 emissions: Evidence from Africa across regions and income levels
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the long-run impact of energy intensity, renewable energy consumption, and economic growth on CO2 emissions across regions and income levels over 50 African countries from 1980 to 2018.
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How Do MNCS Vote in Developing Country Elections
TL;DR: Research on multinational corporations (MNCS) and host government political risk in developing countries has largely ignored local electoral politics, economic policies, and the MNC investment ince....
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Economic growth in South Asia: the role of CO2 emissions, population density and trade openness.
TL;DR: The obtained results reveal that CO2 emissions and population density positively and trade openness negatively affect the economic growth in South Asia.
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Decoupling or delusion? Measuring emissions displacement in foreign trade
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a new displacement indicator, the technology adjusted balance of emissions embodied in trade (TABE), which is calculated for Swedish and UK trade from 1995 to 2009, a period when both countries have reported decreasing territorial emissions together with sustained economic growth.
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Effects of particulate air pollution on blood pressure in a highly exposed population in Beijing, China: a repeated-measure study
Andrea A. Baccarelli,Francesco Barretta,Chang Dou,Xiao Zhang,John P. McCracken,Anaite Diaz,Pier Alberto Bertazzi,Joel Schwartz,Sheng Wang,Lifang Hou +9 more
TL;DR: Lack of associations with exposure groups and personal PM2.5/EC indicates that PM effects are related to background levels of pollution in Beijing, and not specifically to work-related exposure.
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The quality of government
TL;DR: The authors investigated empirically the determinants of the quality of governments in a large cross-section of countries and found that countries that are poor, close to the equator, ethnolinguistically heterogeneous, use French or socialist laws, or have high proportions of Catholics or Muslims exhibit inferior government performance.
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Cross-National Prevalence and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation, Plans, and Attempts
Matthew K. Nock,Guilherme Borges,Evelyn J. Bromet,Jordi Alonso,Matthias C. Angermeyer,Annette L. Beautrais,Ronny Bruffaerts,Wai Tat Chiu,Giovanni de Girolamo,Semyon Gluzman,Ron de Graaf,Oye Gureje,Josep Maria Haro,Yueqin Huang,Elie G. Karam,Ronald C. Kessler,Jean Pierre Lepine,Daphna Levinson,María Elena Medina-Mora,Yutaka Ono,Jose Posada-Villa,David R. Williams +21 more
TL;DR: There is cross-national variability in the prevalence of suicidal behaviours, but strong consistency in the characteristics and risk factors for these behaviours.
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The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
TL;DR: The End of Poverty: Economic possibilities for our time as discussed by the authors is a book review of the book written by Jeffrey Sacks (2005), an American renounced economist and director of the Earth Institute, Columbia University.
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Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units
Rudolf de Groot,Luke Brander,Sander van der Ploeg,Robert Costanza,Florence Bernard,Leon Braat,Michael Christie,Neville D. Crossman,Andrea Ghermandi,Lars Hein,Salman Hussain,Pushpam Kumar,Alistair McVittie,Rosimeiry Portela,Luis C. Rodriguez,Patrick ten Brink,Pieter van Beukering +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented an overview of the value of ecosystem services of 10 main biomes expressed in monetary units and showed that most of this value is outside the market and best considered as nontradable public benefits.
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Infrastructure, Geographical Disadvantage, Transport Costs, and Trade
Nuno Limão,Anthony J. Venables +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the dependence of transport costs on geography and infrastructure and found that poor infrastructure is an important determinant of transportation costs, especially for landlocked countries.