This special issue contains a selection of six articles in the field of environmental and resource economics, which were presented in INFER workshops and supported events over the last two years.
External Publication
New Challenges for Economic Development
Special Issue on the Environment, Resources and Pollution: New Challenges for Economic Development
German Economic Institute (IW)
This special issue contains a selection of six articles in the field of environmental and resource economics, which were presented in INFER workshops and supported events over the last two years.
The topics include the effects of income inequality and freedom of the press on environmental stringency; the trade-environment nexus in China; the behavior of cross-country growth rates with respect to resource abundance and dependence; a stochastic frontier analysis to show that technological change is biased more towards energy rather than labor; how recycling and environmental taxes can affect the imbalances between the availability of and the demand for rare earth elements; and the interaction between demographic features and environmental constraints in Caribbean small island developing states. The papers include three empirical contributions and three methodological approaches, which help to improve our understanding of these topics.
More on the topic
Read the article External Publication 17. April 2024
Not so Different?: Dependency of the German and Italian Industry on China Intermediate Inputs
On average the German and Italian industry display a very similar intermediate input dependence on China, whether accounting for domestic inputs or not.
IW
Read the article External Publication 9. April 2024
China’s Trade Surplus – Implications for the World and for Europe
China’s merchandise trade surplus has reached an all-time high and is likely to rise further. A key driver appears to be a policy push to further bolster Chinese domestic manufacturing production, implying the danger of significant overcapacities.
IW