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Inma Martínez-Zarzoso / Christian Oberst / Camélia Turcu in Environment and Development Economics External Publication 26. November 2020 Special Issue on the Environment, Resources and Pollution: New Challenges for Economic Development

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.

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New Challenges for Economic Development
Inma Martínez-Zarzoso / Christian Oberst / Camélia Turcu in Environment and Development Economics External Publication 26. November 2020

Special Issue on the Environment, Resources and Pollution: New Challenges for Economic Development

German Economic Institute (IW) 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.

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Der ehemalige Präsident Trump hält eine Wahlkampfveranstaltung in Greensboro, North Carolina
Thomas Obst / Jürgen Matthes / Samina Sultan IW-Report No. 14 4. March 2024

What if Trump is re-elected?

A possible re-election of Donald Trump as US president in November 2024 could entail a significant upheaval for the world trading order, if he fulfills his announcements to raise tariffs, mainly in order to reduce the US trade deficit.

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Samina Sultan / Gero Kunath / Henrik Förster/ Jürgen Matthes IW-Report No. 9 15. February 2024

Indonesia: A new Indo-Pacific partner?

Indonesia will elect a new president on 14 February. After ten successful years in office, Joko Widodo is not allowed to run for office again. He has ushered in an era of reform in the country.

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