Essays about: "german gdp"
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1. Cities and the Triple Bottom Line
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Cities are experiencing substantial population growth, they generate about 80 percent of global GDP and they are in power of local legislation. This makes them crucial actors in facing sustainability challenges. READ MORE
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2. The Capability Approach through the lenses of German development NGOs - A case study of NGOs in the German development cooperation sector
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The Capability Approach (CA) has been increasingly gaining popularity amongst scholars and policy-makers, offering an alternative to the so far predominant position of the GDP as the primary measure of human development. The CA is a normative framework which can be used as a basis to conceptualize and evaluate socio-economic and political phenomena such as inequality and human well-being. READ MORE
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3. R&D Expenditure and Economic Performance: A German Panel Analysis
University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : There has been a long line of studies concerning the nexus between R&D expenditure and Economic Performance. However, there has been little research on this nexus on a regional level in Germany. READ MORE
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4. Local Economic Effects of Solar Panels and Onshore Wind Turbines: Evidence from German counties
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : There is an abundance of literature on the economic effects of renewable energy stimulation at the national level, but the local effects of deployment have received relatively little academic attention. Against the backdrop of increases in local opposition against renewable energy plants, this thesis studies the local effects of solar and onshore wind energy capacity expansions in Germany. READ MORE
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5. Decomposing the decoupling of road-based traffic emissions and economic growth: Regional disparities between the national and city-level in Germany during 1999-2013
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : The process of decoupling is often considered to fulfil the prediction by the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis that negative environmental externalities diminish with increasing income. Recent research has found many instances of delinking between economic growth and environmental harm on the national level across the globe. READ MORE
