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Introduction: special issue on the environment, resources and pollution – new challenges for economic development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2020

Inma Martínez-Zarzoso Open the ORCID record for Inma Martínez-Zarzoso [Opens in a new window] ,
Christian Oberst  and
Camélia Turcu
Inma Martínez-Zarzoso*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany Department of Economics, Universitat Jaume I, Castelló de la Plana, Spain INFER e.V. – International Network for Economic Research, www.infer-research.eu, Cologne, Germany
Christian Oberst
Affiliation:
INFER e.V. – International Network for Economic Research, www.infer-research.eu, Cologne, Germany German Economic Institute (IW), Cologne, Germany
Camélia Turcu
Affiliation:
INFER e.V. – International Network for Economic Research, www.infer-research.eu, Cologne, Germany University of Orléans – LEO CNRS, Orléans, France
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: imartin@gwdg.de
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Caribbean regionChinaenvironmental policyincome inequalitynatural resourcespollutiontechnological changetransparency

JEL classification

O13: Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products Q3: Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation Q56: Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth O10: General
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Introduction
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Environment and Development Economics , Volume 25 , Special Issue 6: The Environment, Resources and Pollution – New Challenges for Economic Development , December 2020 , pp. 529 - 536
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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