Economic Growth and Air Pollution: Three Empirical Essays Based on Nonparametric Methods Thèse présentée à la Faculté des sciences économiques Université de Neuchâtel Pour l’obtention du grade de docteur ès science économiques Par Carlos Ordás Criado Acceptée sur proposition du jury de thèse: Prof. Jean-Marie Grether‚ Université de Neuchâtel‚ directeur de thèse. Prof. Jaime de Melo‚ Université de Genève‚ co-directeur de thèse Prof. Thanasis Stengos‚ University of Guelph Prof. Philippe
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POSITIVE AND NORMATIVE ECONOMICS Positive economics deals with what is with how the economy works‚ plain and simple. If we lower income tax rates in the United States next year‚ will the economy grow faster? If so‚ by how much? And what effect will this have on total employment? These are all positive economic questions. We may disagree about the answers‚ but we can all agree that the correct answers to these questions do exist— we just have to find them. Normative economics concerns itself with
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Modern Agriculture: Its Effects on the Environment Agriculture has been a major component of the United States economy ever since colonial days‚ when 9 out of 10 working persons were employed on a farm. Produclivity of American agriculture has tripled since then‚ and today only 3 percent of our labor force produces enough food and fiber to meet domestic needs as well as supplying about 10 percent of total overseas consumption. This huge increase in efficiency has been the result of many factors
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Mexico City is the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western hemisphere. It has 19‚319‚000 citizens living in the city. The country’s currency is the Mexican peso. Throughout the twentieth century‚ the population growth of Mexico has been characterized as rapid growth. It is the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world. The estimated population of the country is 114‚975‚406. A majority of which are aged 15-64 years old. People residing in Mexico are an amalgamation of Spanish
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benefited from the colonization of the Americas. From the Americas‚ the Europeans gained wealth‚ crops‚ land‚ and slaves through the Triangular Trade. However‚ despite the benefits of colonization‚ we should not ignore the numerous negatives as well. The Native Americans and the African slaves‚ where two groups of people who suffered from what the Europeans considered an achievement. While colonization heavily damaged the indigenous and the enslaved people‚ it is also responsible for the formation
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Many of the expectations that came from my parents were contradictory to the norms expected of my gender. My father was only around for the first 10 years‚ but during those years he played a large role in what was communicated. One of the earliest Christmas memories I have was when I received a Baby Alive doll. She was great! She could eat‚ cry and mess her diaper. She came with a stroller and everything needed to take care her. It might have been the ultimate sex-typed toy for girls in its day.
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Page 1 Attachment Style and Relationships Emily Gold PSY/220 Alan Coffin Page 2 Part I: The three dimensions of love are intimacy‚ passion‚ and commitment. Passion is when a person or individuals feel strong emotions‚ excitement‚ and physiological arousal. Commitment is a conscious decision to stay in a relationship. This includes a sense of devotion to the individual who they are with or the relationship. Intimacy is a mutual understanding
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Which type of surface will produce the fastest race time? Concrete‚ sandpaper‚ or gravel? If I race a remote control truck on a concrete‚ sandpaper‚ and gravel surface‚ I think the truck will go faster on the concrete surface. 1. Gather all of your materials. 2. Using your measuring tape‚ measure 12 ft in distance from the starting point to the finish line. Make sure your area is flat and dry. 3. Stick pieces of tape at the beginning and end of your track to form a clear
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improving health and development‚ literacy(education) and contraceptive and use. Many guatemalans decides to leave their country because of the declining economy‚ better opportunity‚ political instability‚ natural disasters and poverty. In 1989‚ about 93 percent of the indigenous population in Guatemala were living in poverty and 91
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Recent literatures on economic growth asserted that ex-ante development of the financial system facilitate ex-post economic growth (e.g. Rajan and Zingales). In recent time‚ the link between financial market development and economic growth has received much attention in the literatures (King and Levine 1993‚ Rajan and Zingales 1998‚ Calderon and Liu 2002‚ Sunday E. Ewah and Judey Bassey 2004‚ T.S. Osinubi 2000). This is not unexpected
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