1.
Does Mother Nature Corrupt? Natural Resources, Corruption, and Economic Growth
IMF Working Paper No. 99/85
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 14 Feb 2001
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Federal Statistical Office
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6,905
2.
What Every Investor Should Know About Commodities, Part I: Univariate Return Analysis
Alternative Investment Research Centre Working Paper No. 29, Cass Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 27 Jan 2006
Working Paper Series
Independent and Deutsche Bank AG (London)
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5,355
3.
What Every Investor Should Know About Commodities, Part Ii: Multivariate Return Analysis
Alternative Investment Research Centre Working Paper No. 33
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 14 Jun 2006
Last Revised: 20 Oct 2016
Working Paper Series
Independent and Deutsche Bank AG (London)
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4,125
4.
Global Warming Advocacy Science: A Cross Examination
U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 10-08
Number of pages: 82
Posted: 22 May 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Virginia School of Law
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2,774
5.
Institutionalizing Inequality: The WTO Agreement on Agriculture, Food Security, and Developing Countries
Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, Vol. 27, p. 433, 2002
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 23 May 2007
Accepted Paper Series
Seattle University School of Law
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2,644
6.
Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 12-10
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 16 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 01 May 2012
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of Chicago - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Up in Smoke: The Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 12-10
Number of pages: 72
Posted: 16 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 01 May 2012
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2,628
Up in Smoke: the Influence of Household Behavior on the Long-Run Impact of Improved Cooking Stoves
NBER Working Paper No. w18033
Number of pages: 71
Posted: 04 May 2012
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23
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2,628
7.
Trade Liberalization, Food Security and the Environment: The Neoliberal Threat to Sustainable Rural Development
Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol. 14, p. 419, Fall 2004, Seattle University School of Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 81
Posted: 18 May 2007
Last Revised: 08 Aug 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Seattle University School of Law
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2,364
8.
Challenges to Technology Transfer: A Literature Review of the Constraints on Environmental Technology Dissemination
Colorado College Working Paper No. 2009-07
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 17 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
Colorado College - Department of Economics and Business and Colorado College - Department of Economics & Business
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2,168
9.
Climate Change Strategy: The Business Logic Behind Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reductions
California Management Review, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 21-46, 2005, Ross School of Business Paper No. 905
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 15 May 2006
Last Revised: 29 Oct 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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2,016
10.
Commodity Prices, Growth, and the Natural Resource Curse: Reconciling a Conundrum
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 16 Sep 2009
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Blavatnik School of Government and The Netherlands Institute for Social Research|SCP
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1,798
11.
Did Botswana Escape from the Resource Curse?
IMF Working Paper No. 06/138
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 21 Jun 2006
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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1,785
12.
International Business, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
International Business Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 119-125, 2010
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 15 Dec 2009
Last Revised: 14 Apr 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Amsterdam Business School and Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
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1,487
13.
‘Mobile’izing Agricultural Advice: Technology Adoption, Diffusion and Sustainability
Harvard Business School Finance Working Paper No. 13-047
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 23 Nov 2012
Last Revised: 03 May 2016
Working Paper Series
Harvard Business School and University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics
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1,433
14.
Filburn's Legacy
Emory Law Journal, Vol. 52, p. 1719, 2003, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 06-24
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 08 May 2006
Accepted Paper Series
Michigan State University - College of Law
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1,415
15.
Alternative Development Strategies for Azerbaijan Economy and Sectoral Analysis
7th Silk Road International Conference “Challenges and Opportunities of Sustainable Economic Development in Eurasian Countries," May 2012,
Number of pages: 5
Posted: 04 Dec 2012
Working Paper Series
Baku Engineering University and Baku Engineering University - Department of Finance
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1,392
16.
The Story of Narmada Bachao Andolan: Human Rights in the Global Economy and the Struggle Against the World Bank
HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY STORIES, Deena R. Hurwitz, Margaret L. Satterthwaite, Douglas B. Ford, eds., West, 2009, NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 08-62
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 14 Dec 2008
Last Revised: 22 Dec 2008
Accepted Paper Series
New York University School of Law
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1,378
17.
Cost-Benefit Analysis Versus the Precautionary Principle: Beyond Cass Sunstein's Laws of Fear
University of Illinois Law Review, p. 1037, 2006
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 22 Oct 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law and Loyola University Chicago School of Law
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1,337
18.
Context Matters - Rethinking the Resource Curse in Sub-Saharan Africa
GIGA Working Paper No 1
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 08 Jun 2006
Last Revised: 16 Aug 2012
Working Paper Series
German Overseas Institute (DUI)
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1,332
19.
Tourism, Environment and Profitability: The Case of the Paphos Holiday Complex
Harvard Institute for International Development, Development Discussion Paper No. 330, November 1989.
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 16 Apr 2001
Last Revised: 14 Dec 2016
Working Paper Series
Queen's University - John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy, C.N.H. Capital Markets Ltd. and Queen's University - Department of Economics
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1,259
20.
The Rural-Non-Farm Economy, Livelihoods and Their Diversification: Issues and Options
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 17 Apr 2005
Working Paper Series
United Nations - Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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1,173
21.
Sustainable Sourcing in the Food Industry: Global Challenges and Practices
Moderne Ernaehrung Heute, Official Journal of the Food Chemistry Institute of the Association of the German Confectionery Industry, Vol. 4, p. 1-9, October 2010
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 19 Sep 2010
Last Revised: 26 Apr 2015
Accepted Paper Series
International Trade Centre (UN/WTO), University of Sussex Business School and University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
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1,154
22.
An Empirical Test of the Dutch Disease Hypothesis Using a Gravity Model of Trade
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 25 Jun 2003
Working Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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1,129
23.
Trade Structure and Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3025
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 20 Jun 2003
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and World Bank - Poverty and Economic Management Unit
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1,126
24.
The Elusive Curse of Oil
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 27 Sep 2005
Working Paper Series
Indiana University Bloomington - Department of Economics and Duke University - Sanford School of Public Policy
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1,100
25.
Land Reforms: Prospects and Strategies
Conference Paper, Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, Washington D.C.; and MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 99-24
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 01 Oct 1999
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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1,096
26.
Comparative Study of Indonesian PSC and Malaysian PSC: Challenges and Solution
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 23 May 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Dundee - Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy (CEPMLP)
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1,062
27.
Globalisation and Sustainable Development
University of Siena Economics Working Paper No. 399
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 24 Dec 2003
Working Paper Series
University of Siena - Department of Economics
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1,053
28.
Global Food Price Volatility and Spikes: An Overview of Costs, Causes, and Solutions
ZEF- Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 161
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 27 Jan 2012
Last Revised: 02 Feb 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Bonn - Department of Economic and Technological Change and IFPRI-ESARO
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1,031
29.
The Impacts of Rapid Population Growth on Poverty, Food Production, and the Environment
Duke Economics Working Paper No. 98-13
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 25 Feb 1999
Working Paper Series
Duke University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Impacts of Rapid Population Growth on Poverty, Food Production, and the Environment
Duke Economics Working Paper No. 98-13
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 25 Feb 1999
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1,006
The Impacts of Rapid Population Growth on Poverty, Food Production, and the Environment
United Nations, 1999 World Population Monitoring Report
Posted: 10 Aug 1999
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1,006
30.
Illegal Migration into Assam: Magnitude, Causes, and Economic Consequences
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 29 Jan 2011
Working Paper Series
Sam Houston State University - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and International Business and Cotton College, Guwahati
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983
31.
How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?
HBS Technology & Operations Mgt. Unit Research Paper No. 07-051
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 17 Jun 2007
Last Revised: 19 Feb 2009
Working Paper Series
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and Harvard Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?
HBS Technology & Operations Mgt. Unit Research Paper No. 07-051
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 17 Jun 2007
Last Revised: 19 Feb 2009
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981
How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 18, Issue 1, pp. 125-169, Spring 2009
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 27 Apr 2009
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2
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981
32.
Of Backyard Chickens and Front Yard Gardens: The Conflict Between Local Governments and Locavores
Tulane Law Review, Vol. 87, No. 2, 2012
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 29 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 15 Jan 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Maine - School of Law
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953
33.
Water Policy in India: A Review
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 02 Mar 2013
Working Paper Series
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Dr Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
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925
34.
Sustainable Capitalism: A Matter of Ethics and Morality
Problems of Sustainable Development, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 13-22, 2008
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 06 Feb 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Missouri at Columbia
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910
35.
Environmental Justice and Domestic Climate Change Policy
Environmental Law Reporter, May 2008
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 24 Dec 2007
Last Revised: 24 Jun 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of San Francisco - School of Law
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889
36.
Fables of the Cuyahoga: Reconstructing a History of Environmental Protection
Fordham Environmental Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 03 Nov 2002
Accepted Paper Series
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
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889
37.
Breeding Business. The Future of Plant Breeding in the Light of Developments in Patent Rights and Plant Breeder’s Rights
Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV), Wageningen, Centre for Genetic Resources (CGN) – Wageningen University and Research Centre, December 2009,
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 05 Dec 2010
Last Revised: 15 Mar 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Wageningen UR, Wageningen UR, KU Leuven - Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Maastricht Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT), Centre for International Environmental Studies, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and Radboud University Nijmegen
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866
38.
Gaps, Inexperience, Inconsistencies, and Overlaps: Crisis in the Regulation of Genetically Modified Plants and Animals
William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 45, p. 2167, 2004
Number of pages: 92
Posted: 08 Aug 2003
Last Revised: 19 Nov 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
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862
39.
Envirodevonomics: A Research Agenda for a Young Field
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 13-19
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 10 Sep 2013
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Tufts University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Envirodevonomics: A Research Agenda for a Young Field
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 13-19
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 10 Sep 2013
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853
Envirodevonomics: A Research Agenda for a Young Field
NBER Working Paper No. w19426
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 14 Sep 2013
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23
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853
40.
Müstəqillik Sonrasi Azərbaycan Iqtisadiyyatinin SWOT Analizi (SWOT Analyzing of Azerbaijan Economy after Independence)
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 25 Nov 2012
Last Revised: 29 Apr 2013
Working Paper Series
International Trade and Baku Engineering University - Department of Finance
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846
41.
An Environmental Justice Critique of Comparative Advantage: Indigenous Peoples, Trade Policy, and the Mexican Neoliberal Economic Reforms
University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, Vol. 32, p. 723, 2011, Seattle University School of Law Research Paper No. 11-07
Number of pages: 82
Posted: 29 Aug 2008
Last Revised: 08 Aug 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Seattle University School of Law
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826
42.
Space and Growth: A Survey of Empirical Evidence and Methods
Tinbergen Institute Working Paper No. TI 04-129/3
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 12 Dec 2004
Working Paper Series
University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economy, VU University Amsterdam - Department of Spatial Economics and Purdue University
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793
43.
The Fragmented Governance of the Global Energy Economy: A Legal-Institutional Analysis
Journal of World Energy Law and Business, Vol. 6, Issue 4, pp. 1-58, 2013, Oxford University Press
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 21 Jul 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Queen Mary University of London - School of Law and previously associated to QMUL
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Fragmented Governance of the Global Energy Economy: A Legal-Institutional Analysis
Journal of World Energy Law and Business, Vol. 6, Issue 4, pp. 1-58, 2013, Oxford University Press
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 21 Jul 2013
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793
The Fragmented Governance of the Global Energy Economy: A Legal-Institutional Analysis
Journal of World Energy Law and Business, 2013, Queen Mary School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 167/2014
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 21 Jan 2014
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118
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793
44.
Shale Gas vs. Coal
USAEE Working Paper No. 2025627
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 20 Mar 2012
Last Revised: 03 Apr 2012
Working Paper Series
University of Tuebingen and Lehigh University
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783
45.
Does Foreign Direct Investment Harm the Host Country’s Environment? Evidence from China
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 29 Sep 2009
Working Paper Series
Western Kentucky University
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781
46.
Forecasting Commodity Prices: Futures Versus Judgment
IMF Working Paper No. 04/41
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 13 Feb 2006
Working Paper Series
Australian National University - Crawford School of Economics and Government and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department
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778
47.
The Emergence of a Standards Market: Multiplicity of Sustainability Standards in the Global Coffee Industry
Organization Studies, 33 (5/6), pp. 789-812, 2012
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 10 Dec 2011
Last Revised: 24 Jul 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School, University of Sussex Business School and International Trade Centre (UN/WTO)
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763
48.
Rural Roads and Intermediated Trade: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Sierra Leone
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 15 Oct 2012
Last Revised: 14 Aug 2013
Working Paper Series
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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739
49.
The Climatic Origins of the Neolithic Revolution: Theory and Evidence
Number of pages: 66
Posted: 23 May 2006
Last Revised: 04 Jul 2012
Working Paper Series
Williams College - Department of Economics and Brown University - Department of Economics
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737
50.
Environmental Sustainability and Human Development: A Greening of Human Development Index
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 17 Apr 2014
Last Revised: 30 May 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Napoli Parthenope
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723
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