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      The Determinants of Energy Efficiency Investments in the U.S. 

      Abadie, Luis María; Arigoni Ortiz, Ramon; Galarraga, Ibon (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2010-11-08)
      This paper analyses decisions on energy efficiency (EE) investments by small and medium manufacturing enterprises in the U.S. which have received assessment from the Department of Energy (DoE). The results confirm the ...
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      Competing Ecosystem Services: an Assessment of Carbon and Timber in the Tropical Forests of Central America 

      Khatun, Kaysara (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2010-10-07)
      The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA 2005) has classified a number of ecosystems good and services (EGS) provided by tropical forests, namely cultural, provisioning, regulatory and support services. The primary focus ...
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      Local and Global Externalities, Environmental Policies and Growth 

      Pittel, Karen; Rübbelke, Dirk (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2010-10-25)
      The paper analyzes the implications of local and global pollution when two types of abatement activities can be undertaken. One type reduces solely local pollution (e.g., use of particulate matter filters) while the other ...
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      Economic Assessment of Forest Ecosystem Services Losses: Cost of Policy Inaction 

      Chiabai, Aline; Travisi, Chiara; Markandya, Anil; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Ding, Helen (Basque Centre for Climate Change/Klima Aldaketa Ikergai, 2010-09-13)
      This paper presents a bottom-up methodological framework for estimating some of the key ecosystem services provided by forests biomes worldwide. We consider the provision of wood and non-wood forest products, recreation ...