Personal carbon trading: A policy ahead of its time?

Personal carbon trading: a potential "stealth intervention" for obesity reduction?

The obesity epidemic and global warming are linked through energy use. A personal carbon trading scheme aimed at reducing fossil fuel usage could act as a "stealth intervention" for reducing obesity by increasing personal energy use. Such a scheme would complement a corporate "cap and trade" system for carbon emissions, which should increase the relative price of processed, energy-dense foods. ...

origins of armenia’s foreign policy and its foreign policy towards iran

foreign policy takes root from complicated matters. however, this issue may be more truth about armenia. although the new government of armenia is less than 20 years, people of this territory are the first ones who officially accepted christianity. in very past times, these people were a part of great emperors like iran, rome, and byzantium.armenia is regarded as a nation with a privileged hist...

Environmental Policy and Time Consistency: Emission Taxes and Emissions Trading

The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. A key consideration in the choice of pollution control instruments is the incentive for regulated firms to adopt cleaner technologies. The adoption of less polluting prod...

Rousseau's "social contract": contracting ahead of its time?

I. Electronic Voting Systems—Is Brazil Ahead of its Time?

The first article, by Professor Pedro Rezende of the University of Brasilia, describes the political context for the introduction of voter-verifiable paper ballots to their DRE (direct-record electronic, or touch-screen) voting machines for their 2002 elections. Rezende argues that many of the criticisms levelled against voter-verifiable paper ballots, such as the criticism that voter-verifiabl...