The Diet, Health, and Environment Trilemma

The financial trilemma

The financial trilemma states that financial stability, financial integration and national financial policies are incompatible. Any two of the three objectives can be combined but not all three; one has to give. This paper develops a model to underpin the financial trilemma. Our findings for financial integration suggest that the financial trilemma is in particular at work in Europe. JEL codes:...

Mediterranean food consumption patterns and health: Diet, environment, society, economy

Diet, environment, society, economy and health Food and agriculture organization oF the united nations international centre For advanced mediterranean agronomic studies rome, 2015 ii the designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and agriculture organization of the united nation...

Pharmaceutical Pollution in the Environment and Health Hazards

Confronting the Food-Energy-Environment Trilemma: Global Land Use in the Long Run∗

This study analyzes the optimal allocation of the world’s land resources over the course of the next century within a dynamic forwardlooking framework, which brings together distinct strands of economic, agronomic, and biophysical literature and incorporates key drivers affecting global land-use. We show that, while some deforestation is optimal in the near term, the desirability of further def...

Navigating the Trilemma: Capital Flows and Monetary Policy in China

In recent years China has faced an increasing trilemma—how to pursue an independent domestic monetary policy and limit exchange rate flexibility, while at the same time facing large and growing international capital flows. This paper analyzes the impact of the trilemma on China’s monetary policy as the country liberalizes its goods and financial markets and integrates with the world economy. It...