this paper attempts to employ microeconomics methodology to answer the following questions: for which group of society the consumption pattern which is used as a basis to calculate consumer price index (cpi) and inflation rate, stands for is there any difference between inflation rate of poor and rich households in iran? calculations done in this paper show that the consumption pattern which be...

The field of business policy/strategic management has offered a variety of frameworks and concepts during the last half century, many aimed at “taking business and its management seriously.” Research conferences and resulting books and journals have provided intellectual momentum, augmented by stimulation from challenges to “conventional wisdom” experienced in the global market. Almost two deca...

The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o JEL classifications: Q43 Q48 Q56 Q58 Keywords: Green growth Green economy UNEP OECD " Green growth " is an attractive slogan with a variety of possible meanings. This essay critically examines several potential meanings of t...

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL classification: C14 D24 O13 O44 Q53 Q56 Keywords: Shadow price Emissions trading Directional distance function Marginal abatement cost Coal power plant Shadow prices, also termed marginal abatement costs, provide valuable guidelines to support environmental regulatory policies for CO 2 , SO 2 and NO x , the key contributors to climate change. This paper complements the...

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL Classification: C68 D58 F18 Q56 Q54 Keywords: Funding of adaptation Climate change International trade Dynamic multi-region multi-sector CGE model This paper discusses the interplay between international trade, regional adaptation to climate change and financial transfers for funding adaptation. It combines insights from a theoretical model of North-to-South transfers ...

I n this study, the Regional Input- Output Structural Decomposition Analysis (I-O SDA) is used to investigate the effects of technological changes on employment in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran during 2006-2011. This paper develops the SDA method to decompose the technological change from two viewpoints of supply and demand for intermediate inputs in each sector. These chan...