The production of public goods like amenity value of the landscape, food security, preservation of rural communities and rural lifestyle, by agricultural sector is a subject that has been widely accepted by experts. However, in many policies and political analyses carried out, solely the production of private goods by the agricultural sector is paid attention and the important function of publi...

The demographic changes of East Asian countries have accelerated in recent years. With consideration the linkage between human behavior and carbon emissions, it is necessary to consider characteristics for CO2 emission projections these countries. This study examines how structure affect three (South Korea, China, Japan) by comparing two different vintages population projections. constructed a ...

We set up two rival Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models of world trade, one based on classical theories comparative advantage, the other recent gravity theories. have tested them by indirect inference time-series trade facts for four major countries or country blocs: UK, US, China and EU. The UK is a small enough economy rest world’s behaviour to be treated as exogenous, so we test mode...

There is a growing awareness in recent years that the interdependencies among the civil infrastructure systems have significant economic, security and engineering implications that may influence their resiliency, efficiency and effectiveness. To capture the various types of infrastructure interdependencies and incorporate them into decision-making processes in various application domains, Zhang...

Carbon emission reductions and sustainable development have become hot issues in international conferences. As the most direct instrument for carbon reductions, tax has not been favored by policymakers because of its negative effect on economy. To achieve low-carbon development, we use a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to simulate recycling under different energy transfer efficiency ...

Promoting energy efficiency is generally assumed to be an effective strategy reduce use and tackle climate change. However, extensive literature has shown that rebound effects its effectiveness can even counterproductive. We show how a more complex policy strategy, with coordinated measures, could provide the desired results by offsetting carbon effects. Along energy-efficiency improvement, we ...