Inter-regional competition, comparative advantage and environmental federalism

Comparative Study on Inter-regional Differences of Economic Growth and Environmental Quality in China

A model of economic growth and environmental quality is presented in this paper, which then focuses on measuring the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality for China's four big economic regions. The inter-regional differences among the four areas are also compared. The research results show that the relationships between the three industrial waste emissions and economic ...

Inter-regional Competition and Quality in Public Hospital Care

This paper analyzes the effect of capitation payment and patient choice on waiting time and the comprehensive quality of hospital care. The study assumes that two local public hospitals are located in two cities with different population sizes and compete with each other. We find that the comprehensive quality of hospital care as well as waiting time of both hospitals improve with an increase i...

Revitalizing Environmental Federalism

regional differences in comparative advantage and sustainable development indices

abstract almost, the traditional comparative advantage indices especially employment, value added and profitability are considered in all studies in the context of regional comparative advantage. while the study of comparative advantage, regardless of the sustainable development indices is a flawed study. therefore, in this study, in the first stage, iranian provinces are ranked according to em...

Tax Competition and Fiscal Federalism in Italy

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