Carbon dioxide emissions abatement in a group of countries can result in increased emissions in non-abating countries. This effect has been referred to as carbon leakage. The Kyoto Protocol calls for a number of industrialized countries to limit their emissions while other countries have no abatement commitments. This paper assesses the sectoral and regional determinants of the leakage in a sta...

BACKGROUND Two themes consistently emerge from the broad range of academics, policymakers and opinion leaders who have proposed changes to the World Health Organization (WHO): that reform efforts are too slow, and that they do too little to strengthen WHO's capacity to facilitate cross-sectoral collaboration. This study seeks to identify possible explanations for the challenges WHO faces in add...

This paper examine Lilien’s sectoral shifts hypothesis for Japan for different age cohorts. Previous studies of the sectoral shifts hypothesis for Japan have for the most part concentrated on the relationship between aggregate unemployment and sectoral shifts, and are typically not supportive of the hypothesis. However, recent increases in the unemployment rates of the young and the aged sugges...

We examine the relationship between market structure and the persistence of US dollar-based sectoral real exchange rates for 14 OECD countries. Our empirical results based on disaggregated data suggest that differences in market structure significantly determine the rates at which deviations from sectoral purchasing power parity decay. Specifically, industries with a larger price-cost margin ar...

A multisectoral global model was constructed on a 35 I-O sectoral basis in 1995 and has extensively been used for various policy analyses. The model, EITF, covers 29 countries and 7 regions with special reference to G7 and Asian countries. World trade can also be analyzed in the same sectoral categories, enabling the analysis of significant changes in foreign trade consistent with those for sec...

The variation of circular microstrip antenna, a Sectoral microstrip antenna is discussed. The detail analysis to study the effects of antenna parameters like, feed point location and the substrate thickness for Sectoral angle increasing from 270 to 340 on the patch first four resonant modes is presented. The variation in angle tunes the spacing between three patch resonant modes which yields op...

Spatial planning holds a key role in preventing or mitigating the impacts of climate change on both cities and rural areas, taking forward-thinking holistic approach to urban regional development. As such, spatial deals with challenges occurring at different scales across sectors. The international literature points out need for horizontal vertical cooperation tackle impacts. This paper discuss...

BACKGROUND A mounting body of evidence indicates that lone mothers and their children are at higher risk of a variety of health problems. The dynamics of the relationship between social assistance, poverty and health are not well understood, and the study of this population presents substantial challenges. The purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of the state of research on lone pare...