Investigating whether the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis holds for sectoral CO emissions: evidence from developed and developing countries.

Carbon dioxide (CO) emissions entail a key component of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and are crucial for global warming and climate change issues. Although the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) pattern of the emissions-income nexus has intrigued many researchers for a long time, few studies cover a wide range of economic sectors and a large number of countries, which calls for the re-investigation of sector-wise EKC arguments. Thereby, we investigate the long-run equilibrium relationship between CO emissions and per capita income in a panel of 86 developing and developed countries for the period from 1990 through 2015.

Modern and traditional renewable energy sources and CO emissions in emerging countries.

Sustainable development goals aim to promote the implementation of environmental and energy policies towards establishing a sustainable environment. Considering that energy demand has steadily increased in emerging countries along with their rapid economic growth, controlling CO emissions in these countries is crucial to achieving global environmental sustainability. An important concern is that renewable energy is generally classified into traditional and modern sources, and their relationships with environmental degradation can differ at the macroeconomic level.

An overseas business paradox: Are Japanese general contractors risk takers?

Japanese industries have struggled with stagnation after the collapse of bubble economy in the 1990s. Such a financial crisis has led to overseas business expansion of Japanese industries. This study empirically examines Japanese general contractors' overseas operations over the post-bubble period in relation to their financial status.

Carbon emissions and carbon trade balances: International evidence from panel ARDL analysis.

International trade plays crucial roles in the evolution of carbon emissions given the prevalence of complex global supply chains. Production reallocation across countries promotes the cross-border trade of emission-embodied products and is closely related to emission transfer or carbon trade balance, which is defined as the difference between territorial and consumption emissions. One important issue addressed in this study is how carbon trade balances relate to carbon emissions under a globalized world with fragmented production.

Linking international trade and foreign direct investment to CO emissions: Any differences between developed and developing countries?

International trade, together with foreign direct investment (FDI), promotes economic integration with complex global supply value chains, which is now recognized as a crucial factor in determining CO emissions. Production reallocation across countries, often associated with FDI, promotes cross-border trade of emission-embodied products. By applying panel pooled mean group-autoregressive distributive lag (PMG-ARDL) models, this study discusses the long-run relevance among CO emissions, international trade, and FDI inflows with the consideration of the short-run dynamics over 52 countries during the period from 1991 to 2014.

Social Value Orientation and Capitalism in Societies.

Cooperation and competition are core issues in various fields, since they are claimed to affect the evolution of human societies and ecological organizations. A long-standing debate has existed on how social behaviors and preferences are shaped with culture. Considering the economic environment as part of culture, this study examines whether the ongoing modernization of competitive societies, called "capitalism," affects the evolution of people's social preferences and behaviors.

Enhancing voluntary participation in community collaborative forest management: a case of Central Java, Indonesia.

This paper examines voluntary participation in community forest management, and characterizes how more participation may be induced. We implemented a survey of 571 respondents and conducted a case study in Central Java, Indonesia. The study's novelty lies in categorizing the degrees of participation into three levels and in identifying how socio-economic factors affect people's participation at each level.

Regulated medical fee schedule of the Japanese health care system.

This study presents a theoretical framework for examining the effect of the Japanese government-regulated medical price schedule, 'Shinryo-Houshu-Seido,' on the behavior of medical providers. In particular, we discuss the optimal rule of this price schedule for the regulator, taking into account information asymmetry between the regulator and providers. Our simple model predicts that heterogeneous providers either under-provide or over-provide medical inputs in comparison with the socially optimal outcome.

Optimal invasive species management under multiple uncertainties.

The management programs for invasive species have been proposed and implemented in many regions of the world. However, practitioners and scientists have not reached a consensus on how to control them yet. One reason is the presence of various uncertainties associated with the management.

Dynamic economic analysis on invasive species management: some policy implications of catchability.

The problem of controlling invasive species has emerged as a global issue. In response to invasive species threats, governments often propose eradication. This article challenges the eradication view by studying optimal strategies for controlling invasive species in a simple dynamic model.