عنوان

Three essays on environment, economics and politics

شماره

TLets782344

عنوان اصلي

Three essays on environment, economics and politics

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Nguyen-Tien, Viet

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Birmingham

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2019

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Ph.D.

کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده

University of Birmingham

امتياز متن

2019

متن يادداشت

This thesis consists of three essays that shed light on different aspects of the relationship between the environment, economic and politics. In the first chapter we consider the deployment of large hydropower dams in Vietnam, an effective infrastructure that converts water resources into clean and inexpensive electricity for the economy, and protects downstream people from floods. The cascade design is shown to make the system more resilient against adverse impacts of climate change. The second chapter estimates the impact of power outages in Vietnam on firm performance using an instrumental variable based on work in chapter 1 that captures the sensitivity of power reliability to weather-induced variability in river flow given that hydropower plays the key role in the economy. Progressive power policies are required as businesses, which become more dependent on electricity, are shown to be more vulnerable to power disruptions. The third chapter provides evidence that senatorial voting pattern for environmental issues in the US is responsive to natural disasters although the reactions tend to be slow, short-lived and not unidirectional. The preference for environmental stringency increases after human losses but falls after economic damages.

موضوع مستند نشده

GE Environmental Sciences

موضوع مستند نشده

HD28 Management. Industrial Management

موضوع مستند نشده

JK Political institutions (United States)

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Nguyen-Tien, Viet

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

University of Birmingham

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y