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Greenhouse gas reduction benefits and costs of a large−scale transition to hydrogen in the USA Pages 56−67 William Dougherty, Sivan Kartha, Chella Rajan, Michael Lazarus, Alison Bailie, Benjamin Runkle, Amanda Fencl 8. Emerging regulatory challenges facing the Indian rural electrification programme Pages 68−79 Subhes C. Bhattacharyya, Leena Srivastava 9. Greenhouse gas balances of transportation biofuels, electricity and heat generation in Finland—Dealing with the uncertainties Pages 80−90 S. Soimakallio, T. Mäkinen, T. Ekholm, K. Pahkala, H. Mikkola, T. Paappanen 10. On the contribution of labelled Certified Emission Reductions to sustainable development: A multi−criteria evaluation of CDM projects Pages 91−101 Patrick Nussbaumer 11. Governance and political consumerism in Finnish energy policy−making Pages 102−110 Ilkka Ruostetsaari 12. Contribution of crude oil price to households’ budget: The weight of indirect energy use Pages 111−114 Jérôme Kasparian 13. Carbon abatement potential of solar home systems in India and their cost reduction due to carbon finance Pages 115−125 A. Chaurey, T.C. Kandpal 14. Generation management using batteries in wind farms: Economical and technical analysis for Spain Pages 126−139 Rodolfo Dufo−López, José L. Bernal−Agustín, José A. Domínguez−Navarro 15. Economic analysis of energy−saving renovation measures for urban existing residential buildings in China based on thermal simulation and site investigation Pages 140−149 Jinlong Ouyang, Jian Ge, Kazunori Hokao 16. The evolving design of RTO ancillary service markets Pages 150−157 Alan G. Isemonger 17. A climate protection strategy for Germany—40% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2020 compared to 1990 Pages 158−165 Christoph Erdmenger, Harry Lehmann, Klaus Müschen, Jens Tambke, Sebastian Mayr, Kai Kuhnhenn 18. Implications of fossil fuel constraints on economic growth and global warming Pages 166−180 Willem P. Nel, Christopher J. Cooper 19. When will fossil fuel reserves be diminished? Pages 181−189 Shahriar Shafiee, Erkan Topal 20. Understanding the reductions in US corn ethanol production costs: An experience curve approach Pages 190−203 W.G. Hettinga, H.M. Junginger, S.C. Dekker, M. Hoogwijk, A.J. McAloon, K.B. Hicks 21. Cost function estimates, scale economies and technological progress in the Turkish electricity generation sector Pages 204−213 K. Ali Akkemik 22. Relationship between technological progress, capital elasticity and emissions of industrial pollutants for the production sectors in Catalonia Pages 214−218 Laia Pié, Marc Saez 23. Competition, regulation, and pricing behaviour in the Spanish retail gasoline market Pages 219−228 Ignacio Contín−Pilart, Aad F. Correljé, M. Blanca Palacios 24. Multivariate granger causality between electricity consumption, exports and GDP: Evidence from a panel of Middle Eastern countries Pages 229−236 Paresh Kumar Narayan, Russell Smyth 25. Development challenges under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)—Can renewable energy initiatives be put in place before peak oil? Pages 237−245 Bob Lloyd, Srikanth Subbarao 26. Does higher economic and financial development lead to environmental degradation: Evidence from BRIC countries Pages 246−253 Artur Tamazian, Juan Piñeiro Chousa, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati 27. Spent nuclear fuel policies in historical perspective: An international comparison Pages 254−263 Per Högselius 28. International aviation emissions to 2025: Can emissions be stabilised without restricting demand? Pages 264−273 Andrew Macintosh, Lailey Wallace 29. A deterministic approach for performance assessment and optimization of power distribution units in Iran Pages 274−280 A. Azadeh, S.F. Ghaderi, H. Omrani 30. Trends in renewable energy strategy development and the role of CDM in Bangladesh Pages 281−289 Sk Noim Uddin, Ros Taplin 31. Internalizing carbon costs in electricity markets: Using certificates in a load−based emissions trading scheme Pages 290−299 Michael Gillenwater, Clare Breidenich 32. Assessing the advantages and drawbacks of government trading of guarantees of origin for renewable electricity in Europe Pages 300−307 Mario Ragwitz, Pablo del Río González, Gustav Resch 33. Developing competition while building up the infrastructure of the Brazilian gas industry Pages 308−317 Paulo Henrique de Mello Sant Ana, Gilberto De Martino Jannuzzi, Sérgio Valdir Bajay 34. Life cycle analysis of retrofitting with high energy efficiency air−conditioner and fluorescent lamp in existing buildings Pages 318−325 Kua−anan Techato, Daniel J. Watts, Sumate Chaiprapat 35. Capturing latecomer advantages in the adoption of biofuels: The case of Argentina Pages 326−337 John A. Mathews, Hugo Goldsztein 36. Analysis of the market penetration of clean coal technologies and its impacts in China's electricity sector Pages 338−351 Hao Wang, Toshihiko Nakata 37. Economic feasibility of electricity production from energy plantations present on community−managed forestlands in Madhya Pradesh, India Pages 352−360 Puneet Dwivedi, Janaki R.R. Alavalapati 38. Profiting from negawatts: Reducing absolute consumption and emissions through a performance−based energy economy Pages 361−370 Julia K. Steinberger, Johan van Niel, Dominique Bourg Communication 39. Oil exploitation and the environmental Kuznets curve Pages 371−374 Abdoulkarim Esmaeili, Negar Abdollahzadeh http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03014215 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:20 +0100 Resources Policy Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 179−246 (December 2008) 1. Editorial Board Page IFC 2. Using exploration expenditures to assess the climate for mineral investment Pages 179−187 J. Joaquin Jara, Gustavo Lagos, John E. Tilton 3. Broadening the statistical search for metal price super cycles to steel and related metals Pages 188−195 Daniel Jerrett, John T. Cuddington 4. The supply behaviour of state mining enterprises: A case study of the Jordanian phosphate industry Pages 196−202 Alrawashdeh O. Rami 5. Reforming small−scale mining in sub−Saharan Africa: Political and ideological challenges to a Fair Trade gold initiative Pages 203−209 John Childs 6. On technical change in the elasticities of resource inputs Pages 210−221 Jakub Growiec, Ingmar Schumacher 7. Incorporating environmental issues into optimum cut−off grades modeling at porphyry copper deposits Pages 222−229 M. Osanloo, F. Rashidinejad, B. Rezai 8. Financial and economic factors affecting the lignite prices in Turkey: An analysis of Soma and Can lignites Pages 230−239 Mithat Uner, Nezir Kose, Soner Gokten, Pinar Okan http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03014207 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:20 +0100 Journal of Rural Studies Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 1−174 (January 2009) 1. Editorial Board Page IFC 2. From stress to distress: Conceptualizing the British family farming patriarchal way of life Pages 1−11 Linda Price, Nick Evans 3. Off−farm labour decision of Canadian farm operators: Urbanization effects and rural labour market linkages Pages 12−24 Alessandro Alasia, Alfons Weersink, Ray D. Bollman, John Cranfield 4. Will the retiring baby boomers return to rural periphery? Pages 25−34 Jussi S. Jauhiainen 5. Beyond bifurcation: Examining the conventions of organic agriculture in New Zealand Pages 35−47 Christopher Rosin, Hugh Campbell 6. Gender, class and rurality: Australian case studies Pages 48−57 Lia Bryant, Barbara Pini 7. Why is diversification an attractive farm adjustment strategy? Insights from Texas farmers and ranchers Pages 58−66 Carla Barbieri, Edward Mahoney 8. Reluctant rural regionalists Pages 67−76 Peter V. Hall, Pamela Stern 9. New cultural economies of marginality: revisiting the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand Pages 77−86 David Conradson, Eric Pawson 10. Changing ecological and cultural states and preferences of nature conservation policy: The case of nature values trade in South−Western Finland Pages 87−97 Riikka Paloniemi, Varho Vilja 11. A play for rurality – Modernization versus local autonomy Pages 98−107 Jørn A. Cruickshank 12. Geographical indications, terroir, and socioeconomic and ecological sustainability: The case of tequila Pages 108−119 Sarah Bowen, Ana Valenzuela Zapata 13. Reframing agrarian citizenship: Land, life and power in Brazil Pages 120−130 Hannah Wittman 14. ‘The status quo is not an option’: Community impacts of school closure in South Taranaki, New Zealand Pages 131−140 Robin A. Kearns, Nicolas Lewis, Tim McCreanor, Karen Witten 15. A conceptual framework for the assessment of multiple functions of agro−ecosystems: A case study of Trás−os−Montes olive groves Pages 141−155 Luuk Fleskens, Filomena Duarte, Irmgard Eicher 16. Revisiting the model of creative destruction: St. Jacobs, Ontario, a decade later Pages 156−167 Clare J.A. Mitchell, Sarah B. de Waal http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/07430167 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:20 +0100 Global Environmental Change Volume 18, Issue 4, Pages 539−810 (October 2008) Local evidence on vulnerabilities and adaptations to global environmental change Edited by Lilibeth Acosta−Michlik 1. Editorial board Page IFC Special Issue: Local evidence on vulnerabilities and adaptations to global environmental change 2. A critical overview: Local evidence on vulnerabilities and adaptations to global environmental change in developing countries Pages 539−542 Lilibeth Acosta−Michlik, Ulka Kelkar, Upasna Sharma 3. Farmers’ coping response to the low flows in the lower Yellow River: A case study of temporal dimensions of vulnerability Pages 543−553 Chunling Liu, Dominic Golding, Gang Gong 4. Assessing vulnerability of selected farming communities in the Philippines based on a behavioural model of agent's adaptation to global environmental change Pages 554−563 Lilibeth Acosta−Michlik, Victoria Espaldon 5. Vulnerability and adaptation to climate variability and water stress in Uttarakhand State, India Pages 564−574 Ulka Kelkar, Kapil Kumar Narula, Ved Prakash Sharma, Usha Chandna 6. The effects of land tenure on vulnerability to droughts in Northeastern Brazil Pages 575−582 Fabiano Toni, Evandro Holanda Jr. 7. Stakeholders’ views in reducing rural vulnerability to natural disasters in Southern Mexico: Hazard exposure and coping and adaptive capacity Pages 583−597 Sergio O. Saldaña−Zorrilla Regular papers 8. A place−based model for understanding community resilience to natural disasters Pages 598−606 Susan L. Cutter, Lindsey Barnes, Melissa Berry, Christopher Burton, Elijah Evans, Eric Tate, Jennifer Webb 9. Dealing with drought: The challenge of using water system technologies to break dryland poverty traps Pages 607−616 Elin I. Enfors, Line J. Gordon 10. Pricing China's irrigation water Pages 617−625 Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson, Mark Wang 11. The drivers of Chinese CO2 emissions from 1980 to 2030 Pages 626−634 Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek, Christopher L. Weber, Glen P. Peters, David M. Reiner 12. Conditional probabilistic estimates of 21st century greenhouse gas emissions based on the storylines of the IPCC−SRES scenarios Pages 635−654 Detlef P. van Vuuren, Bert de Vries, Arthur Beusen, Peter S.C. Heuberger 13. The impacts of global warming on farmers in Brazil and India Pages 655−665 Apurva Sanghi, Robert Mendelsohn 14. South African crop farming and climate change: An economic assessment of impacts Pages 666−678 James K.A. Benhin 15. Leveraging farmers’ strategies for coping with stress: Seed aid in Ethiopia Pages 679−688 Shawn J. McGuire, Louise Sperling 16. Between structure and agency: Livelihoods and adaptation in Ghana's Central Region Pages 689−699 Edward R. Carr 17. Carbon sequestration in Africa: The land tenure problem Pages 700−707 Jon D. Unruh 18. Time and space matter: How urban transitions create inequality Pages 708−719 François Gusdorf, Stéphane Hallegatte, Alain Lahellec 19. Environmental impacts of urban growth from an integrated dynamic perspective: A case study of Shenzhen, South China Pages 720−735 Burak Güneralp, Karen C. Seto 20. A less disastrous disaster: Managing response to climate−driven hazards in the Cayman Islands and NE Brazil Pages 736−745 Emma L. Tompkins, Maria Carmen Lemos, Emily Boyd 21. Assessment of the management of organizations supplying ecosystem services from tropical forests Pages 746−757 Thomas Koellner, Joachim Sell, Manuela Gähwiler, Roland W. Scholz 22. Incorporating resilience into sustainability indicators: An example for the urban water sector Pages 758−767 Anita Milman, Anne Short 23. Scale mismatches and their ecological and economic effects on landscapes: A spatially explicit model Pages 768−775 Akiko Satake, Thomas K. Rudel, Ayumi Onuma 24. Fragmentation of rangelands: Implications for humans, animals, and landscapes Pages 776−785 N. Thompson Hobbs, Kathleen A. Galvin, Chris J. Stokes, Jill M. Lackett, Andrew J. 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Product differentiation when competing with the suppliers of bottleneck inputs Pages 43−53 Duarte Brito, Pedro Pereira 7. Development impact fees and employment Pages 54−62 Gregory Burge, Keith Ihlanfeldt 8. Conditional β− and σ−convergence in space: A maximum likelihood approach Pages 63−78 Michael Pfaffermayr 9. Housing wealth, financial wealth, and consumption: New evidence from micro data Pages 79−89 Raphael Bostic, Stuart Gabriel, Gary Painter 10. Calibration of a monocentric city model with mixed land use and congestion Pages 90−96 John F. McDonald 11. Equilibrium in fiscal competition games from the point of view of the dual Pages 97−108 Jeffrey D. Petchey, Perry Shapiro http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01660462 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:20 +0100 Ecological Economics Volume 68, Issue 3, Pages 593−924 (15 January 2009) 1. Editorial Board Page IFC Editorial 2. Welcoming New Board Members Page 593 Survey 3. 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Institutional dimensions of Payments for Ecosystem Services: An analysis of Mexico's carbon forestry programme Pages 743−761 Esteve Corbera, Carmen González Soberanis, Katrina Brown 16. Effectiveness and cost−effectiveness of yellow−eyed penguin recovery Pages 762−776 Jonah Busch, Ross Cullen 17. Can natural disasters have positive consequences? Investigating the role of embodied technical change Pages 777−786 Stéphane Hallegatte, Patrice Dumas 18. Impacts from restoration strategies: Assessment through valuation workshops Pages 787−797 Begoña Álvarez−Farizo, José M. Gil, B.J. Howard 19. Institutional Resource Regimes: Towards sustainability through the combination of property−rights theory and policy analysis Pages 798−809 Jean−David Gerber, Peter Knoepfel, Stéphane Nahrath, Frédéric Varone 20. Economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline Pages 810−821 Nicola Gallai, Jean−Michel Salles, Josef Settele, Bernard E. Vaissière 21. Modeling production externalities in the maquila industry Pages 822−835 Becky Zerlentes, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings, Stephan Weiler 22. Equity weighting and the marginal damage costs of climate change Pages 836−849 David Anthoff, Cameron Hepburn, Richard S.J. Tol 23. Consumers' motivational associations favoring free−range meat or less meat Pages 850−860 Joop de Boer, Jan J. Boersema, Harry Aiking 24. The empirical analysis of the determinants for environmental technological change: A research agenda Pages 861−878 Pablo del Río González 25. Increased ecoefficiency and gross rebound effect: Evidence from USA and six European countries 1960–2002 Pages 879−887 Stig−Olof Holm, Göran Englund 26. Application of analytic hierarchy process−based model of Ratio of Comprehensive Cost to Comprehensive Profit (RCCCP) in pest management Pages 888−895 Nianfeng Wan, Jiexian Jiang, Xiangyun Ji, Jianyu Deng 27. 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Phelps http://www.bepress.com/cas Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:53:20 +0100 Energy Policy Volume 36, Issue 12, Pages 4299−4668 (December 2008) Foresight Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment Project 1. Editorial Board Page IFC Introduction 2. Managing energy in the built environment: Rethinking the system Pages 4299−4300 John Beddington Electricity generation 3. Introduction to Section 1—Electricity generation Page 4301 4. Making a material difference in energy Pages 4302−4309 David Driver 5. Clean fossil−fuelled power generation Pages 4310−4316 Tony Oliver 6. Carbon capture and storage Pages 4317−4322 Jon Gibbins and Hannah Chalmers 7. Generation−IV nuclear power: A review of the state of the science Pages 4323−4330 Tim Abram and Sue Ion 8. Fusion Pages 4331−4334 Chris Llewellyn Smith and David Ward Energy distribution and storage 9. Introduction to Section 2—Energy distribution and storage Page 4335 10. Efficiency trends in electric machines and drives Pages 4336−4341 B.C. Mecrow and A.G. Jack 11. Superconductors in the transmission of electricity and networks Pages 4342−4345 Harry Jones 12. Adaptive intelligent power systems: Active distribution networks Pages 4346−4351 Jim McDonald 13. Energy−storage technologies and electricity generation Pages 4352−4355 Peter J. Hall and Euan J. Bain 14. Hydrogen and fuel cells: Towards a sustainable energy future Pages 4356−4362 P.P. Edwards, V.L. Kuznetsov, W.I.F. David and N.P. Brandon 15. Energy storage: The route to liberation from the fossil fuel economy? Pages 4363−4367 Peter J. Hall 16. New technology and possible advances in energy storage Pages 4368−4373 John Baker Renewable energy 17. Introduction to Section 3—Renewable energy Page 4375 18. Enabling science and technology for marine renewable energy Pages 4376−4382 Markus Mueller and Robin Wallace 19. Bioenergy for heat and electricity in the UK: A research atlas and roadmap Pages 4383−4389 Gail Taylor 20. Photovoltaic technologies Pages 4390−4396 Darren M. Bagnall and Matt Boreland 21. Wind power as a clean−energy contributor Pages 4397−4400 Peter Tavner 22. What are the barriers and incentives for community−owned means of energy production and use? Pages 4401−4405 Gordon Walker 23. Biofuels and the biorefinery concept Pages 4406−4409 Gail Taylor Energy demand management 24. Introduction to Section 4—Energy demand management Page 4411 25. How to change attitudes and behaviours in the context of energy Pages 4412−4418 Susan Owens and Louise Driffill 26. Demand side management: Benefits and challenges Pages 4419−4426 Goran Strbac 27. Technologies to achieve demand reduction and microgeneration in buildings Pages 4427−4433 Mark Hinnells 28. Enabling technologies for industrial energy demand management Pages 4434−4443 Caroline H. Dyer, Geoffrey P. Hammond, Craig I. Jones and Russell C. McKenna 29. Enabling technologies for demand management: Transport Pages 4444−4448 Roderick A. Smith 30. Promoting household energy conservation Pages 4449−4453 Linda Steg 31. Re−materialising energy use through transparent monitoring systems Pages 4454−4459 Jacquelin Burgess and Michael Nye Energy efficient buildings 32. Introduction to Section 5—Energy−efficient buildings Page 4461 33. State of the stock—What do we know about existing buildings and their future prospects? Pages 4462−4470 Joe Ravetz 34. Energy, equity and the future of the fuel poor Pages 4471−4474 Simon Roberts 35. Regulatory standards and barriers to improved performance for housing Pages 4475−4481 Robert Lowe and Tadj Oreszczyn 36. Altering existing buildings in the UK Pages 4482−4486 Simon Roberts 37. Does demolition or refurbishment of old and inefficient homes help to increase our environmental, social and economic viability? Pages 4487−4501 Anne Power Decentralised systems 38. Introduction to Section 6—Decentralised systems Page 4503 39. Centralised and distributed electricity systems Pages 4504−4508 François Bouffard and Daniel S. Kirschen 40. The implications of an increasingly decentralised energy system Pages 4509−4513 Philip Wolfe 41. Decentralised systems and fuel poverty: Are there any links or risks? Pages 4514−4517 Gordon Walker 42. What changes, if any, would increased levels of low−carbon decentralised energy have on the built environment? Pages 4518−4521 James Keirstead 43. Combined heat and power in industry and buildings Pages 4522−4526 Mark Hinnells 44. Regulatory frameworks for decentralised energy Pages 4527−4531 Bridget Woodman and Philip Baker Innovative construction and built form 45. Introduction to Section 7—Innovative construction and built form Page 4533 46. New build: Materials, techniques, skills and innovation Pages 4534−4538 Jacqueline Glass, Andrew R.J. Dainty and Alistair G.F. Gibb 47. Future proof construction—Future building and systems design for energy and fuel flexibility Pages 4539−4543 Adrian Pitts 48. What is the relationship between built form and energy use in dwellings? Pages 4544−4547 Andrew Wright 49. Strategies for the modification of the urban climate and the consequent impact on building energy use Pages 4548−4551 Mike Davies, Philip Steadman and Tadj Oreszczyn 50. Effects of climate change on the built environment Pages 4552−4557 Simon Roberts 51. Designing urban spaces and buildings to improve sustainability and quality of life in a warmer world Pages 4558−4562 Claire Smith and Geoff Levermore 52. Infrastructure challenges for the built environment Pages 4563−4567 Simon Roberts The regulatory context 53. Introduction to Section 8—The regulatory context Page 4569 54. Mapping out the regulatory environment and its interaction with land and property markets Pages 4570−4574 David Adams 55. A low−carbon future: Spatial planning's role in enhancing technological innovation in the built environment Pages 4575−4579 Jenny Crawford and Will French 56. The impact of EU policies on energy use in and the evolution of the UK built environment Pages 4580−4583 Paul Ekins and Eoin Lees 57. Security of supply and regulation of energy networks Pages 4584−4589 Tooraj Jamasb and Michael Pollitt The economy and business 58. Introduction to Section 9—The economy and business Page 4591 59. How to support growth with less energy Pages 4592−4599 Mark Barrett, Robert Lowe, Tadj Oreszczyn and Philip Steadman 60. Energy and economic growth: Grounding our understanding in physical reality Pages 4600−4604 David G. Ockwell 61. The role of built environment energy efficiency in a sustainable UK energy economy Pages 4605−4609 Joseph A. Clarke, Cameron M. Johnstone, Nicolas J. Kelly, Paul A. Strachan and Paul Tuohy 62. The case for a new energy research, development and promotion policy for the UK Pages 4610−4614 Tooraj Jamasb, William J. Nuttall and Michael Pollitt 63. What are the risk−related barriers to, and opportunities for, innovation from a business perspective in the UK, in the context of energy management in the built environment? Pages 4615−4617 David Fisk 64. Understanding business decision making on the environment Pages 4618−4620 Andy Gouldson Living in the built environment 65. Introduction to Section 10—Living in the built environment Page 4621 66. What are the energy and power consumption patterns of different types of built environment? Pages 4622−4629 Ian C. Ward 67. Demographics, energy and our homes Pages 4630−4632 Simon Roberts 68. Risk, resilience, and environmentally sustainable cities Pages 4633−4638 Jon Coaffee 69. The energy and monetary implications of the ‘24/7’ ‘always on’ society Pages 4639−4645 Dennis L. Loveday, T. Bhamra, T. Tang, V.J.A. Haines, M.J. Holmes and R.J. Green 70. What are the factors that could influence the future of work with regard to energy systems and the built environment? Pages 4646−4651 Andy C. Pratt 71. Density and the built environment Pages 4652−4656 Ian Gordon 72. Science review of internal combustion engines Pages 4657−4667 Alex M.K.P. Taylor http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03014215 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:16:35 +0100 Technovation Volume 28, Issue 12, Pages 799−864 (December 2008) 1. Editorial Board Page IFC Refereed papers 2. Why big science has trouble finding big money and small science has difficulties finding small money Pages 799−801 Jonathan D. Linton 3. A biomedical military–industrial complex? Pages 802−811 Judith Reppy 4. On heuristics, narrative and knowledge management Pages 812−817 Robert S. Friedman and Laurence Prusak 5. Chinese vs. European views regarding technology assessment: Convergent or divergent? Pages 818−830 Dominique R. Jolly 6. 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Temporal aggregation, cointegration and causality inference Pages 223−226 Gulasekaran Rajaguru and Tilak Abeysinghe 22. Advertising as a signaling device: Simulated maximum likelihood estimation of a multiple random effects count data model Pages 227−229 Jörgen Hellström and Niklas Rudholm 23. Initial conditions and the outcome of economic reform Pages 230−233 Linda Kaltani and Norman V. Loayza 24. Acceleration effect of uncertainty on technological diffusion Pages 234−236 Koki Oikawa 25. Cournot and Bertrand–Edgeworth competition when rivals' costs are unknown Pages 237−240 Jason J. Lepore 26. A note on optimal paternalism and health capital subsidies Pages 241−242 Thomas Aronsson and Linda Thunström 27. Applicant behaviour in patent examination request lags Pages 243−245 Alfons Palangkaraya, Paul H. Jensen and Elizabeth Webster 28. Are cash transfers made to women spent like other sources of income? Pages 246−248 Norbert Schady and José Rosero 29. 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An Impact Analysis of Microfinance in Bosnia and Herzegovina Pages 2605−2619 Valentina Hartarska, Denis Nadolnyak 7. The Impact of Lending to Women on Household Vulnerability and Women’s Empowerment: Evidence from India Pages 2620−2642 Supriya Garikipati 8. Water Rich, Resource Poor: Intersections of Gender, Poverty, and Vulnerability in Newly Irrigated Areas of Southeastern Turkey Pages 2643−2662 Leila M. Harris 9. Using Irrigation Insurance to Improve Water Usage of the Rio Mayo Irrigation System in Northwestern Mexico Pages 2663−2678 Akssell J. Leiva, Jerry R. Skees 10. Chile: The Unbearable Burden of Inequality Pages 2679−2695 Ramón López, Sebastian J. Miller 11. The Limits of Pension Privatization: Lessons from Argentine Experience Pages 2696−2712 Camila Arza 12. Few Opportunities, Much Desperation: The Dichotomy of Non−Agricultural Activities and Inequality in Western Kenya Pages 2713−2732 Jann Lay, Toman Omar Mahmoud, George Michuki M’Mukaria 13. The Financial Performance of Non−farm Microenterprises in Ghana Pages 2733−2762 Oliver Masakure, John Cranfield, Spencer Henson 14. Management of Natural Resources at the Community Level: Exploring the Role of Social Capital and Leadership in a Rural Fishing Community Pages 2763−2779 Örjan Bodin, Beatrice I. Crona 15. Are We Getting There? Evidence of Decentralized Forest Management from the Tanzanian Miombo Woodlands Pages 2780−2800 Jens Friis Lund, Thorsten Treue 16. Modeling Energy and Development: An Evaluation of Models and Concepts Pages 2801−2821 Bas van Ruijven, Frauke Urban, René M.J. Benders, Henri C. Moll, Jeroen P. van der Sluijs, Bert de Vries, Detlef P. van Vuuren 17. Trade Protection and Capital Imports in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector Pages 2822−2837 Vasilios D. Kosteas 18. Intra− and Inter−industry Externalities from Foreign Direct Investment in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector: New Evidence from Mexican Regions Pages 2838−2854 Jacob A. Jordaan 19. 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Estimating future costs for Alaska public infrastructure at risk from climate change Pages 442−457 Peter H. Larsen, Scott Goldsmith, Orson Smith, Meghan L. Wilson, Ken Strzepek, Paul Chinowsky and Ben Saylor 13. Perceptions of climate risk in Mozambique: Implications for the success of adaptation strategies Pages 458−467 Anthony G. Patt and Dagmar Schröter 14. Exploring biodiversity and climate change benefits of community−based forest management Pages 468−478 Preet Pal Singh 15. Adapting to environmental change in artisanal fisheries—Insights from a South Indian Lagoon Pages 479−489 Sarah Coulthard 16. Impacts of climate change and sea−level rise on cyclonic storm surge floods in Bangladesh Pages 490−500 Mohammed Fazlul Karim and Nobuo Mimura 17. Understanding policy change: Multiple streams and emissions trading in Germany Pages 501−507 Steffen Brunner 18. 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