Evgeniya Yushkova

The analysis investigates the determinants of the intention to bring mobile phones for recycling. The paper is based on data regarding the determinants of bringing mobile phones for recycling collected from university students in Autumn 2016 (N = 1013) in both the Chinese and German academia. Using structural equation modeling, we examine the direc...

Climate policy has become a key element of modern economic policy in a world economy facing the challenges of long-run economic growth—associated with a rising use of energy—and the need to limit global warming. A global temperature rise of more than 2° relative to 1850 seems to bring a considerable risk of warming and hence there is a need for enh...

Innovation dynamics are crucial for achieving sustainable development and, from this perspective, innovation systems and green entrepreneurship are important, as is the institutional framework of economic policy. Resource-saving technological progress and progress in the field of energy efficiency are key challenges. The latter refers to the global...

At a basic level, one could build indicators based on the individual, which is often a good way to motivate individuals to reconsider their respective lifestyles. Alternatively (or in a complementary way), one may develop indicators with a focus on individual countries so that the focus is more on political action, including opportunities for inter...

Covering global sustainability requires having a consistent composite indicator and focusing on the development of sustainability over time and across countries (as well as looking at the aggregate result for the world economy). The indicator considered is constructed, in the basic version, of three elements. An extended version, which is available...

For the last decade, Asian countries have been enjoying a positive and steady economic growth. It is projected that the economy of Asia will grow steadily at 5.4 % in 2014 and 5.5 % in 2015 (IMF 2014). Despite some disruptions, such as the global economic crisis, the Asian economy still grew positively due to its strong domestic demand (IMF 2014)....

There are many sustainability approaches applied in the literature and naturally one will want to carefully consider the methodology being applied. Ultimately, a composite sustainability indicator which takes several dimensions of sustainability into account should, at the very least, be consistent, informative, and relevant, for households, invest...

Policymakers have an impact on sustainability through the framework conditions that are set for the private sector, through public procurement, through government policy intervention in various fields, and through impulses for double sustainability: namely, setting incentives or new standards for the long-term financing of projects which generate p...

Standard approaches to damaging of the environment greatly emphasize the issue of nonrenewable resources. This focus is not surprising, as some vital resources used in industry are important nonrenewable inputs. However, one should not overlook the fact that innovation dynamics and technological progress typically can mitigate some of the problems...

This study develops a new indicator for national and global sustainability. The main components of the EIIW-vita indicator are: the share of renewable energy, the genuine savings rate and the relative "green export" position of the respective countries; it is in line with OECD requirements on composite indicators. As green exports are related to te...

The link between ICT use and trade flows has been widely discussed in the literature. It has been argued that the use of ICT contributes to the fall of trade costs. The analysis presented identifies the role of a specific ICT variable, namely the extent of use of Internet by the business community, in international trade. The export flows between 4...