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This paper investigates the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings of 20 leading stock exchange indices by analyzing and aggregating ratings of underlying stocks. ESG ratings are...

This study investigates the extent to which diplomatic relations are related to cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) activities in the European Union during the years 2001–2019. Implementing a gravity...

The analysis of the regional dimension of the bioeconomy is important due to its policy implications. The EU’s Bioeconomy Strategy recognizes the potential contribution of the bioeconomy for the development of rural and remote areas...

This report highlights the current state of advanced biofuel production, including various technologies and challenges faced by the industry. Despite the existence of commercial pathways for advanced biofuel production...

This report presents an assessment of the state of the art of key technologies for bioenergy production. Several biomass technologies are available for heat and power production from biomass, namely combustion...

In this work, I explore the explanatory power of experimentally-elicited social preferences over self-reported support for redistribution. Social preferences are obtained by means of a simplified dictator game...

Conceptual and practical challenges are inevitable when trying to understand and model the fundamentals of innovation at the national level worldwide. Now in its 16th edition, the Global Innovation...

Insight into the future of the world population is key for policy planning. At present, several organisations engage in developing global long-term population projections and provide varied results in terms...

This document is intended to give an overview of the data sources and methodologies used to compile the dataset on structural SME indicators of the SME Performance Review commissioned by the European Commission (DG...

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture (mainly methane and nitrous oxide emissions) and from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF, mainly carbon dioxide emissions)...