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International trade and the transmission of temperature shocks
Osberghaus, Daniel; Schenker, Oliver - 2022
We examine how the adverse impacts of weather shocks are distributed through the trade network. Exploiting a rich, theoretically derived, fixed effects structure, we find significant negative short-run effects of high temperature on exports. A month with an average temperature above 30 °C...
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Corporate carbon reduction pledges : an effective tool to mitigate climate change?
Comello, Stephen; Reichelstein, Julia; Reichelstein, Stefan - 2021
In the intensifying public debate about limiting the harmful effects of climate change, many global corporations have recently articulated so-called “net-zero” goals for reducing and ultimately eliminating their own greenhouse gas emissions. We first examine the details ofthe carbon...
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Growth and Mitigation Policies with Uncertain Climate Damage
Bretschger, Lucas - 2014
baseline model by adding climate-induced fluctuations around the growth trend and stock-pollution effects, demonstrating …
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The Ifo Investment Database
Strobel, Thomas - 2013
In this paper we present the Ifo Investment Database, which provides annual investment data for 12 investment assets in … allows allocating investments by asset type to each industry, using an investment flow matrix. The database enables … investments. We describe the structure and methodology of the database and illustrate its variety and strengths by looking at some …
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Do climate policies lead to outsourcing? : evidence from firm-level imports
Rottner, Elisa - 2023
Rising energy prices might lead to adjustments along the supply chain and make firms outsource energy-intensive processes. This could lead to carbon leakage. I provide empirical evidence whether energy price-induced offshoring occurs using firm-level data on energy use, imports, and material...
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Global Demographic Change and Climate Policies
Gerlagh, Reyer - 2017
Between 1950 and 2017, world average life expectancy increased from below-50 to above-70, while the fertility rate …
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Climate finance and emission reductions : what do the last twenty years tell us?
Gavard, Claire; Schoch, Niklas - 2021 - This version: 29 January 2021
In the framework of the Paris Agreement implementation, financial transfers remain a major point of negotiation for addressing equity concerns raised by the ambitious climate objectives. In complement to the theoretical, experimental and numerical studies that have examined the role of transfers...
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The Role of Economic Policy in Climate Change Adaptation
Konrad, Kai A. - 2012
This paper assesses the role of the public sector in adaptation to climate change. We first offer a definition and categorisation of climate change adaptation. We then consider the primary economic principles that can guide the assignment of adaptation tasks to either the private or the public...
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How Significant are Fiscal Interactions in Federations? A Meta-Regression Analysis
Costa-Font, Joan - 2011
specification and estimation strategies …
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The impact of carbon disclosure mandates on emissions and financial operating performance
Downar, Benedikt; Ernstberger, Jürgen; Reichelstein, Stefan - 2020
We examine whether a disclosure mandate for greenhouse gas emissions creates stakeholder pressure for firms to subsequently reduce their emissions. For UK-incorporated listed firms such a mandate was adopted in 2013. Using a difference-in-differences design, we find that firms affected by the...
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