This dissertation investigates the optimal policy for reducing emissions on an aggregate level and in segregated sectors of the economy of the United States and Pakistan using the Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model with New Keynesian assumptions. Three types of environmental policies...

MINE - Mapping the Interplay between Nature and Economy is a digital archive and visual map showing the intersection between nature and economy. By focusing on the interconnections between fundamental concepts e.g. of time, thermodynamics, evolution, responsibility and justice, a new concept of...

For several decades, there has been a discussion in economics on how to appropriately measure economic welfare. Although it is common perception that a simple GDP evaluation bears several shortcomings, GDP per capita is still the most prominent measure of countries' welfare and of its...

Informed decisions are the cornerstone of a functioning democracy. The goal of this paper is twofold. First, to explore who is good at distinguishing between true and false, and, second, to learn something about mechanisms to debunk false news stories. In an experimental study, subjects were...

The environmental regulations US firms are exposed to are often place-based, incentivizing firms to move to less regulated counties or states. Consistent with this argument, multiplant firms partially regulated under the ozone regulations of the US Clean Air Act offset regulation-induced...

Economic growth and development are intricately linked to the sound management of environmental resources. Reducing inequalities in society and maintaining healthy ecosystems are fundamental to achieving sustainable development, yet the interactions between these goals have been largely...

A jelenlegi, a mobilitással kapcsolatos megközelítések túlnyomó része a jövő kapcsán az önvezetés kérdését és – amennyiben társadalmi kérdésekről van szó – annak etikai vonatkozásait hangsúlyozza, míg a fenntarthatóság-fókuszú gondolkodás az elektromobilitásra...