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impact of mitigation and adaptation finance on national emissions of recipient countries. We test the derived hypothesis … using carbon emissions data of non-OECD countries in the last 20 years. We find that public adaptation and mitigation … finance tend to increase emissions. Private mitigation finance seems to reduce them only after five years following the …
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Most empirical studies on private climate change adaptation rely on self-reported intentions which often fail to … gap (IBG) in climate change adaptation, which complicates the deduction of policy recommendations for stimulating … adaptation behavior. Using a large unique longitudinal survey data set from Germany covering more than 5,000 households, our …
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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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Does a shift to ambitious climate policy increase financial fragility? In this paper, we develop a quantitative macroeconomic model with carbon taxes and endogenous financial crises to study such "Climate Minsky Moments". By reducing asset returns, an accelerated transition to net zero exerts...
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Adaptation is omnipresent but people systematically fail to correctly anticipate the degree to which they adapt. This … ; adaptation ; habit-formation ; anticipation-bias ; paternalism …
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Fixed-term labour contracts were liberalised in Germany in order to raise the flexibility of the labour market. However, empirical studies using industry-level data find no significant effect of FTCs on employment adjustment. This paper investigates the impact of FTC employment on firms'...
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Lending and borrowing interest rates are often slow to adjust to changing capital market conditions. This paper argues that national differences of the pass-through speed in the EU can be regarded as a retail-oriented indicator of financial integration. Based on an ECB database the speed of...
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