This paper analyses two aspects of environmental regulations triggered by ecoinnovations. First, whether there are long term effects of regulation on innovation. Second, whether the impact of different types of regulation differ by type of the environmental benefit of the innovations. To answer...

Both theoretical and empirical studies have shown that democracy and corruption have substantial influence on environmental policy. In this paper, we empirically analyse whether both democracy and corruption are equally important determinants. When these variables are jointly included as...

We analyze the factors that influence the support for environmental policy proposals. Swiss referendum data show that proposals obtain more yes-votes if they do not restrict consumption possibilities directly, if they are endorsed by the largest business association, if environmental preferences...

Issues related to the cost-effectiveness of biodiversity conservation policies have not yet been prominent in European conservation research and policy-making. Nevertheless, there is a small but growing literature which analyses such cost-effectiveness issues on both a conceptual and an applied...

Empirical research on the characteristics of environmentally responsive companies has focussed almost exclusively on US and Japanese firms. For Europe, which is commonly considered as the greenest of the three major developed economic markets, similar research is lacking. This paper seeks to...

In Europa ist innerhalb kurzer Zeit der weltweit größte Emissionshandel eingeführt worden. Politik, Behörden und Wirtschaft haben mit dem 2005 begonnenen CO2-Handel bereits wichtige Erfahrungen gesammelt. Mit der Erstellung der nationalen Zuteilungspläne und deren Prüfung durch die...

Der Emissionshandel zeigt nur dann die erwünschte Wirkung, wenn das marktgerechte CO2-Preissignal zu Veränderungen beim Angebots- und Nachfrageverhalten in der Volkswirtschaft führt. Die damit verbundenen Preiseffekte sind - obwohl im betriebswirtschaftlichen Einzelfall möglicherweise...

Many validation studies deal with item-nonresponse and measurement error in earnings data. In this paper we explore motives of respondents for the failure to reveal earnings using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). GSOEP collects socio-economic information of private households in the...