Die wichtigste Lektion der Korruptionsprävention besteht darin, das Problem nicht einzelnen Personen in der Organisation, sondern vielmehr der Organisation selbst zuzurechnen. Aus unternehmensethischer Sicht lautet daher die entscheidende Frage: Wie konstituiert sich eine Organisation als...

Die aktuelle Lage in Bezug auf den Klimawandel erfordert ein entschlossenes Handeln auf der Ebene der politischen, wirtschaftlichen und persönlichen Entscheidungen. Medienbeiträge oder öffentliche Diskussionen transportieren Informationen und Meinungsbilder, die bisher weniger das...

What is a feasible and efficient policy to regulate air pollution from vehicles? A Pigouvian tax is technologically infeasible. Most countries instead rely on exhaust standards that limit air pollution emissions per mile for new vehicles. We assess the effectiveness and efficiency of these...

Technology policy is the most widespread form of climate policy and is often preferred over seemingly efficient carbon pricing. We propose a new explanation for this observation: gains that predominantly accrue to households with large capital assets and that influence majority decisions in...

Is there a case to be made for preferential treatment of the exposed sector in an economy when compliance to an aggregate emissions constraint induced by an international environmental agreement is mandatory? This question is being debated in many countries, including The Netherlands, in the...

Standard non-cooperative game theoretical models of international environmental agreements (IEAs) draw a pessimistic picture of the prospective of successful cooperation: only small coalitions are stable that achieve only little. However, there also exist IEAs with higher participation and more...