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Grundstrukturen eines nachhaltigen Wohlfahrtsmodells und Implikationen für die Politik

Meyer, Bernd; Ahlert, Gerd; Zieschank, Roland; … - 2012

, ökonomischer und gesellschaftlicher Nachhaltigkeit zu unterkomplex sind. Vor diesem Hintergrund wurde innerhalb des … Umweltpolitik als politisches Handlungskonzept genutzt werden kann. Aus dem zugrundeliegenden Entscheidungsmodell zur Bewertung von … Handlungsalternativen einer nachhaltigen Umweltpolitik werden Forderungen zur Positionierung an die Politik in sechs Punkten abgeleitet. …

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An Empirical Contribution to the Debate on Corruption,Democracy and Environmental Policy

Pellegrini, Lorenzo; Gerlagh, Reyer - 2005

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...

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Concentration, separation, and dispersion: Economic geography and the environment

Rauscher, Michael - 2009

The paper investigates the spatial patterns of industrial location and environmental pollution in a new-economic-geography model. Factors of production and their owners are mobile, but factor owners are not required to live in the region in which their factors are employed. Under laisser-faire,...

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Biodiversity and geography

Rauscher, Michael; Barbier, Edward B. - 2007

The paper combines an economic-geography model of agglomeration and periphery with a model of species diversity and looks at optimal policies of biodiversity conservation. The subject of the paper is 'natural' biodiversity, which is inevitably impaired by anthropogenic impact. Thus, the economic...

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Biodiversity and geography

Rauscher, Michael; Barbier, Edward B. - 2007

The paper combines an economic-geography model of agglomeration and periphery with a model of species diversity and looks at optimal policies of biodiversity conservation. The subject of the paper is natural biodiversity, which is inevitably impaired by anthropogenic impact. Thus, the economic...

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Environmental policy design and the fragmentation of international markets for innovation

Johnstone, Nick; Hascic, Ivan - 2009

It has long been argued that the implementation of market-based environmental policy instruments such as environmentally-related taxes and tradable permits is likely to lead to greater technological innovation than more direct forms of regulation such as technology-based standards. One of the...

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A participatory approach to assess the effectiveness of responses to cope with flood risk

Ceccato, Lucia; Giannini, Valentina; Giupponi, Carlo - 2010

This work illustrates the preliminary findings of a participatory research process aimed at identifying responses for sustainable water management in a climate change perspective, in two river basins in Europe and Asia. The paper describes the methodology implemented through local workshops,...

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An integrated CVaR and real options approach to investments in the energy sector

Fortin, Ines; Fuss, Sabine; Hlouskova, Jaroslava; … - 2007

The objective of this paper is to combine a real options framework with portfolio optimization techniques and to apply this new framework to investments in the electricity sector. In particular, a real options model is used to assess the adoption decision of particular technologies under...

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Energie, Klimaschutz und nachhaltige Mobilität: warum Deutschland ein Energieministerium braucht

Kemfert, Claudia - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 79 (2010) 1, pp. 141-155

Die Energieversorgung muss klimaschonend, sicher, aber auch bezahlbar sein. Fossile Energien allen voran Öl und später auch Gas werden knapper und teurer. Die fossile Ressource Kohle steht uns zwar noch sehr lange zur Verfügung, die Verbrennung verursacht jedoch klimagefährliche...

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Environmental Governance in Hungary - Rural Development Policies and Social Learning during the Implementation of EU Agri-Environmental Policies - A Case Study

Nemes, Gusztáv - 2010

The Rural Development Regulation (RDR) within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), as an exemplary manifestation of the New Rural Development Paradigm, has achieved significant results. Nevertheless, it has increasingly become liable to institutional complexity and central control in an...

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