During the past decade the issue of a general welfare double dividend (an improvement in environmental quality combined with a positive welfare effect) triggered by a tax shift from labour to energy resources has been extensively debated. In this book, Kurt Kratena studies the employment effects...

This research study explores how decarbonisation strategies, combined with different ambitious approaches for reducing and slowing resource use, can meet the goals of Austria's circular economy strategy and contribute to carbon neutrality. The study examines the biophysical and economic impacts...

Networks are hybrid forms between hierarchies and markets. The present article focuses on the structure of Russian business networks and their potential for integration into European business networks. In Russia, two competing types of networks can currently be identified: survival networks and...

This study is about the effects reforms have had on industry's dispersion in Russia. We use data on regional production by industry reaching from 1987 to 1993 to consider to what extent the division of labor among regions has changed during this time period. In particular we address three issues...

We analyze the impacts of three major unexpected border regime changes that occurred during the course of 20th century on population growth along the Austrian-Czech border. Using historical municipal-level census data reaching back to 1880, we find no effects of the dissolution of the...

We analyze the impacts of three major unexpected border regime changes that occurred during the course of 20th century on population growth along the Austrian-Czech border. Using historical municipal-level census data reaching back to 1880, we find no effects of the dissolution of the...