Using a considerable number of theoretical and empirical sources, we analyze the relationship between democracy and environment. First, we compare the situation in democracies and non-democracies. Later we discusses environmental distribution conflicts and the role of ratization influences...

The article examines conditions, under which the degree of democratization influences environmental policy outcomes, with a given resource endowments' heterogeneity as a crucial feature of a politico-economic process. We develop an OLG model with pollution as an aggregate externality. The...

This paper presents findings of a study of the economic impacts of climate change adaptation. To estimate these impacts on the German economy and its individual sectors we follow a two-step approach: firstly, we estimate the damages resulting from recurring flood events and heat waves, based on...

[Einleitung] Verteilungsfragen sind traditionell eine Domäne der Sozialwissenschaften gewesen, im Bereich der Umweltökonomik spielten sie jedoch jahrelang eher eine untergeordnete Rolle. Da jeder (wirtschafts-)politischer Eingriff Verteilungswirkungen nach sich zieht, sind diese auch bei den...