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Policies, Natural Resource Governance and Local Development
Massuanganhe, Israel Jacob - Department of Agricultural Economics, Universiteit van … - 2008
skills and output even in the absence of new technologies. The participation of citizens in all stages is crucial. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068604
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The Political Economy of Climate Change Policy in the EU: Auction and Grandfathering
Brandt, Urs Steiner; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - 2003
Based on the political support function model by Hillman (1982), we consider the choice of policy instruments in environmental regulation. More specifically, we extend the Hillman model so that it can incorporate the connection between the relative strength of lobby groups, the chosen level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321940
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Ratcheting in Renewable Resources Contracting
Brandt, Urs Steiner; Jensen, Frank; Hansen, Lars Gårn; … - 2004
Real life implies that public procurement contracting of renewable resources results in repeated interaction between a principal and the agents. The present paper analyses ratchet effects in contracting of renewable resources and how the presence of a resource constraint alters the "standard"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321970
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Reforming Government Subsidies in the New Member States of the European Union
Segura-Ubiergo, Alex; Koranchelian, Taline; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Subsidy reform has been a key component of the pre-accession reform agenda of the 10 new member states that joined the EU in 2004 (EU-10). During the pre-accession period, these countries had to undertake a number of important structural reforms in their economies. One of the most critical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263811
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Is Policy Ownership An Operational Concept?
Boughton, James M.; Mourmouras, Alex - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
IMF lending is generally conditional on specified policies and outcomes. These conditions usually are negotiated compromises between policies initially favored by the Fund and by the country's authorities. In some cases the authorities might be satisfied enough with the outcome to take...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826172
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The Political Economy of Climate Change Policy in the EU: Auction and Grandfathering
Brandt, Urs Steiner; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard - Institut for Miljø og Erhvervsøkonomi, Syddansk … - 2003
Based on the political support function model by Hillman (1982), we consider the choice of policy instruments in environmental regulation. More specifically, we extend the Hillman model so that it can incorporate the connection between the relative strength of lobby groups, the chosen level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005642094
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Ratcheting in Renewable Resources Contracting
Brandt, Urs Steiner; Jensen, Frank; Hansen, Lars Gårn; … - Institut for Miljø og Erhvervsøkonomi, Syddansk … - 2004
Real life implies that public procurement contracting of renewable resources results in repeated interaction between a principal and the agents. The present paper analyses ratchet effects in contracting of renewable resources and how the presence of a resource constraint alters the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005642108
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Marginal Farmers and Agri-Environmental Schemes: Evaluating Policy Design Adequacy for the Environmental Fallow Measure
Hurle, Jesus Barreiro; Goded, Maria Espinosa - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2007
This paper examines the factors affecting farmer's participation in an agri-environmental scheme (AES) in marginal …'s participation, without disregarding the role of social capital. The farm and farmer characteristics (intrinsic factors) as well as …, understood as participation rate. Due to the fact that the effects of applying this measure do not have significant effect on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005536534
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ASSESSING THE EFFICIENCY OF LOCAL ACTION GROUPS AND AUCTIONS FOR DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES IN THE EU - RESULTS FROM AN EXPERT SURVEY
Eggers, Jorg; Mettepenningen, Evy; Beckmann, Volker - Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften … - 2007
In this article the authors focus on two important innovations for agri-environmental measures in the new council regulation: The implementation of local action groups and a call for tenders. The article describes how relevant actors assess the innovations. The results are based on 276...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005476892
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Migration and social protection in Europe and beyond (volume 3) : a focus on non-EU sending states
Lafleur, Jean-Michel (ed.); Vintila, Daniela (ed.) - 2020
This third and last open access volume in the series takes the perspective of non-EU countries on immigrant social protection. By focusing on 12 of the largest sending countries to the EU, the book tackles the issue of the multiple areas of sending state intervention towards migrant populations....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472672