Showing 1 - 10 of 10,942
In recent years, the number of publications that analyze the formation and stability of international environmental agreements (IEAs) using the method of game theory has sharply increased. This paper reports on some recent results that shall demonstrate the usefulness but also the limitation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990871
Environmental policies typically combine the identification of a goal with some means to achieve that goal. This chapter focuses exclusively on the second component, the means – the “instruments” – of environmental policy, and considers, in particular, experience around the world with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023936
Experimental methods have recently been used to evaluate environmental policy instruments, in particular – and most suitably, it seems – emissions trading programs of various designs. Some studies have focused on domestic emissions trading programs, while others have focused on international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023935
Nitrogen management policies introduced in the past decades by some OECD countries have succeeded in reducing excess nitrogen use by farmers, but half of global mineral fertiliser use is still lost for crops. While about half of OECD countries have nutrient surpluses of between 25-50 kg N per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801171
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012138281
The Moneylenders of Late Medieval Kyoto examines the large community of sake brewer-moneylenders in Japan's capital …. Demand for credit was strong in medieval Kyoto, and brewers profitably recirculated capital for loans. As the medieval period … into close contact with every segment of Kyoto's population. The more socially prominent brewers served as tax agents for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014488536
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013166399
Part 1. Background to the Climate Problem -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Climate Challenge and its Consequences -- 3. Climate Protection Problems and Options for Action -- 4. Global Warming Perspectives -- 5. Perspectives on the Climate Debate and International Economic Aspects -- 6. The Wrong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013167268
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012511685