Voluntary environmental management programs for firms have become an increasingly popular instrument of environmental policy. However, the literature's conclusion on the effectiveness of such programs is ambiguous, and for the European region there is a lack of evidence based on a large control...

A major goal of the environmental movement is to conserve or improve the natural environment, but evidence showing that environmental mobilization produces positive environmental outcomes is mixed. This paper addresses a fundamental question about the relative impact of pro-environmental...

Voluntary environmental management programs for firms have become an increasingly popular instrument of environmental policy. However, the literature’s conclusion on the effectiveness of such programs is ambiguous, and for the European region there is a lack of evidence based on a large...

Die vorliegende Untersuchung nimmt eine Bestandsaufnahme der bundesdeutschen Subventionspolitik unter Umweltgesichtspunkten vor. Es sollen unter möglichst einheitlichen Gesichtspunkten Konturen und Strukturen einer auf den Umweltaspekt ausgerichteten Betrachtung von Subventionen aufgezeigt...