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A regression on climate policy : the European commission's proposal to reduce CO2 emissions from transport

Frondel, Manuel (contributor); … - 2008

As part of its efforts to reach the targets of the Kyoto Protocol, the European Commission is currently considering a new directive to reduce the per-kilometer CO2 emissions of newly registered automobiles. This paper critically assesses this proposal with respect to its economic and...

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Catching up and falling behind : cross-country evidence on the impact of the EU ETS on firm productivity

Themann, Michael; Koch, Nikolas - 2021

This paper assesses the potential impact of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) on firm productivity … dispersion within industries. This dynamic model allows us to differentiate the potential effects of the EU ETS on total factor …-in-difference approach exploiting the incomplete participation requirements of the EU ETS and the rich panel structure of firm-level data for …

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Fairness and the support of redistributive environmental policies

Andor, Mark Andreas; Lange, Andreas; Sommer, Stephan - 2022

Exemptions from costly policy measures are frequently applied to alleviate financial burdens to specific market participants. Using a stated-choice experiment with around 6,000 German household heads, we test how exemptions for low-income households and energy-intensive companies influence the...

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Diverging beliefs on climate change and climate policy in Germany : the role of political orientations

Knollenborg, Leonard; Sommer, Stephan - 2021

Using longitudinal data from two household surveys in 2017 and 2019, we analyze the determinants of climate skepticism in Germany. We find that nearly 20% of respondents state that they do not believe in climate change and more than 30% are doubtful that climate change is mainly caused by human...

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Environmental management systems : does certification pay?

Frondel, Manuel; Krätschell, Karoline; Zwick, Lina - 2014

The voluntary adoption of environmental management systems (EMS), frequently certified by third-party audits following international standards, has become a vital supplement to mandatory environmental policies based on regulation and legislation. Although there is empirical evidence that both...

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The impact of climate-related fiscal and financial policies on carbon emissions in G20 countries : a panel quantile regression approach

D'Orazio, Paola; Dirks, Maximilian W. - 2020

This paper investigates the impact of climate-related fiscal and financial policies on CO2 emissions implemented by G20 countries in the period 2000-2017. The analysis show that the impact of various policy instruments is heterogeneous across the carbon emissions distribution. In particular, the...

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From low emission zone to academic track : environmental policy effects on educational achievement in elementary school

Brehm, Johannes; Pestel, Nico; Schaffner, Sandra; … - 2022

Low Emission Zones (LEZs) reduce local air pollution by restricting emission-intensive vehicles from accessing designated areas and have been shown to improve population health. Little is known about the effects of driving restriction policies on other areas of life. This paper studies the...

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EU structural funds and regional income convergence : a sobering experience

Breidenbach, Philipp; Mitze, Timo; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2016

The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) are the prime instrument of EU regional policy. European policy … identification strategy linked to modern growth theory, we find that the disbursement of EU structural funds is negatively correlated …. In any case, EU structural funding does not seem to contribute effectively to foster income convergence across regions. …

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Equilibrium real interest rates and secular stagnation : an empirical analysis for euro area member countries

Belke, Ansgar; Klose, Jens - 2016

Is secular stagnation a valid concern for Euro Area countries? We tackle this question using the well-established Laubach-Williams model to estimate the unobservable equilibrium real interest rate and compare it to the actual real rate. We apply our approach to twelve Euro Area countries, since...

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Informal care provision and work disability days

Roller, Christiane; Stroka-Wetsch, Magdalena A.; … - 2016

Due to the demographic change and the concomitant ageing of society, the labor force will reduce in Germany in the following decades. Simultaneously, the demand for informal care will increase as a result of the ageing society. Informal care is assumed being the least expensive form of care and...

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