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Environmental research joint ventures and time-consistent emission tax
Ouchida, Yasunori; Goto, Daisaku - 2014
setting where a regulator has no precommitment ability for an emission tax. The results reveal that if the environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344318
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Bio-ecological diversity vs. socio-economic diversity : a comparison of existing measures
Maignan, Carole; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P.; Pinelli, Dino - 2003
This paper aims to enrich the standard toolbox for measuring diversity in economics. In so doing, we compare the indicators of diversity used by economists with those used by biologists and ecologists. Ecologists and biologists are concerned about biodiversity: the diversity of organisms that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011589809
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Ecosystem-based fishery management : a critical review of concepts and ecological economic models
Nguyen, Thanh Viet - 2009
An ecosystem approach means different things to different people. As a result the concept of ecosystem-based fishery management is evolving and it has no universal definition or consistent application. As regards ecosystem modeling, most economic models of fishery ignore the linkages to lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003911968
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Environmental policy and directed technological change : evidence from the European carbon market
Calel, Raphael; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine - 2012
The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has aimed to encourage the development of low-carbon technologies … their patenting history and their regulatory status under EU ETS, we investigate the hypothesis that the EU ETS has … activities at the EPO since 2005, especially among EU ETS regulated companies during the Scheme's second phase. Naive estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535533
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Transforming the European energy system : member states’ prospects within the EU framework
Knopf, Brigitte; Bakken, Bjørn; Carrara, Samuel; … - 2014
important to improve coordination between Member State policies and those at EU level. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250433
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European forests and carbon sequestration services: an economic assessment of climate change impacts
Ding, Helen; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Teelucksingh, Sonja - 2010
This paper reports an original economic valuation of the impact of climate change on the provision of forest regulating services in Europe. To the authors’ knowledge the current paper represents the first systematic attempt to estimate human well-being losses with respect to changes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702331
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Climate policies : a burden or a gain?
Bréchet, Thierry; Tulkens, Henry - 2013
That climate policies are costly is evident and therefore often creates major fears. But the alternative (no action) also has a cost. Mitigation costs and damages incurred depend on what the climate policies are; moreover, they are substitutes. This brings climate policies naturally in the realm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009737413
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The environment in the Andean community and Mercosur
König, Christopher - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009703534
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The "Doomsday" effect in climate policies : why is the present decade so crucial to tackling the climate challenge?
Perrissin Fabert, Baptiste; Espagne, Etienne; Pottier, … - 2012
Despite growing scientific evidence that passing a 2°C temperature increase may trigger tipping points in climate dynamics, most Integrated Assessment Models (IAM) based on Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) with smooth quadratic damage functions are unable to account for the possibility of strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009628139
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Environmental regulation and competitiveness : empirical evidence on the Porter Hypothesis from European manufacturing sectors
Rubashkina, Yana; Galeotti, Marzio; Verdolini, Elena - 2014
This paper represents an empirical investigation of the "weak" and "strong" Porter Hypothesis (PH) focusing on the manufacturing sectors of European countries between 1997 and 2009. By and large, the literature has analyzed the impact of environmental regulation on innovation and on productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413622