Die Workshopdokumentation geht insbesondere der Frage nach, ob – angesichts bestehender und immer deutlicher werdender ökonomischer Anreize, mit Energie und Ressourcen sparsam umzugehen – staatliche Eingriffe (noch) notwendig sind. Soll in die entstehenden Märkte interveniert werden? Mit...

On March 12, 2008 the German Federal Environment Agency and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety held a meeting of experts entitled “Eco-Innovation, International Trade, WTO and Climate: Key Issues for an ecological industrial policy”. At...

Firms tend to cluster in close geographic proximity to each other to benefit from reduced transport costs, shared inputs, and productivity spillovers due to learning and technology transfers. Evidence from low-income countries suggests that such agglomeration economies may be substantial in...