Das vorliegende Arbeitspapier gibt einen Überblick über den Stand der Diskussion um soziale oder ökologische Kriterien in der Vorstandsvergütung und untersucht, welche Erfahrungen und Einschätzungen Arbeitnehmervertreter/innen in den Aufsichtsräten mit der Einführung erweiterter Kriterien...

Das vorliegende Arbeitspapier gibt einen Überblick über den Stand der Diskussion um soziale oder ökologische Kriterien in der Vorstandsvergütung und untersucht, welche Erfahrungen und Einschätzungen Arbeitnehmervertreter/innen in den Aufsichtsräten mit der Einführung erweiterter Kriterien...

High and persistent unemployment rates and increasing awareness of environmental degradation in many industrial countries have promoted the interest in the labour market effects of environmental policy. Environmental labour market analysis is fraught with many difficulties, however. Being...

This paper explores the extent to which emissions limits on stack concentrations under the Large Combustion Plant (LCP) Directive succeeded in mitigating local air pollutants from thermal power stations in the European Union. We take advantage of the discontinuities in regulation status to show...

This paper explores the extent to which the Large Combustion Plant (LCP) Directive succeeded in mitigating local air pollutants from thermal electricity generating plants in the European Union. Using yearly data on plant-level operations from the EEA, we investigate whether emissions limits on...

Environmental policies frequently target the ratio of dirty to green output within the same industry. To achieve such targets the green sector may be subsidised or the dirty sector be taxed. This paper shows that in a monopolistic competition setting the two policy instruments have different...

The relationship between per capita income and a number of pollution indicators has been found to display an inverted U-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given income levels (direct effect) and by reducing...