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Researchers have utilized the fact that many states have term limits (as opposed to being eligible for re-election) for governors to determine how changes in electoral incentives alter state regulatory agency behavior. This paper asks whether these impacts spill over into private sector...
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Seit vielen Jahren übersteigt die Nitratbelastung an knapp einem Fünftel der Grundwasser-Messstellen in Deutschland den Grenzwert von 50 Milligramm pro Liter. Neben der Beeinträchtigung des Ökosystems, zum Beispiel durch Eutrophierung von Gewässern, schädigt nitratbelastetes Trinkwasser...
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Luftverschmutzung verursacht hohe ökonomische Kosten durch gesundheitliche Belastungen der AnwohnerInnen, vor allem in städtischen Gebieten. Fahrbeschränkungen in Umweltzonen sollen zur Verbesserung der Luftqualität beitragen. Empirische Analysen in diesem Wochenbericht bestätigen, dass...
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Die Effekte der Klimakrise verschärfen die Wasserknappheit nicht nur im globalen Süden, sondern auch in unseren Breitengraden, beispielsweise in der Region Berlin-Brandenburg. Wegen unzureichender Bepreisung der Entnahme von Oberflächen- und Grundwasser beziehungsweise mangelnden...
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Deutschland will bis 2045, Europa bis 2050 klimaneutral werden. Um dieser Herausforderung begegnen zu können, ist es erforderlich, sich stärker in Richtung einer Kreislaufwirtschaft zu orientieren: Abfallvermeidung, Wiederverwendung und Recycling helfen dabei, primäre Ressourcen und die...
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This paper presents the first empirical test of the green paradox hypothesis, according to which well-intended but imperfectly implemented policies may lead to detrimental environmental outcomes due to supply side responses. We use the introduction of the Acid Rain Program in the U.S. as a case...
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We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public administration. Production in the shadow economy allows firms to avoid environmental regulation policies; a large informal sector may be accompanied by higher pollution levels. Our...
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A well-known result about market power in emission permit markets is that efficiency can be achieved by full free allocation to the dominant firm. I show that this result breaks down when taking the interaction between input and output markets into account, even if the firm perceives market...
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High transaction costs and thin participation plague water quality trading and prevent markets from delivering expected efficiency gains. Point sources generate a single pollutant, while nonpoint sources generate multiple, complementary pollutants. We develop a dynamic search model of...
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Consider a situation in which countries anticipate an international environmental agreement (IEA) to be in effect sometime in the future. What is the impact of the future IEA on current emissions after its announcement? We show that the answer to this question is ambiguous. We examine four types...
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