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Evaluating environmental programs : the perspective of modern evaluation research
Frondel, Manuel; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2001
Large-scale environmental programs generally commit substantial societal resources, making the evaluation of their actual effects on the relevant outcomes imperative. As the example of the subsidization of energy-saving appliances illustrates, much of the applied environmental economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446934
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Evaluating environmental programs : the perspective of modern evaluation research
Frondel, Manuel; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2001
Large-scale environmental programs generally commit substantial societal resources, making the evaluation of their actual effects on the relevant outcomes imperative. As the example of the subsidization of energy-saving appliances illustrates, much of the applied environmental economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405210
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Evaluating environmental programs : the perspective of modern evaluation research
Frondel, Manuel; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2001
Large-scale environmental programs generally commit substantial societal resources, making the evaluation of their actual effects on the relevant outcomes imperative. As the example of the subsidization of energy-saving appliances illustrates, much of the applied environmental economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001654753
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Evaluating environmental programs : the perspective of modern evaluation research
Frondel, Manuel - 2001
Large-scale environmental programs generally commit substantial societal resources, making the evaluation of their actual effects on the relevant outcomes imperative. As the example of the subsidization of energy-saving appliances illustrates, much of the applied environmental economics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428451
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Emissions trading : impact on electricity prices and energy-intensive industries
Frondel, Manuel (contributor);  … - 2008
The EU-wide Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), established in 2005, is a key pillar of Europe¿s strategy to attain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003785029
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The political cconomy of corporate tax harmonization : why do European politicians (dis)like minimum tax rates?
Osterloh, Steffen (contributor);  … - 2008
Setting minimum tax rates is a well discussed way of mitigating pressure from tax competition. This paper investigates which motives shape the support for a minimum corporate tax among politicians. We make use of a unique data base: a survey among members of the European parliament. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793773
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Sovereign risk premia : the link between fiscal rules and stability culture
Heinemann, Friedrich; Osterloh, Steffen; Kalb, Alexander - 2013 - This version: March 2013
There is a growing empirical literature studying whether fiscal rules reduce borrowing costs. Nevertheless, it remains an open question whether these rules are effective genuinely or just because they mirror fiscal preferences of politicians and voters. In our analysis of European bond spreads,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721879
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Weathering the crisis and beyond : perspectives for the euro area
Schmidt, Christoph M.; Weigert, Benjamin - 2013
The euro area is experiencing a severe and highly complex crisis. It comprises three problem areas, the difficulties of some highly indebted European sovereigns to ascertain funding at palatable cost, the disconcerting fragility of the European banking system and disappointing growth prospects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009722409
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440788
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EMU and fiscal discipline : the end of the depreciation threat
Heinemann, Friedrich - 1998
Are the characteristics of the exchange rate regime relevant for the degree of fiscal discipline? What are the conclusions for fiscal behavior in Europe after the transition to EMU? These are the central questions that are analyzed in this paper from a theoretical point of view. After a general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441669