Die kunststoffverarbeitende Industrie ist eine volkswirtschaftlich und beschäftigungspolitisch bedeutende Branche in Deutschland, die vor vielfältigen Herausforderungen steht. In der Branchenstudie werden aus der Analyse von Themen wie Digitalisierung, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Recycling,...

The influence of mankind on the Earth in recent years has become so significant as to constitute a new geological era: The Anthropocene...

In this paper, we investigate the external effects of the parent's de-cisions on the number of newly born children and the firm's decisions on theamount of polluting emissions that occur in industrial production. We employan optimal control model which comprises three stock variables...

The Kyoto Protocol sets legally binding emission targets for industrialized countries without accounting for reductions carried out prior to 2008, the beginning of the first commitment period. There exists only one exception, the project-based Clean Development Mechanism. Two other possible ways...