We analyse optimal environmental policies in a market that is vertically differentiated in terms of the energy efficiency of products. Considering energy taxes, subsidies to firms for investment in more eco-friendly products, and product standards, we are particularly interested in how...

At that time, Luxembourg was the sole European country where modern competition law, as such, did not exist. The former Act on Restrictive Business Practices had to be modernized...The Luxembourg competition law was adopted on May 17, 2004.

The literature on International Environmental Agreements (IEAs) predicts a rather low number of signatories to an IEA. This is in sharp contrast to empirical evidence. As experimental economics provides some evidence for more complex human behavior, extending the theory of IEAs to a broader...

Main description: Der Tagungsband 2003 des Finanzwissenschaftlichen Ausschusses zum Thema "Finanzpolitik und Umverteilung" bietet einen kompetenten Überblick über neuere Entwicklungen auf dem politisch aktuellen Forschungsfeld der Umverteilungspolitik, den in dieser synoptischen und kompakten...