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Distant Event, Local Effects? Fukushima and the German Housing Market
Bauer, Thomas K.; Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
The Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan in March 2011 caused a fundamental change in Germany's energy policy which led … internet platform for real estate to investigate the effect of Fukushima on the German housing market. Using a difference …-in-differences approach, we find that Fukushima reduced house prices near nuclear power plants that were in operation before Fukushima by …
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Well-being effects of a major negative externality: The case of Fukushima
Rehdanz, Katrin; Welsch, Heinz; Narita, Daiju; Okubo, … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
reactors in Fukushima, causing a major nuclear accident on 11 March 2011. Based on a quasi-experimental difference … Information Systems to merge the well-being data with information on respondents’ distance to the Fukushima nuclear plant and on … Fukushima site being equivalent to up to 72 percent of annual household income. We find no evidence for increased nation …
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Do Geographical Variations in Climate Influence Life Satisfaction?
Murray, Thomas; Maddison, David; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
Accounting for socioeconomic and demographic variables as well as country specific effects, households’ willingness to pay for changes in climate is revealed using European data on reported life satisfaction. Individuals located in areas with lower average levels of sunshine and higher average...
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The Impact of Climate on Life Satisfaction
Maddison, David; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
We analyse the influence of climate on average life satisfaction in 87 countries using data from the World Values Survey. Climate is described in terms of ‘degree-months’ calculated using an optimally-selected base temperature of 65°F (18.3°C). Our results suggest that countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693815
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The role of urban green space for human well-being
Bertram, Christine; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Most people in Europe live in urban environments. For these people, urban green space is an important element of well-being, but it is often in short supply. We use self-reported information on life satisfaction and different individual green space measures to explore how urban green space...
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Analysing Bioenergy and Land Use Competition in a Coupled Modelling System: The Role of Bioenergy in Renewable Energy Policy in Germany
Delzeit, Ruth; Gömann, Horst; Holm-Müller, Karin; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
In the context of energy security and climate protection, biomass is given high importance. Nevertheless, land-use conflicts resulting from the cultivation of biomass and their economy-wide effects are yet to be fully understood. To shed light on this issue we link three distinctive models; a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008682911
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Embedding CCS infrastructure into the European electricity system: A policy coordination problem
Heitmann, Nadine; Bertram, Christine; Narita, Daiju - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010
Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) has recently been receiving increasing recognition in policy debates. Various aspects of possible regulatory frameworks for its implementation are beginning to be discussed in Europe. One of the issues associated with the wide use of CCS is that it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008693816
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Ökonomische Bewertung des Erneuerbare Energien Gesetzes zur Förderung von Biogas
Delzeit, Ruth; Holm-Müller, Karin; Britz, Wolfgang - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
the environment and prevent climate change. In this paper we quantitatively analyse the EEG-reform in 2008. Results imply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854238
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Explaining the Variation in the Value of Building Energy Efficiency Certificates: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis
Ankamah-Yeboah, Isaac; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
The built environment has been identified as one of the cost effective platforms for reducing energy demand and …
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Trading hot-air : the influence of permit allocation rules, market power and the US withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol
Klepper, Gernot; Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2005
After the conferences in Bonn and Marrakech it is likely that international emissions trading will be realized in the near future. Major influences on the permit market are the institutional detail, the participation structure and the treatment of hot-air. Different scenarios do not only differ...
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