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Homepage, Levent Neyse; Brañas-Garza, Pablo - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

about how to make an accurate measurement in such a delicate task. Along this brief document we offer some concise guidance … of how to scan the hands using digital scanners and provide a comprehensive guideline to make a reliable measurement of … the 2D:4D. Furthermore, we point out the most common imaging and measurement errors. We also provide a number of hints …

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Now or Never: Environmental Protection under Hyperbolic Discounting

Winkler, Ralph - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

The author analyzes the optimal investment in environmental protection in a model of an infinite series of non-overlapping hyperbolically discounting agents. He shows that without a commitment mechanism society is eventually stuck in a situation where all agents prefer further investment in the...

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A framework for environmental policy evaluation in the South African mining sector

Thiele, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1998

This paper presents a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model for the analysis of environmental policies towards mining activities, and shows for the case of South Africa how it can be implemented numerically. The CGE model belongs to the class of static, trade-focussed models along the lines...

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Integration of biophysical and agro-economic models to assess the economic effects of climate change on agriculture: A review of global and EU regional approaches

Fernández, Francisco J.; Blanco, Maria - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

The economic effects of climate change on agriculture have been widely assessed in the last two decades. Many of these assessments are based on the integration of biophysical and agro-economic models, allowing to understand the physical and socio-economic responses of the agricultural sector to...

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Exploring Public Perception of Solar Radiation Management

Merk, Christine; Pönitzsch, Gert; Kniebes, Carola; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

Solar radiation management (SRM) could quickly offset global warming caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Because SRM would have global side effects, it raises not only technological but also political and social concerns. Therefore, SRM research should be accompanied by a global...

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Including Maritime Transport in the EU´s Climate Change Policy: Country-Based Allocation and Effects

Heitmann, Nadine - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

The European Union (EU) is actively campaigning for the global regulation of carbon emissions generated by maritime bunker fuels because these emissions are presently barely regulated and are projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. However, since a global regulation has not...

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The Potential Contribution of the Shipping Sector to an Efficient Reduction of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Heitmann, Nadine; Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

In this paper, we analyze how much the shipping sector could contribute to global CO2 emission reductions from an efficiency point of view. To do this, a marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) for the shipping sector is generated that can be combined with a MACC for conventional CO2 abatement in...

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Informed and Uninformed Opinions on New Measures to Address Climate Change

Kniebes, Carola; Merk, Christine; Pönitzsch, Gert; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

Climate engineering (CE) and carbon capture and storage sub-seabed (CCS-S) are currently controversially debated options to address climate change. Our paper provides empirical evidence on the public perception of two different CE measures, namely, stratospheric sulphate injection (SSI) and...

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Estimating the impact of climate change on agricultural production: accounting for technology heterogeneity across countries

Exenberger, Andreas; Pondorfer, Andreas; Wolters, Maik - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

We estimate the impact of climate change on agricultural production in a panel of 127 countries from 1961 to 2002. In contrast to the existing literature we account for cross-sectional dependence and technology heterogeneity. We find no significant impact of climate change on agricultural...

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Who bears the costs of climate change? Evidence from Tunisia

Wiebelt, Manfred; Al-Raffai, Perrihan; Breisinger, Clemens - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014

In order to estimate the economic costs of climate change for Tunisia, this paper uses a combination of biophysical and economic models. In addition, the paper draws on the literature to complement the quantitative analysis with policy recommendations on how to adapt to the changing climate. The...

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