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Inflation Targeting Is a Success, So Far: 100 Years of Evidence from Swedish Wage Contracts

Fregert, Klas; Jonung, Lars - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

Inflation targeting was adopted by several countries, including Sweden, in the 1990s. We evaluate the Swedish inflation … compared to previous regimes adopted in Sweden during the 20th century. Our approach to evaluate inflation targeting is … century of observations, inflation targeting in Sweden is a success – at least so far. …

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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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Uncertainty and economic analysis of climate change : a survey of approaches and findings

Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

The analysis of climate change is confronted with large uncertainties that need to be taken into account to arrive at meaningful policy recommendations. The main contribution of economics to this interdisciplinary task is to provide formal frameworks and techniques for analyzing climate policy...

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Marginal abatement cost curves in general equilibrium: The influence of world energy prices

Klepper, Gernot; Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

Marginal abatement cost curves (MACCs) are a favorite instrument to analyze international emissions trading. This paper focusses on the question of how to define MACCs in a general equilibrium context where the global abatement level influences energy prices and in turn national MACCs. We...

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Economic impacts of climate change on two Mexican coastal fisheries: Implications to food security

Aguilar Ibarra, Alonso; Sanchez Vargas, Armando; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

This paper has a two-fold objective. First, to estimate the changes in landings value by 2030 of two Mexican coastal fisheries: shrimp and sardines as a consequence of climate change. And second, to discuss the implications for food security of such impacts. We estimated output equations using a...

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Chinese food security and climate change: Agriculture futures

Ye, Liming; Tang, Huajun; Wu, Wenbin; Yang, Peng; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

Food security in China affects the livelihood and well-being of one-fifth of the world population. Climate change is now affecting agriculture and food production in every country of the world. Here the authors present the IMPACT model results on yield, production, and net trade of major crops...

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