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Energy Savings via FDI? Empirical Evidence from Developing Countries
Hübler, Michael; Keller, Andreas - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008
In this paper we examine the influence of foreign direct investment inflows on energy intensities of developing countries empirically. We first show that a simple OLS estimation, as it is found in the literature, suggests energy intensity reductions from FDI inflows, which is consistent with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004987457
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An Economic Assessment of Biogas Production and Land Use under the German Renewable Energy Source Act
Ruth Delzeit ; Britz, Wolfgang - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
Abstract: The Renewable Energy Source Act (EEG) promotes German biogas production in order to substitute fossil fuels, protect the environment, and prevent climate change. As a consequence, green maize production has increased significantly over the last years, causing negative environmental...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886844
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EU Biofuel Policies in Practise - A Carbon Map for the Llanos Orientales in Colombia
Lange, Mareike; Suarez, César Freddy - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
It is still difficult for biofuel producers to prove the contribution of their biofuels to reducing carbon emissions because the production of biofuel feedstocks can cause land use change (LUC), which in turn causes carbon emissions. A carbon map can serve as a basis to proof such contribution....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886883
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DART-BIO: Modelling the interplay of food, feed and fuels in a global CGE model
Calzadilla, Alvaro; Delzeit, Ruth; Klepper, Gernot - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Land use and land use change are determined as much by economic and institutional drivers as they depend on bio-physical conditions. Future pathways of socio-economic and environmental systems can only be assessed with scenarios which describe possible future paths of development. For this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886906
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EU Biofuel Policies In Practise - A Carbon Map for Kalimantan and Sumatra
Lange, Mareike - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
It is still difficult for biofuel producers to proof the contribution of their biofuels to reducing carbon emissions because the production of biofuel feedstocks can cause land use change (LUC), which in turn causes carbon emissions. A carbon map can serve as a basis to proof such contribution....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886971
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EU Biofuel Policies in Practice – A Carbon Map for the Brazilian Cerrado
Lange, Mareike - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
It is still difficult for biofuel producers to prove the contribution of their biofuels to reducing carbon emissions because the production of biofuel feedstocks can cause land use change (LUC), which in turn causes carbon emissions. A carbon map can serve as a basis to prove such contribution....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010938017
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How location decisions influence the transport cost of processed and unprocessed bioenergy digestates: the impact of plant size and location on profitability of biogas plants in Ge...
Delzeit, Ruth; Kellner, Ulla - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2011
The production of bioenergy is considered to be a promising energy source for a sustainable energy mix and it is politically promoted in many countries. With the exception of Brazilian ethanol, bioenergy not competitive to fossil energy sources, and therefore needs to be subsidised. Several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291892
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Measuring the Benefit-Cost Ratio of Public IPM Technology Transfer Programs: An Optimal Control Framework and an Application to Nepalese Agriculture
Wiebelt, Manfred - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2000
Despite favourable ecological and economic results, many developing countries have not yet adopted an integrated pesticide management (IPM). Given rising marginal costs and diminishing marginal benefits from IPM technology transfer, an optimal control framework is used to identify optimal rates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700590
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Rural Welfare Implications of Large-scale Land Acquisitions in Africa: A Theoretical Framework
Kleemann, Linda; Thiele, Rainer - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
opportunities for displaced farmers, and changes in food prices. We study the local welfare effects of land acquisitions in Sub …. Displaced farmers compete for a very limited number of jobs on the investment farm and spillovers to the remaining local farmers … farmers that would leave them as well off as staying on their plot …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886846
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Organic Certification, Agro-Ecological Practices and Return on Investment: Farm Level Evidence from Ghana
Kleemann, Linda; Abdulai, Awudu - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012
The recent empirical literature on economic sustainability of certified export crops shows that certification standards that enhance yields are important for improving farm revenues and farmer welfare. However, limited evidence exists on the impact of organic certification on the adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886859