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Regime shifts and uncertainty in pollution control

Zeeuw, Aart de; Zemel, Amos - 2012

We develop a simple model of managing a system subject to pollution damage under risk of an abrupt and random jump in …. -- environmental pollution ; optimal management ; catastrophic transitions ; uncertainty ; adaptation ; mitigation …

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Information asymmetry, education signals and the case of ethnic and native Germans

Hornig, Stephan O.; Rottmann, Horst; Wapler, Rüdiger - 2009

whether the signalling value differs between the migrants and non-migrants in the German labour market. Starting from the … administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency. -- sorting theory ; human-capital theory ; returns to education …

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Pandemic meets pollution : poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19

Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020

We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany … patients (80+ years): higher levels of air pollution by one standard deviation 3 to 12 days after developing symptoms increase … deaths by 30 percent (males) and 35 percent (females) of the mean. In addition, air pollution raises the number of confirmed …

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Works councils and environmental investment : theory and evidence from German panel data

Askildsen, Jan Erik; Jirjahn, Uwe; Smith, Stephan C. - 2002

Firms may underinvest in local environmental protection even from the private viewpoint of its owners and employees, but works councils may help mitigate this problem. We show that increases in environmental investments when councils are present could be employee-led, firm-led, or jointly-led....

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Green serves the dirtiest : on the interaction between Black and Green Quotas

Böhringer, Christoph; Rosendahl, Knut Einar - 2009

Tradable black (CO2) and green (renewables) quotas gain in popularity and stringency within climate policies of many OECD countries. The overlapping regulation through both instruments, however, may have important adverse economic implications. Based on stylized theoretical analysis and...

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Staying together or breaking apart : policy-makers endogenous coalitions formation in the European economic and monetary union

Aarle, Bas van; Di Bartolomeo, Giovanni; Engwerda, … - 2002

In this paper, we analyze coordination of macroeconomic stabilization policies within the EMU by focusing, in a dynamic set-up, on asymmetries, externalities, and the existence of a multi-country context. We study how coalitions among fiscal and monetary authorities are formed and what are their...

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Monetary policy in EMU when the transmission is asymmetric and uncertain

De Grauwe, Paul; Sénégas, Marc-Alexandre - 2003

In this paper we address the issue of how transmission uncertainty could affect the choice between a federal monetary policy based on national data and one on aggregated data.We find that the uncertainty about the transmission process increases the need to take into account information about...

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A simple and flexible alternative to the stability and growth pact deficit ceilings : is it at hand?

Muscatelli, V. Anton; Natale, Piergiovanna; Tirelli, … - 2003

There have been widespread criticisms of EMU fiscal institutions. We consider a simple alternative to the deficit ceilings envisaged in the Stability and Growth Pact. We advocate the adoption of deficit targets. National governments should retain discretion in setting deviations from targets,...

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Transatlantic monetary and fiscal policy interaction

Aarle, Bas van; Garretsen, Harry; Huart, Florence - 2003

This paper studies the design, effects and interactions of monetary and fiscal policies in the euro-area and between the euro-area and the non euro-area. To do so, a stylized three-country model of monetary and fiscal policy rules is constructed. It is analyzed how monetary and fiscal rules...

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Debt stabilization and debt mutualization in a monetary union with endogenous risk premia

Engwerda, Jacob Christiaan; Aarle, Bas van; Weeren, … - 2015

In this paper we analyse debt stabilization in a monetary union that features endogenous risk premia. In particular, we analyse debt stabilization in two diametrically opposed regimes. In the first regime, the "national fiscal discipline regime", financial markets impose sovereign risk premia...

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