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Inequality and the environment : the economics of a two-headed hydra

Drupp, Moritz A.; Kornek, Ulrike; Meya, Jasper; Sager, Lutz - 2021

consider interactions with the other. We synthesize theoretical mechanisms that underpin inequality-environment interlinkages … appraisal. We argue that it is crucial to consider inequality-environment interlinkages even if one’s primarily concern is one …

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Do corporate environmental contributions justify the public interest defence?

Hashimzade, Nigar; Myles, Gareth D. - 2017

Corporations make significant direct contributions to environmental improvement and also indirect contributions, through expenditure on process and product innovation. We explore alternative motivations for these expenditures that look beyond the assertion that they are a consequence of business...

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Pricing the ecosystem and taxing ecosystem services : a general equilibrium approach

Eichner, Thomas (contributor); Pethig, Ruediger (contributor) - 2007

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Relative price changes of ecosystem services : evidence from Germany

Heckenhahn, Jonas; Drupp, Moritz A. - 2022

Discounting future costs and benefits is a crucial yet contentious practice in the appraisal of long-term public projects with environmental consequences. The standard approach typically neglects that ecosystem services are not easily substitutable with manufactured goods and often exhibit...

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Discounting in the presence of scarce ecosystem services

Zhu, Xueqin; Smulders, Sjak; Zeeuw, Aart de - 2019

Discounting has to take account of ecosystem services in consumption and production. Previous literature focuses on the first aspect and shows the importance of the relative price effect, for given growth rates of consumption and ecosystem services. This paper focuses on intermediate ecosystem...

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The social dilemma of big data : donating personal data to promote social welfare

Hillebrand, Kirsten; Hornuf, Lars - 2021

When using digital devices and services, individuals provide their personal data to organizations in exchange for gains in various domains of life. Organizations use these data to run technologies such as smart assistants, augmented reality, and robotics. Most often, these organizations seek to...

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Ambiguous protection

Gruendler, Klaus; Hillman, Arye L. - 2021

, under rules of the WTO, protect consumers and the environment but can be used to protect producers. We investigate the …

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The environmental and macroeconomic effects of socially responsible investment

Dam, Lammertjan (contributor); Heijdra, Ben J. (contributor) - 2008

We analyze the effects of socially responsible investment and public abatement on environmental quality and the economy in a continuous-time dynamic growth model featuring optimizing households and firms. Environmental quality is modelled as a renewable resource. Consumers can invest in...

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The demands for environmental regulation and for trade in the presence of private mitigation

Hotte, Louis; Winer, Stanley L. - 2008

equilibrium of a small open economy where the environment is an input to production. Differences in the ability of individuals to … role in the determination of collective choices with respect to the regulation of the environment and of trade. We conclude … by drawing out the implications of the analysis for the study of the political economy of the environment …

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The life satisfaction approach to environmental valuation

Frey, Bruno S.; Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2009

individuals' well-being. However, how do individuals value the environment? In this paper, we review the Life Satisfaction …

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