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Coaseian biodiversity conservation : who benefits?
Eichner, Thomas; Pethig, Rüdiger - 2017
We consider a world economy, in which the global public good "biodiversity" is positively correlated with that share of land which is protected by land-use restrictions against the deterioration of habitats and ecosystems. The willingness-to-pay for biodiversity conservation is positive in...
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An evaluation of protected area policies in the European Union
Grupp, Tristan Earle; Mishra, Prakash; Reynaert, Mathias; … - 2023
The European Union designates 26% of its landmass as a protected area, limiting economic development to favor biodiversity. This paper uses the staggered introduction of protected-area policies between 1985 and 2020 to study the selection of land for protection and the causal effect of...
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The environmental impacts of protected area policy
Reynaert, Mathias; Rodrigues, Eduardo Augusto de Souza; … - 2023
The world has pledged to protect 30 percent of its land and waters by 2030 to halt the rapid deterioration of critical ecosystems. We summarize the state of knowledge about the impacts of protected area policies, with a focus on deforestation and vegetation cover. We discuss critical issues...
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Biodiversity and geography
Rauscher, Michael (contributor); Barbier, Edward (contributor) - 2007
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Sustainability of German fiscal policy and public debt : historical and time series evidence for the period 1850-2010
Burret, Heiko T.; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2013
default. Due to a multitude of large scale events in its past, Germany is far from being an exception: In fact, Germany … Germany's public finances against the standard theoretical background using a unique database, retrieved from multiple sources … historical perception of Germany as the poster child of European public finance. Given these corresponding breaks in time series …
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Panel cointegration tests on the fiscal sustainability of German Laender
Burret, Heiko T.; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2014
newly compiled database covering the years 1950 - 2011. Unlike previous studies on Germany, we analyze fiscal sustainability …
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Fiscal sustainability of the German Laender : time series evidence
Burret, Heiko T.; Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A. - 2014
Germany using an unprecedentedly comprehensive fiscal dataset for the time period from 1950 to 2011 for West German Laender …
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Fiscal equalization schemes and fiscal sustainability
Potrafke, Niklas; Reischmann, Markus - 2012
Fiscal sustainability tests have largely ignored the institutional setting of fiscal policy making. Fiscal equalization schemes in federal states are one such institution. We examine whether German state governments pursue sustainable fiscal policies taking into account fiscal equalization...
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Modeling fiscal sustainability in dynamic macro-panels with heterogeneous effects : evidence from German federal states
Feld, Lars P.; Köhler, Ekkehard A.; Wolfinger, Julia - 2018
In this paper, we extend Henning Bohn's (2008) fiscal sustainability test by allowing for slope heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence (CD). In particular, our econometric approach is the first that allows fiscal reaction functions (FRF) to capture unobserved heterogeneous effects from...
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European funds and green public procurement
Nicolas, Ruben; Titl, Vitezslav; Schotanus, Fredo - 2024
The European Commission co-funds public projects through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) to stimulate the sustainable economic development of EU Member States. The ESIF budget is about 90 billion euros annually and ESIF beneficiaries are explicitly encouraged to increase...
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