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An evaluation of protected area policies in the European Union
Grupp, Tristan Earle; Mishra, Prakash; Reynaert, Mathias; … - 2023
of land and climate attributes. We conclude that European conservation efforts lack ambition because policymakers select …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444040
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Global warming and extreme events : rethinking the timing and intensity of environmental policy
Chen, Yu-Fu; Funke, Michael - 2010
The possibility of low-probability extreme events has reignited the debate over the optimal intensity and timing of climate policy. In this paper we therefore contribute to the literature by assessing the implications of low-probability extreme events on environmental policy in a continuous-time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003994530
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Economic land use, ecosystem services and microfounded species dynamics
Eichner, Thomas; Pethig, Rüdiger - 2004
In an integrated economy-ecosystem model humans choose their land use and leave the residual land as habitat for three species forming a food chain. The size of habitat determines the diversity and abundance of species. That biodiversity generates, in turn, a flow of ecosystem services with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450672
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Efficient nonanthropocentric nature protection
Eichner, Thomas; Pethig, Rüdiger - 2004
This paper analyzes nature protection by a social planner under different "utilitarian" social welfare functions. For that purpose we construct an integrated model of the economy and the ecosystem with explicit consideration of nonhuman species and with competition between human and nonhuman...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450547
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Biodiversity and geography
Rauscher, Michael (contributor); Barbier, Edward (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003498741
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Working time and employment under uncertainty
Chen, Yu-Fu; Funke, Michael - 2002
impact of uncertainty and real options on the decision of working time, i.e. we examines the determinants of employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409991
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Business uncertainty in developing and emerging economies
Avalos, Edgar; Barrero, Jose Maria; Davies, Elwyn; … - 2024
We study business uncertainty in high- versus low-volatility environments by surveying over 31,000 managers across 41 … countries. We elicit subjective probability distributions for future own-firm sales and measure firm-level uncertainty with … new facts. (1) Subjective uncertainty and realized volatility both decline with GDP per capita. (2) Managers underestimate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015071152
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Tax streams, land rents and urban land allocation
Tang, Yugang; Su, Zhihao; Hou, Yilin; Yin, Zhendong - 2023 - This version: November, 2023
This paper examines the fiscal motives behind municipal governments' decisions to allocate commercial and residential land when two categories of land use are subject to different fiscal revenue alternatives: business-related tax and/or land rent. We use urban parcel-level land transfers during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014443826
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Regime shifts and uncertainty in pollution control
Zeeuw, Aart de; Zemel, Amos - 2012
uncertainty. The results, that imply prudent behavior due to uncertainty, are compared with the ambiguous outcomes reported in the …. -- environmental pollution ; optimal management ; catastrophic transitions ; uncertainty ; adaptation ; mitigation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009489041
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The impact of tax uncertainty on irreversible investment
Niemann, Rainer (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003597980