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What distinguishes EMAS participants? : an exploration of company characteristics
Bracke, Roeland (contributor); Verbeke, Tom (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003590948
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A user's guide for economic instruments in domestic and international climate change policy : what role can they play in a Belgian climate change strategy?
Van Ierland, W. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002067298
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Environmental policy and directed technological change : evidence from the European carbon market
Calel, Raphael; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine - 2012
The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has aimed to encourage the development of low-carbon technologies … their patenting history and their regulatory status under EU ETS, we investigate the hypothesis that the EU ETS has … activities at the EPO since 2005, especially among EU ETS regulated companies during the Scheme's second phase. Naive estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535533
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Climate policies : a burden or a gain?
Bréchet, Thierry; Tulkens, Henry - 2013
That climate policies are costly is evident and therefore often creates major fears. But the alternative (no action) also has a cost. Mitigation costs and damages incurred depend on what the climate policies are; moreover, they are substitutes. This brings climate policies naturally in the realm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009737413
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Clean and dirty international technology diffusion
Bosetti, Valentina; Verdolini, Elena - 2013
This paper investigates the role of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and Environmental Policies (EPs) on clean (renewable) and dirty (fossil-based) technology diffusion from top-innovators. IPR protection and EPs are extensively debated policy tools, as IPR protection addresses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009756305
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What's the damage? : environmental regulation with policy-motivated bureaucrats
Voß, Achim; Lingens, Jörg - 2014
Many environmental-policy problems are characterized by complexity and uncertainty. Government's choice concerning these policies commonly relies on information provided by a bureaucracy. Environmental bureaucrats often have a political motivation of their own, so they might be tempted to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010380647
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Institutions and the environment : existing evidence and future directions
Dasgupta, Shouro; De Cian, Enrica - 2016
In this review we synthetize the existing contributions that use econometric approaches to examine the influence of institutions and governance on environmental policy, environmental outcomes, and investments. The paper describes how the relationship between institutions and various response...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485706
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Environmental policy performance and its determinants : application of a three-level random intercept model
Galeotti, Marzio; Rubashkina, Yana; Salini, Silvia; … - 2014
effciency policies in the industrial sectors of 29 EU countries between 2004 and 2011. We conclude by highlighting the future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419794
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Alternate solutions in mixing energy tax/subsidy and emission control policies
Heydari, Shahriar Shah; Vestergaard, Niels - 2015
In this article, we look at the combination of several market-based climate and energy policies and compare them with first best solution, i.e., a perfectly designed emission tax or emission cap level. It is shown that in the case an emission control policy is imperfect designed or implemented,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010490124
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Cost heterogeneity and the potential savings from market-based policies
Newell, Richard G.; Stavins, Robert N. - 2002
Policy makers and analysts are often faced with situations where it is unclear whether market-based instruments hold real promise of reducing costs, relative to conventional uniform standards. We develop analytic expressions that can be employed with modest amounts of information to estimate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011597106