Similar Search Results

A regression on climate policy : the European commission's proposal to reduce CO2 emissions from transport

Frondel, Manuel (contributor); … - 2008

As part of its efforts to reach the targets of the Kyoto Protocol, the European Commission is currently considering a new directive to reduce the per-kilometer CO2 emissions of newly registered automobiles. This paper critically assesses this proposal with respect to its economic and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003725780

Environmental management systems : does certification pay?

Frondel, Manuel; Krätschell, Karoline; Zwick, Lina - 2014

The voluntary adoption of environmental management systems (EMS), frequently certified by third-party audits following international standards, has become a vital supplement to mandatory environmental policies based on regulation and legislation. Although there is empirical evidence that both...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010437499

Imperfect certification

Gu, Yiquan (contributor) - 2008

This paper proposes a model for a certification market with an imperfect testing technology. Such a technology only assures that whenever two products are tested the higher quality product is more likely to pass than the lower quality one. When only one certifier with such testing technology is...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003785058

EU structural funds and regional income convergence : a sobering experience

Breidenbach, Philipp; Mitze, Timo; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2016

The European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) are the prime instrument of EU regional policy. European policy … identification strategy linked to modern growth theory, we find that the disbursement of EU structural funds is negatively correlated …. In any case, EU structural funding does not seem to contribute effectively to foster income convergence across regions. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440788

Equilibrium real interest rates and secular stagnation : an empirical analysis for euro area member countries

Belke, Ansgar; Klose, Jens - 2016

Is secular stagnation a valid concern for Euro Area countries? We tackle this question using the well-established Laubach-Williams model to estimate the unobservable equilibrium real interest rate and compare it to the actual real rate. We apply our approach to twelve Euro Area countries, since...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011500118

Informal care provision and work disability days

Roller, Christiane; Stroka-Wetsch, Magdalena A.; … - 2016

Due to the demographic change and the concomitant ageing of society, the labor force will reduce in Germany in the following decades. Simultaneously, the demand for informal care will increase as a result of the ageing society. Informal care is assumed being the least expensive form of care and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011460286

Safe haven flows, natural interest rates and secular stagnation : empirical evidence for euro area countries

Belke, Ansgar; Klose, Jens - 2019

This article introduces a new measure to capture safe haven flows for twelve Euro area countries. Since those flows are suspected to alter the natural rate of interest, which is at the heart of the discussion whether certain countries face a period of secular stagnation, we estimate the natural...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012134351

QE in the euro area : has the PSPP benefited peripheral bonds?

Belke, Ansgar; Gros, Daniel - 2019

The asset purchase programme of the euro area, active between 2015 and 2018, constitutes an interesting special case of Quantitative Easing (QE) because the ECB’s Public Sector Purchase Programme (PSPP) involved the purchase of peripheral euro area government bonds, which were clearly not...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994801

Associations of childhood health and financial situation with quality of life after retirement : regional variation across Europe

Börnhorst, Claudia; Heger, Dörte; Mensen, Anne - 2019

Many studies have shown that childhood circumstances can have long term consequences that persist until old age. To better understand the transmission of early life circumstances, this paper analyses the effects of health and financial situation during childhood on quality of life after...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998811

Forecasting ECB policy rates with different monetary policy rules

Belke, Ansgar; Klose, Jens - 2019

This article compares two types of monetary policy rules - the Taylor-Rule and the Orphanides-Rule - with respect to their forecasting properties for the policy rates of the European Central Bank. In this respect the basic rules, results from estimated models and augmented rules are compared....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012034314

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last