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Grade Inflation, Social Background, and Labour Market Matching

Schwager, Robert - 2008

A model is presented where workers of differing abilities and from different social backgrounds are assigned to jobs based on grades received at school. It is examined how this matching is affected if good grades are granted to some low ability students. Such grade inflation is shown to reduce...

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Energy Biased Technical Change: A CGE Analysis

Löschel, Andreas; Otto, Vincent M.; Dellink, Rob B. - 2005

This paper studies energy bias in technical change. For this purpose, we develop a computable general equilibrium model that builds on endogenous growth models. The model explicitly captures links between energy, the rate and direction of technical change, and the economy. We derive the...

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Die Ökologische Steuerreform in Deutschland: Ein umweltpolitisches Feigenblatt

Böhringer, Christoph; Schwager, Robert - 2002

werden. Dann wird Umweltschutz dort geleistet, wo er am wenigsten kostet. Aus theoretischer Sicht können Abweichungen von … oder wenn Verzerrungen durch andere Steuern bestehen. Für die Praxis sind die aus der Theorie ableitbaren Empfehlungen zur … erheblich ab. Über weitreichende Ausnahmen wird die ökologische Lenkungswirkung stark abgeschwächt. Umweltschutz wird damit …

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Measuring Sustainable Development: The Use of Computable General Equilibrium Models

Böhringer, Christoph; Löschel, Andreas - 2004

This paper advocates computable general equilibrium models as a methodological tool that is particularly suitable for measuring the impacts of policy interference on the three dimensions of sustainable development, i.e. environmental quality, economic performance (gross efficiency) and equity....

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Decomposing Integrated Assessment Climate Change

Böhringer, Christoph; Löschel, Andreas; Rutherford, … - 2005

We present a decomposition approach for integrated assessment modeling of climate policy based on a linear approximation of the climate system. Our objective is to demonstrate the usefulness of decomposition for integrated assessment models posed in a complementarity format. First, the...

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Efficient Revenue Sharing and Upper Level Governments: Theory and Application to Germany

Buettner, Thiess; Hauptmeier, Sebastian; Schwager, Robert - 2006

Recent literature has emphasized that redistributive grant systems may tend to internalize fiscal externalities arising from tax competition. This paper further explores the conditions under which local grant systems enforced by the state government will enhance efficiency. A system of...

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Law enforcement and criminality: Europe vs. USA

Demougin, Dominique M.; Schwager, Robert - 1999

We use a stylized model to show that, if transfers to the poor are founded on a security argument, there is a negative trade-off between law enforcement expenditures and criminality. In contrast, if transfers are based on altruism, the correlation between the same variables may appear positive....

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Democratisation versus accountability - should the European Parliament be given more powers?

Schwager, Robert - 1999

This paper challenges the assertion that European politics would be closer to the citizens´ preferences if decision power were transferred from the Council of Ministers to the European Parliament. On the one hand, citizens benefit from a greater transparency in the Parliament´s debates...

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Carbon taxes and general joint implementation: an applied general equilibrium analysis for Germany and India

Böhringer, Christoph; Conrad, Klaus; Löschel, Andreas - 2000

Germany has committed itself to reducing its carbon emissions by 25 percent in 2005 as compared to 1990 emission levels. To achieve this goal, the government has recently launched an environmental tax reform which entails a continuous increase in energy taxes in conjunction with a...

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Environmental taxation and structural change in an open economy: a CGE analysis with imperfect competition and free entry

Böhringer, Christoph; Welsch, Heinz; Löschel, Andreas - 2001

The economic effects of environmental taxes depend on the market structure. Under imperfect competition with free entry and exit, environmental taxes have an impact on economies of scale by changing the number and size of firms. Whether economies of scale rise or fall in a particular industry...

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