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Linking Weak and Strong Sustainability Indicators: The Case of Global Warming
Rennings, Klaus; Hohmeyer, Olav - 1997
The aim of this paper is to describe and discuss the weak and strong sustainability approach of assessing climate change and to show reasonable applications, weaknesses, possible improvements and linkages of both approaches. Main features of ?weak? and ?strong? sustainability approaches are...
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Collective wage agreements and the adjustment of workers and hours in German service firms
Kaiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297695
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Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen
Kaiser, Ulrich; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
Der Beitrag untersucht die Verbreitung von Tarifverträgen in Dienstleistungsunternehmen sowie deren Wirkungen auf die Beschäftigungspolitik im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen. Der empirische Teil basiert auf der ZEW/Creditreform Konjunkturumfrage bei unternehmensnahen...
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The use of flexible working contracts in West Germany: evidence from an establishment panel
Boockmann, Bernhard; Hagen, Tobias - 2001
This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...
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External Costs of Road, Rail and Air Transport - a Bottom-Up Approach
Weinreich, Sigurd; Rennings, Klaus; Schlomann, Barbara; … - 1998
This paper aims to describe the calculation of environmental and health externalities caused by air pollutants, accidents and noise from different transport modes (road, rail, air) on the route Frankfurt-Milan. The investigation is part of the QUITS project (QUITS = Quality Indicators for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297574
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The cost of phasing out nuclear power: a quantitative assessment of alternative scenarios for Germany
Böhringer, Christoph; Hoffmann, Tim; Vögele, Stefan - 2000
In the debate on the premature phase-out of nuclear power generation in Germany, there is an intense dispute on the …-out scenarios for Germany and its specific plant structure as well as plant-ownership by companies. However, the issues and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297686
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Die externen Luftverschmutzungskosten des motorisierten Individualverkehrs in Deutschland: Ein regionaler Vergleich
Weinreich, Sigurd - 2000
(MIV) für verschiedene Technologien, Fahrsituationen und alle Regionen in Deutschland berechnet. Dabei ist das Ziel der …) generiert. Die wichtigsten Faktoren für diese hohen regionalen Unterschiede sind der vorherrschende Südwestwind in Deutschland … Bevölkerungsdichte in der Fläche über Deutschland und weite Teile Europas. Die Untersuchung wird abgerundet durch die Abschätzung der …
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Concrete shoes for competition: The effect of the German cement cartel on market price
Hüschelrath, Kai; Müller, Kathrin; Veith, Tobias - 2012
We use publicly available price data from the German cement industry to estimate the cartelinduced price increase. We apply two different comparator-based approaches - the 'before and-after' approach and the 'difference-in-differences' approach - and especially study the impact of various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010309238
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Estimating damages from price-fixing: The value of transaction data
Hüschelrath, Kai; Müller, Kathrin; Veith, Tobias - 2012
We use a unique private data set of about 340,000 invoice positions from 36 smaller and larger customers of German cement producers to study the value of such transaction data for an estimation of cartel damages. In particular, we investigate, first, how structural break analysis can be used to...
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The determinants of private flood mitigation measures in Germany: Evidence from a nationwide survey
Osberghaus, Daniel - 2014
Public flood protection cannot totally eliminate the risk of flooding. Hence, private mitigation measures which proactively protect homes from being flooded or reduce flood damage are an essential part of modern flood risk management. This study analyses private flood mitigation measures among...
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