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The effects of natural disasters and weather variations on international trade: A review of the empirical literature
Osberghaus, Daniel - 2019
This review summarizes the empirical literature on the effects of natural disasters and weather variations on international trade flows. A first result is that the body of literature is actually not as small as previously suggested. In total, I summarize 19 studies of 18 independent research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011960986
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Does Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Food Grant Consumers the Right to Know? Evidence from an Economic Experiment
Dannenberg, Astrid; Scatasta, Sara; Sturm, Bodo - 2008
Opponents of the voluntary labeling scheme for genetically modified (GM) food products often argue that consumers have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298039
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Is it Who You Ask or How You Ask? Findings of a Meta-Analysis on Genetically Modified Food Valuation Studies
Dannenberg, Astrid - 2008
This paper presents a meta-analysis of 46 primary studies reporting a total of 108 genetically modified food valuation … more than do sample characteristics. Moreover, consumer aversion to genetically modified food seems to have increased over … time. Previous findings are confirmed that consumer valuation strongly depends on the type of food product and varies among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298677
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Does Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Food Grant Consumers the Right to Know? Evidence from an Economic Experiment
Dannenberg, Astrid; Scatasta, Sara; Sturm, Bodo - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
Opponents of the voluntary labeling scheme for genetically modified (GM) food products often argue that consumers have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097865
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Is it Who You Ask or How You Ask? Findings of a Meta-Analysis on Genetically Modified Food Valuation Studies
Dannenberg, Astrid - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
This paper presents a meta-analysis of 46 primary studies reporting a total of 108 genetically modified food valuation … more than do sample characteristics. Moreover, consumer aversion to genetically modified food seems to have increased over … time. Previous findings are confirmed that consumer valuation strongly depends on the type of food product and varies among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097933
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Impure Public Goods and Technological Interdependencies
Löschel, Andreas; Rübbelke, Dirk T. G. - 2005
Impure public goods represent an important group of goods. Almost every public good exerts not only effects which are public to all but also effects which are private to the producer of this good. What is often omitted in the analysis of impure public goods is the fact that – regularly –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297428
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On the Importance of Equity in International Climate Policy: An Empirical Analysis
Lange, Andreas; Vogt, Carsten; Ziegler, Andreas - 2006
Based on unique data from a world-wide survey of agents involved in international climate policy, this paper empirically analyzes the importance of equity in this field. We find that equity issues are considered highly important in international climate negotiations and that the polluter-pays...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297813
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CO2 Emission Reduction in Freight Transports How to Stimulate Environmental Friendly Behaviour?
Bühler, Georg; Jochem, Patrick - 2008
In the European Union (EU) and in Germany the transport sector is the only sector with increasing CO2 emissions (in the EU by about 32 % and in Germany by about 1 % since 1990). Especially in road freight and air transport a further strong increase is forecasted. In the transport sector this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298077
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Auctioning of CO2 Emission Allowances in Phase 3 of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Benz, Eva; Löschel, Andreas; Sturm, Bodo - 2008
The 'Climate action and renewable energy package' proposed by the European Commission in the beginning of 2008 suggests auctioning as basic principle for allocation for the upcoming third trading phase of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme that runs from 2013 to 2020. Overall, it is estimated that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298657
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The economics of adaptation to climate change: the case of Germany
Dannenberg, Astrid; Mennel, Tim; Osberghaus, Daniel; … - 2009
Given the ubiquitous scarcity of resources an economic approach is necessary in order to determine an optimal strategy of adaptation to climate change. In this paper we develop an economic framework for the study of adaptation which allows us to distinguish between decentralized adaptation by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299185