Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 901
Cover Image
Die Kosten von Klimaschutz : eine Interpretationshilfe für die mit quantitativen Wirtschaftsmodellen ermittelten Kostenschätzungen
Böhringer, Christoph - 1999
Die Klimaschutzdiskussion wird von der Frage dominiert, welche gesamtwirtschaftlichen Kosten mit der Umgestaltung des Energiesystems zu klimaverträglichen Strukturen verbunden sind. Höhe und Verteilung dieser Kosten entscheiden darüber, ob sich umweltpolitische Strategien zum nachhaltigen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442633
Cover Image
The impact of intergovernmental grants on cost efficiency : theory and evidence from German municipalities
Kalb, Alexander (contributor) - 2008
In this paper we use a simple bureaucracy model of fiscal illusion to analyze the impact of intergovernmental grants on the cost effciency of local jurisdictions. We find that a higher degree of redistribution within a system of fiscal equalization or an increase in the amount of grants received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728661
Cover Image
What determines local governments' technical efficiency? : the case of road maintenance
Kalb, Alexander - 2009
In this paper we investigate the determinants of local governments' technical efficiency in road maintenance for a panel of German counties using a broad variety of estimation approaches. More specifically, we calculate efficiency indices using non-parametric (DEA) and parametric (stochastic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003880933
Cover Image
The indirect effects of direct democracy : local government size and non-budgetary voter initiatives
Asatryan, Zareh - 2014
Recently a wide and empirically-backed consensus has emerged arguing that direct democratic control over government's spending decisions through initiatives and referenda constrains government size. But what happens if budgetary matters are excluded from the voters' right of the initiative? I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229890
Cover Image
German car buyers' willingness to pay to reduce CO2 emissions
Achtnicht, Martin - 2009
Motorised individual transport strongly contributes to global CO2 emissions, due to its intensive usage of fossil fuels. Current political efforts addressing this issue (i.e. emission performance standards in the EU) are directed towards car manufacturers. This paper focuses on the demand side....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887988
Cover Image
Long-term impacts of environmental policy and eco-innovative activities of firms
Rennings, Klaus; Rexhäuser, Sascha - 2010
die Firmen zwischen keinem, wenig, mittlerem und hohem Beitrag zum Umweltschutz der eingeführten Innovationen wählen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665403
Cover Image
Employment impacts of cleaner production : evidence from a German study using case studies and surveys
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Rennings, Klaus - 1999
The study assesses net employment effects of technical progress which can be expected by the ongoing transition from end-of-pipe technologies towards cleaner production. Empirical evidence is presented on the basis of case studies and panel data including a telephone survey in German industry....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442904
Cover Image
The employment impact of cleaner production on the firm level : empirical evidence from a survey in five European countries
Rennings, Klaus; Zwick, Thomas - 2001
This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from a telephone survey covering more than 1500 firms in five European countries that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445814
Cover Image
Determinants of eco-innovations by type of environmental impact : the role of regulatory push/pull, technology push and market pull
Horbach, Jens; Rammer, Christian; Rennings, Klaus - 2011
Empirical analyses of the determinants of environmental innovations were rarely able to distinguish between different areas of environmental impacts. The paper tries to close this gap by employing a new and unique dataset based on the German Community Innovation Survey conducted in 2009. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008938022
Cover Image
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 … erheblich ab. Über weitreichende Ausnahmen wird die ökologische Lenkungswirkung stark abgeschwächt. Umweltschutz wird damit … die geringe Zahlungsbereitschaft der Wähler für Umweltschutz und die starke sektorale Konzentration von Anpassungskosten …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447190