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A regulatory framework for a policy of sustainability : lessons from the neo-liberal school
Rennings, Klaus; Koschel, Henrike; Brockmann, Karl Ludwig; … - 1997
In this paper targets, institutions and policy measures for describing and implementing sustainable development are evaluated in terms of their conformity with the economic framework of a market system. Firstly, from the viewpoint of neo-liberal economic thinking as conceived by the German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440772
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The effects of corporate and country sustainability characteristics on the cost of debt : an international investigation
Hoepner, Andreas G. F.; Oikonomou, Ioannis; Scholtens, Bert - 2014 - This version: October 2014
470 loan agreements signed between 2005 and 2012 with borrowers based on 28 different countries across the world and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010437173
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The goals of sustainable development and the reform of the EU banana trade regime : a discussion of different trade instruments
Osório-Peters, Suhita - 1998
Ideally a new reform of the EU trade regime for bananas (COMB) should be equipped in a way that it makes a long-term contribution to the realisation of sustainable goals, or at least does not prevent them. From a point of view of sustainable development, a trade restriction measure has to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441676
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Fuel for inequality : distributional effects of environmental reforms on private transport
Tovar Reaños, Miguel Angel; Sommerfeld, Katrin - 2016
This paper provides the first empirical evidence of the distributional effects of subsidies for the purchase of alternative vehicles based on an extended version of Hausman's exact consumer surplus. Consistently with economic theory, we estimate changes in household welfare, inequality and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574891
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Long-term impacts of environmental policy and eco-innovative activities of firms
Rennings, Klaus; Rexhäuser, Sascha - 2010
This paper analyses two aspects of environmental regulations triggered by ecoinnovations. First, whether there are long term effects of regulation on innovation. Second, whether the impact of different types of regulation differ by type of the environmental benefit of the innovations. To answer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665403
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The social long-term care insurance in Germany : origin, situation, threats, and perspectives
Heinicke, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2010
This paper describes the Social Long-Term Care Insurance (SLTCI) in Germany. Based on a short review of the history of … long-term care organization and the preceding laws in Germany, the implementation of the SLTCI as a self-standing pillar … within the system of social insurances in Germany and its set-up with regard to eligibility criteria, service provision and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941704
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15 years of pension reform in Germany : old successes and new threats
Bonin, Holger - 2009
-term sustainability. We argue that the latest reforms have moved pension provision in Germany in principle from a defined benefit to a … ; Financial Crisis ; Fiscal Sustainability Survey ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003857711
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What's driving sustainable energy consumption? : a survey of the empirical literature
Brohmann, Bettina; Heinzle, Stefanie; Rennings, Klaus; … - 2009
The focus of the paper is on the individual decision of energy consumers, and it's relation to sustainable consumption. Consumer behavior is based on individual decisions, but it depends largely on supply-side measures and an appropriate infrastructure (e.g. the availability of energy-efficient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003817182
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German car buyers' willingness to pay to reduce CO2 emissions
Achtnicht, Martin - 2009
choices. Based on a stated preference experiment among potential car buyers from Germany, different mixed logit specifications …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887988
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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/10011441052