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Climate change policy and burden sharing in the European Union : applying alternative equity rules to a CGE-framework
Schmidt, Tobias F. N.; Koschel, Henrike - 1998
The objective of this paper is to present different equity rules that can be applied to the initial allocation of greenhouse gas entitlements and to analyse the potential impacts of these rules EU-wide as well as on the level of member states. The methodological framework used in the empirical...
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Business cycles in EU member states
Buscher, Herbert S. - 1999
The paper investigates the business cycle relationships between the EU-15, the EU-11, as well as the EU-core countries for the period 1971 to 1997. Emphasis is put on the question whether there is a synchronization in the national business cycles or not. Using One-way- and Two-way-Anova...
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The political cconomy of corporate tax harmonization : why do European politicians (dis)like minimum tax rates?
Osterloh, Steffen (contributor);  … - 2008
Setting minimum tax rates is a well discussed way of mitigating pressure from tax competition. This paper investigates which motives shape the support for a minimum corporate tax among politicians. We make use of a unique data base: a survey among members of the European parliament. Our results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793773
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Total costs and budgetary effects of adaptation to climate change : an assessment for the European Union
Osberghaus, Daniel; Reif, Christiane - 2010
Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. However, detailed and regionalised cost estimates as a basis for cost-benefit-analyses are rare. We compose available cost estimates for adaptation in Europe, and in particular Germany, Finland...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003989027
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Designing emissions trading in practice general considerations and experiences from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
Heindl, Peter; Löschel, Andreas - 2012
This paper deals with designing emissions trading in practice. After a short introduction to the general idea of emissions trading, practical requirements for the introduction of an emissions trading scheme are considered, including the temporal and spatial dimension as well as administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009509684
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Steuerpolitik in Deutschland : eine Halbzeitbilanz der aktuellen Legislaturperiode im Kontext europäischer Entwicklungen
Bräutigam, Rainer; Spengel, Christoph - 2015
Seit der Unternehmensteuerreform 2008/2009 haben sich die steuerlichen Rahmenbedingungen in Deutschland im Grundsatz … der EU zeigt erste Konsequenzen des steuerlichen Stillstands in Deutschland auf. Im Vergleich zu anderen europäischen … Ländern werden die steuerlichen Standortbedingungen für Unternehmen in Deutschland zusehends unattraktiver. …
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Did the introduction of the euro lead to money illusion? : empirical evidence from Germany
Bittschi, Benjamin; Duppel, Saskia - 2015
Using the introduction of the euro as a natural experiment, we provide economy-wide evidence for money illusion based on declared donations from German administrative income tax data. Our results suggest a magnitude of the money illusion effect between 2.4% and 7.6%. Compared to previous studies...
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Carbon management : evidence from case studies of German firms under the EU ETS
Heindl, Peter; Lutz, Benjamin Johannes - 2012
This paper examines the management practices of German firms with obligations under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) based on six structured in-depth interviews with managers of firms from different industries and based on survey data. The paper sheds light on management and trading...
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The German labour market reforms in a European context : a DSGE analysis
Fries, Claudia; Seymen, Atılım - 2013
While a widespread consensus exists among macroeconomists that the German labour market reforms in 2003-2005 have successfully contributed to the decline of the unemployment rate, critics claim that the reforms led to wage restraint and consequently consumption dampening accompanied by...
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Grenzen und Reichweiten nationaler Innovationssysteme und forschungspolitische Implikationen
Spielkamp, Alfred - 1997
Die vorliegenden Überlegungen sind darauf gerichtet, die Ideen und wesentlichen Gedanken Nationaler Innovationssysteme aufzugreifen und in den Kontext einer wissensbasierten Ökonomie zu stellen. Neben den Akteuren oder Spielern geht es um die Regeln und Funktionsmechanismen und schließlich...
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