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The economics of adaptation to climate change : the case of Germany
Dannenberg, Astrid; Mennel, Tim; Osberghaus, Daniel; … - 2009
adaptation in Germany by analyzing impacts and adaptation options for climate-sensitive fields such as agriculture, energy, water …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003881582
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Carbon taxes and general joint implementation : an applied general equilibrium analysis for Germany and India
Böhringer, Christoph; Conrad, Klaus; Löschel, Andreas - 2000
Germany has committed itself to reducing its carbon emissions by 25 percent in 2005 as compared to 1990 emission levels … reduction possibilities elsewhere. One concrete option for Germany would be to enter joint implementation with developing … countries such as India where Germany pays emission reduction abroad rather than meeting its reduction target solely by domestic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444919
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Environmental tax differentiation between industries and households - implications for efficiency and employment : a multi-sector intertemporal CGE analysis for Germany
Böhringer, Christoph - 2002
This paper investigates the economic impacts of environmental tax reforms designed to reach given emission reduction targets for the German economy. Our focus is on the efficiency and employment implications of alternative schemes for emission tax differentiation between the production sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447142
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Self-financing tax/subsidy mechanisms in environmental regulation with many firms
Breitscheidel, Jörg (contributor) - 2005
We consider the application of self-financing tax/subsidy mechanisms in environmental regulation and explore the question whether these mechanisms yield strong investment incentives in a market with many firms under Cournot competition. It turns out that the tax/subsidy mechanism with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003225312
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Environmental taxation and structural change in an open economy : a CGE analysis with imperfect competition and free entry
Böhringer, Christoph; Welsch, Heinz; Löschel, Andreas - 2001
(loses) in comparative advantage. We use a computable general equilibrium model for Germany to examine the effects of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445696
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Combining international cap-and-trade with national carbon taxes
Heindl, Peter; Wood, Peter J.; Jotzo, Frank - 2014
This paper examines the effects of combining an international cap-and-trade scheme with national carbon taxes. We consider a two-country stochastic partial equilibrium model with log-normally distributed uncertainty. The situation is analogous to the situation where European countries impose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424788
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In search of a rationale for differentiated environmental taxes
Böhringer, Christoph; Rutherford, Thomas F. - 2002
Environmental tax schemes in OECD countries often involve tax rates differentiated across industrial, commercial and household sectors. In this paper, we investigate four potentially important arguments for these deviations from uniform taxation: pre-existing tax distortions, domestic equity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447324
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Do direct R&D subsidies lead to the monopolization of R&D in the economy?
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Ebersberger, Bernd - 2010
This paper explores the impact of R&D subsidies on the concentration of R&D in an economy. First, governments are often criticized of subsidizing predominantly larger firms and thus contribute to persistence of leadership in markets and higher barriers to entry, and, hence, reduced competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008701446
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Do employment subsidies reduce early apprenticeship dropout?
Fries, Jan; Goebel, Christian; Maier, Michael F. - 2013
We evaluate the effect of the Apprenticeship Bonus, an employment subsidy programme, on early dropout of apprenticeship. Eligibility to the programme is restricted to school leavers who have actively searched for apprenticeship training to start immediately after leaving school, but were...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009784072
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FIML estimation of a bivariate probit selection rule : an application on firm growth and subsidisation
Reize, Frank - 2001
This study applies a full information maximum likelihood (FIML) estimator of the sample selection model with bivariate selection rule for the investigation of the impact of subsidised firm foundation from unemployment on employment growth of the firm. The empirical analysis is based on the ZEW...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445928