Over the last decades, waste quantities have grown steadily in close relation to economic growth. To tackle the problem of continuing waste growth within the EU, waste prevention was listed among four top priorities in the EU Sixth environment Action Programme. A Computable General Equilibrium...

By using an applied general equilibrium model of the Swedish economy, this paper examines how an in-troduction of a kilometre tax will affect economic growth (GDP), industry structure and emission levels of nitrogen oxides (NOx). According to our findings, the GDP will decrease by 0.1-0.3 per...

Parallel to the efforts of the EU to achieve a significant and overall reduction of waste quantities within the EU, the Swedish parliament enacted an environmental quality objective stating that ‘the total quantity of waste must not increase …’ i.e. an eventual absolute decoupling of waste...

Swedish abstract: Periodiska myntindragningar tillämpades under nästan 200 år i stora delar av medeltidens Europa. Gamla mynt förklarades ogiltiga och skulle växlas in mot nya till på förhand bestämda kurser och datum. Denna skatt var likvärdig med en modern Gesellskatt på pengainnehav...

Swedish abstract: Baserat på vetenskapliga metoder identifieras ett par svenska brakteater från sent 1100-tal som präglade av ärkebiskopen i Uppsala. De har tidigare katalogiserats som kungliga mynt.English abstract: Based on scientific methods, a couple of Swedish bracteates from the late...