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Assessing the Efficiency of an Insurance Provider—A Measurement Error Approach

Jametti, Mario; Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas - In: The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory 30 (2005) 1, pp. 15-34

The purpose of this paper is to compare the cost efficiency of private and public property insurance providers in … errors and apply the model to a data set on 19 firms in housing insurance markets in Switzerland. We show that the public … insurance providers are about 20% more cost efficient than their private counterparts. Copyright The Geneva Association 2005 …

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From Knowledge to Action—New Paths Towards Sustainable Consumption

Thøgersen, John; Schrader, Ulf - In: Journal of Consumer Policy 35 (2012) 1, pp. 1-5

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Voluntary agreements: cost-effective or a smokescreen for failure?

Bizer, Kilian - In: Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 2 (1999) 2, pp. 147-165

Voluntary environmental agreements are widely considered an alternative instrument to command-and-control policies or economic incentives and are frequently labeled “efficient” or “cost-effective.” In this article it is argued that voluntary agreements are much more limited in scope. It...

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Capacity Building as A Policy Instrument in Water Conservation: A Case Study on Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Consumers

Reed, Lewis - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 13, pp. 3819-3829

Efforts by municipal water agencies to improve demand end water use efficiency have focused largely on incentive programs and regulatory interventions. However, another important approach to achieving conservation targets is capacity-building, which may be particularly effective when target...

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Government intervention in green industries: lessons from the wind turbine and the organic food industries in Denmark

Daugbjerg, Carsten; Svendsen, Gert - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 13 (2011) 2, pp. 293-307

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Diffusion of Green Technology: A Survey

Allan, Corey; Jaffe, Adam B.; Sin, Isabelle - Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research - 2014

This paper surveys the existing literature on diffusion of environmentally beneficial technology. Overall, it confirms many of the lessons of the larger literature on technology diffusion: diffusion often appears slow when viewed from the outside; the flow of information is an important factor in...

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Some implications of design element choice when combining a green quota with a system of feed-in tariffs

Currier, Kevin - In: Economics Bulletin 34 (2014) 3, pp. 1723-1732

Concerns about carbon emissions from fossil fuel-based electricity generation have led to interest in the promotion of “renewable energy.” Around the world, many countries now employ “renewable portfolio standards” or “green quotas,” which stipulate a minimum percentage of total...

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Coal Power Endangers Climate Targets: Calls for Urgent Action

Oei, Pao-Yu; Kemfert, Claudia; Reitz, Felix; … - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 8, pp. 36-45

Coal-fired power stations are responsible for around a third of Germany's carbon emissions. Failure to reduce the persistently high level of coal-fired power generation threatens Germany's climate targets for 2020 and 2050 and undermines a sustainable energy transition. Calculations by DIW...

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Cost-efficient climate policies for interdependent and uncertain carbon pools

Elofsson, Katarina; Gren, Ing-Marie - Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet - 2014

The purpose of this paper is to investigate policy instruments for interdependent carbon pools and how they can be applied in the EU climate policy to 2050. Cost-effective policy instruments for forest products which are adjusted for the impact on carbon pools are identified. A numerical,...

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Spectrum licensing, policy instruments and market entry

Madden, Gary; Bohlin, Erik; Tran, Thien; Morey, Aaron - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013

Competition policy attempts to address the potential for market failure by encouraging competition in service markets. Often, in wireless communication service markets, national regulatory authorities seek to encourage entry via the spectrum assignment process. Instruments used include the...

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