In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wird die Durchführung arbeitsmarktpolitischer Maßnahmen mit erheblichem personellen wie finanziellen Aufwand betrieben. Dennoch ist ein Erfolg dieser Maßnahmen keineswegs gesichert, und Ausmaß bzw. Existenz des tatsächlichen Effektes verbleiben in hohem...

The EU-wide Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), established in 2005, is a key pillar of Europe¿s strategy to attain compliance with the Kyoto Protocol. Under this scheme, CO2 allowances have thus far been allocated largely free of charge. This paper demonstrates that such cost-free allocation,...

Against the background of the current discussion on the introduction of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper analyzes the potential employment and fiscal effects of such a policy. Based on estimated labor demand elasticities obtained from a structural labor demand model, the empirical...

Identifying the incidence of free-ridership is significant to a range of issues relevant to program evaluation, including the calculation of net program benefits and more general assessments of political acceptability. Estimates of free-ridership in the area of energy policy frequently rely on...