We consider the welfare effects of skilled worker emigration in a context where skilled labor plays a role in product design. We show such emigration can benefit the residents left behind, even when consumers tastes exhibit a form of home bias...

It is argued that migration from Mexico to the US and its corresponding return migration aredetermined by international wage differentials and preferences for origin. We use a model ofjob search, savings and migration to show that job turnover is a crucial determinant of themigration process...

By using a choice experiment, this paper focuses on citizens’ preferences for effort-sharingrules of how carbon abatement should be shared among countries. We find that Swedes do notrank the rule favoring their own country highest. Instead, they prefer the rule where allcountries are allowed...

This paper explores implications of climate change for fiscal policy by assessing theimpact of large scale extreme weather events on changes in public budgets. We applyalternative measures for large scale extreme weather events and conclude that thebudgetary impact of such events ranges between...

We examine an incentive scheme for a group of agents, where all agents are rewarded ifthe group meets its target. If the group does not meet its target, only the agents that meettheir individual target are rewarded. In environmental policy, the EU burden sharingagreement and the UK Climate...

Extreme weather patterns are causing major damage on property and business and the question of who pays is becoming a serious issue. A law and economics point of view focuses on the problem that emitters of greenhouse gases externalize the true costs of their contribution to climate change...

The influence of mankind on the Earth in recent years has become so significant as to constitute a new geological era: The Anthropocene...

Significant changes in climate are already visible globally, and are expected to become more pronounced in the future. These will lead to wide ranging impacts on the natural and man-made environment across different sectors and regions, which in turn will lead to economic costs. These economic...

Das vorliegende Arbeitspapier ist eine Ergänzung zum Bericht der wissenschaftlichenBegleiter im Rahmen der Kommission „Klimaschutzpolitik der Bundesregierung und derEuropäischen Union – Auswirkungen auf die Immobilien- und Wohnungswirtschaft“, eingesetztunter dem Dach des Deutschen...

Dieser Beitrag formuliert fünf Thesen zur Klimapolitik aus wirtschaftsethischer Sicht.Gezeigt wird, dass es sich um ein außerordentlich komplexes Problem handelt und dassdie Kosten zur Lösung dieses Problems weder von den Entwicklungsländern noch vonden Unternehmen getragen werden (können)...