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AN INVESTMENT CONTEST TO INFLUENCEENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Dijkstra, Bouwe R. - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 2004
In an investment contest for environmental policy, polluters and victims ofpollution invest in an increase of their marginal benefits of pollution and environmentalquality, respectively. These investments influence time-consistent environmental policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868780
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TECHNOLOGY POLICY IN AN OLIGOPOLY WITH SPILLOVERS ANDPOLLUTION
Petrakis, Emmanuel; Poyago-Theotoky, Joanna - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 1999
We introduce pollution, as a by-product of production, into a non-tournament model of R&Dwith spillovers. Technology policy takes the form of either R&D subsidisation or pre-competitiveR&D cooperation. We show that, when the emissions tax is exogenous, the optimal R&Dsubsidy can be negative,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869223
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House Allocation with Overlapping Agents: A DynamicMechanism Design Approach
Kurino, Morimitsu - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2009
Many real-life applications of house allocation problems are dynamic. For example, inthe case of on-campus housing for …, we introduce a model of house allocation with overlapping agents. In termsof dynamic mechanism design, we examine two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022173
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Jon Elster und das Problem lokaler Gerechtigkeit
Pies, Ingo; Viebranz, Jörg - Universität <Halle, Saale> / Lehrstuhl für … - 2007
Rationierungsentscheidungen. Es geht um die Allokation und Distribution knapper Zuteilungsgüter, also etwa um die Vergabe von Kindergarten- oder … Untersuchung ist zweigeteilt. Der erste Teil rekonstruiert Elsters Beiträge zu einer Theorie lokaler Gerechtigkeit. Der zweite Teil … betreffen zum einen den Erklärungsgehalt seiner Analysen ((4)). Sie betreffen zum anderen den normativen Ertrag seiner Theorie …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860105
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Convenience Yields for CO2 Emission Allowance Futures Contracts
Borak, Szymon; Härdle, Wolfgang; Trück, Stefan; … - Sonderforschungsbereich Ökonomisches Risiko <Berlin> - 2006
allocation plans for the Kyoto period. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861246
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Discrimination against Newcomers: Impacts of the GermanEmission Trading Regime on the Electricity Sector
Bode, Sven; Hübl, Lothar; Schaffner, Joey; Twelemann, Sven - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2005
Allocation Act (ZuG 2007). One central element of the Allocation Act isthe so called transfer-rule, which is intended to provide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867592
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Game Theory and InternationalEnvironmental Cooperation:Any Practical Application?
Finus, Michael - Fernuniversität <Hagen> / Fakultät für … - 2000
Many researchers have found game theory a useful method for analyzing internationalenvironmental problems. However …, game theory has been criticized for being too theoretical,abstracting from too many practical problems and being based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868366
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TIME CONSISTENCY AND INVESTMENTINCENTIVES IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Dijkstra, Bouwe R. - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 2002
We study environmental policy for a polluting firmthat can invest in extracapacity. The optimal levels of allowed output as well as the tax rate are increasingin investment. With divisible investment, commitment always leads to the first best,under direct regulation and taxation. Time-consistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005868929
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Environmental Protection and Free Trade: IndirectCompetition for Political Inuence
Zhihao Yu - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 1999
This paper shows that although small or nancially constrained environmentalistgroups may be in a weak position, relative to polluting industries, in the directcompetition for political inuence, they can compete indirectly through changingpublic preferences over environmental quality. However, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005869307
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THE IMPACT OF TAX MORALE ANDINSTITUTIONAL QUALITY ON THESHADOW ECONOMY
TORGLER, BENNO; SCHNEIDER, FRIEDRICH - CESifo GmbH <München> - 2007
This paper analyses how tax morale and countries´ institutional quality affect the shadoweconomy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literaturestrongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level andchanges of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005858946