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The problem of intergenerational equity in the field of national health insurance, analysed from the perspective of public choice theory
Dominick, Florian - 2008
Krankenversicherung (GKV) daher die Forschungsfrage, ob in einer marktwirtschaftlichen Ordnung Generationengerechtigkeit umgesetzt wird … bzw. wer von ihrer Umsetzung einen Nutzen hat.Zun?chst wird auf Grundlage der Theorie der Neuen Politischen ?konomik … evaluated from the point of view of public choice theory to see if, and if yes, to what extent, it is intergenerationally …
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Anticipating Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Pastoral Systems: Using Dynamic Systems Models for the Kalahari
Dougill, Andrew J.; Fraser, Evan D.G.; Reed, Mark - 2010
"It is vitally important to identify agroecosystems that may cease functioning because of changing climate or land degradation. However, identifying such systems is confounded on both conceptual and methodological grounds, especially in systems that are moving toward thresholds, a common trait...
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Eigenverantwortliche Individuen und Pro-Aktive Unternehmen
Heblich, Stephan - 2007
Die Arbeit setzt sich aus acht Kapiteln zusammen, die jeweils auf eigenst?ndigen Beitr?gen basieren. Die Beitr?ge insgesamt besch?ftigen sich mit der Fragestellung, wie der Nationalstaat, die Individuen und die Unternehmen gemeinsam aktuellen wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischen Herausforderungen...
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The Economics of Sustainability: A Review of Journal Articles
Pezzey, John C.V.; Toman, Michael A. - 2002
Concern about sustainability helped to launch a new agenda for development and environmental economics and challenged many of the fundamental goals and assumptions of the conventional, neoclassical economics of growth and development. We review 25 years' of refereed journal articles on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445467
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Discounting the Distant Future: How Much Do Uncertain Rates Increase Valuations?
Newell, Richard G.; Pizer, William A. - 2001
Costs and benefits in the distant future-such as those associated with global warming, long-lived infrastructure, hazardous and radioactive waste, and biodiversity-often have little value today when measured with conventional discount rates. We demonstrate that when the future path of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446677
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Pollution perception. An inquiry into intergenerational equity
Schuhmacher, Ingmar; Zou, Benteng - 2005
In this article we extend the recent literature on overlapping generations with a pollution sector by allowing generations to have a certain pollution perception with regards to the stock of pollution. Pollution perception, assumed to be part of the generations' preferences, can be either a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009452479
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Klimaschutz und Ernährungssicherheit : ein ordnungspolitischer Ansatz
Presse, André; Häußner, Ludwig Paul; Köke, Sonja - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434475
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Product Carbon Footprinting in the Tourism Industry
Schmidt, Alexander - 2010
Since about 40 percent of the overall emissions are caused by consumers and already 81 percent of all consumers would prefer low carbon products if they had the choice, it would be a desirable goal to increase the demand for climate friendly products in addition to regulatory requirements or...
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Political Economy of climate change, ecological destruction and uneven development
School of Economics and Finance
The purpose of this paper is to analyze climate change and ecological destruction through the prism of the core general principles of political economy. The paper starts with the principle of historical specificity, and the various waves of climate change through successive cooler and warmer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434801
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State of the Art: Carbon Emission Accountability Modeling
Lo, Valencia; Potdar, Vidyasagar - 2010
Global warming is becoming a big problem and carbon emissions from a variety of sources are the cause of it. To control emission, a number of carbon emission reduction policies and schemes such as the Kyoto Protocol & COP15 treaty have been reached and put in place. However, not all countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435015