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Ökonomische Analyse des Europäischen Emissionshandels als Teil globaler Klimapolitik
Wiesweg, Maik - 2011
Ein Handel mit verbrieften Verschmutzungsrechten gilt als treffsicher, als kosteneffizient und darüber hinaus als geeignet, umwelttechnischen Fortschritt zu induzieren. Das Europäische Emissionshandelssystem weist einige Besonderheiten auf, welche zu Wirkungsbrüchen führen können, die...
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Das Umweltproblem und Umweltpolitik in ökonomisch offenen politischen Ein- und Mehrebenensystemen und deren Bedeutung für die EU
Mund, Andreas - 2004
Wechselwirkungen zwischen zunehmender wirtschaftlicher Integration und national bzw. supranational bestimmter Umweltpolitik. Die Arbeit … trägt die modelltheoretischen Bausteine zusammen, mit denen Umweltpolitik in offenen Volkswirtschaftn unter Effizienz …-und Verteilungsapekten analysiert werden kann, im dritten Teil dienen diese einer normativen und positiven Analyse der Umweltpolitik in der …
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Zur dynamischen Anreizwirkung umweltpolitischer Instrumente
Unold, Wolfram - 2000
Im Mittelpunkt der vorgestellten Arbeit steht die dynamische Anreizwirkung umweltpolitischer Instrumente. Die voliegende Arbeit erstellt einen differenzierten Vergleich umweltpolitischer Instrumente. Hierzu wird die Anreizwirkung von Steuern, Subventionen, Zertifikaten und einheitlichen...
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Policy Suggestions for Emissions Trading in the U.S.A.
Wallshein, Nathaniel - 2010
This honors thesis will examine current and theoretical "cap and trade" emissions trading schemes in an attempt to make recommendations on how to improve this regulated commodity market. The various control mechanisms available to regulators will be discussed: including allocation methodology,...
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Theoretical aspects of long-term evaluation in environmental economics
Traeger, Christian - 2006
The present work is dedicated to theoretical aspects of long-term evaluation with a focus on time and uncertainty structure. Motivated along the lines of global warming, the analysis renders contributions to the fields of environmental economics, decision theory, the economics of sustainability...
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How responsible is a region for its carbon emissions? An integrated input-output and CGE analysis
Turner, Karen; Munday, Max; McGregor, P. G.; Swales, J. Kim - 2011
Targets for CO2 reduction tend to be set in terms of the amount of pollution generated within the borders of a given region or nation. That is, under a "production accounting principle". However, in recent years there has been increased public and policy interest in the notion of a carbon...
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Differences between Decision and Experienced Utility: An Investigation using the Choice Experiment method
Tinch, Dugald; Colombo, Sergio; Hanley, Nick - 2010
Recent work by Kahneman and others has led to a new focus in economics on a wellbeing-based approach to utility. This suggests that ‘experienced utility’ is an alternative and more appropriate basis for the measurement of economic value compared with ‘decision utility’. In this paper, we...
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Essays on environmental policy and markets
Nyiwul, Linus M. - 2009
This dissertation consists of two theoretical papers on market-based environmental policy. The first paper exploits the correlation between the environmental performance of firms and their economic performance to show that financial markets can be used to help enforce environmental policy and to...
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Contamination by the Israeli Military Industry and its Impact on Apartment Sale Prices in an Adjacent Tel-Aviv Neighborhood: A Hedonic Pricing Model Study
Shelem, Itai - 2008
A window of opportunity opened to investigate present effects of past environmental policies of the Israel Defense Forces and its military industry when one of its facilities, Taas Magen, was required to close down in 1997. For decades, untreated discharge was released into absorption pits,...
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The Economics of Malaria Vector Control
Brown, Zachary Steven - 2011
In recent years, government aid agencies and international organizations have increased their financial commitments to controlling and eliminating malaria from the planet. This renewed emphasis on elimination is reminiscent of a previous worldwide campaign to eradicate malaria in the 1960s, a...
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