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...

Die vorliegende Arbeit analysiert im Rahmen allgemeiner Gleichgewichtsmodelle offener Volkswirtschaften mögliche Wechselwirkungen zwischen zunehmender wirtschaftlicher Integration und national bzw. supranational bestimmter Umweltpolitik. Die Arbeit gliedert sich in 3 Teile. Der erste Teil der...

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,...

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...

Feuchtgebiete sind Ökosysteme, die durch die Anwesenheit vonWasser, spezielle Bodenverhältnisse und eine besondereVegetationszusammensetzung geprägt sind. Sie zählen zu den amstärksten bedrohten Ökosystemen der Erde. Im Verlauf des 20.Jahrhunderts nahm weltweit sowohl ihre Fläche als auch...

What are the conclusions that we have to draw from the foregoing discussion? We must conclude that the prevailing practice of evaluating benefits and costs in terms of present costs and prices is not only likely to lead to an under-statement of actual costs, but also may lead to gross...

In the first chapter of this dissertation, I estimate the long-run price elasticity of supply of renewable electricity generating capacity using the variation in state mandates for renewable electricity production. These mandates require electricity providers to purchase a predetermined fraction...

The economy is communication between Man and Nature. It is an interaction-network between our outside and inside Nature, that is, the external Nature surrounding us and the internal nature expressing our human essence. Money is an institution of the society, an infrastructure that ensures...

A gazdasági tevékenységek folytatásához kapcsolódó jogi, etikai kérdések régóta foglalkoztatják mind az elméleti kutatókat, mind a gyakorlati szakembereket is. Az elfogadott normák időről időre változnak, az érintettek új dimenziókat emelnek be a vélemények, magatartási...