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The Allure of Technology: How France and California Promoted Electric Vehicles to Reduce Urban Air Pollution
Calef, David; Goble, Robert - 2005
All advanced industrialized societies face the problem of air pollution produced by motor vehicles. In spite of striking improvements in internal combustion engine technology, air pollution in most urban areas is still measured at levels determined to be harmful to human health. Throughout the...
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[Rezension] Eckard Rehbinder, Richard Stewart: Environmental protection policy. Berlin [u.a.]: de Gruyter, 1985
Weidner, Helmut - In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik und Umweltrecht: … 10 (1987) 2, pp. 218-223
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Energie- und Klimaschutzpolitik: USA holen langsam auf
Schill, Wolf-Peter; Diekmann, Jochen; Kemfert, Claudia - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 46, pp. 796-805
Vor dem kommenden UN-Klimagipfel in Kopenhagen blickt die Welt vor allem auf die USA. Sie sind neben China mit Abstand … Kopf in den USA immer noch etwa doppelt so hoch wie in Europa. Der Blick auf die aktuelle energie- und klimapolitische … Ausgangslage in den USA ist aber ernüchternd: Die bisherigen Maßnahmen auf nationaler Ebene und in den Bundesstaaten sind insgesamt …
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Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? A comparison of Europe and the United States
Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - 2014
The question of whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market is an important criterion for an optimal currency area. It is of particular interest currently in the context of high and rising levels of labour market disparities, in particular within the Eurozone where there...
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Migration as an adjustment mechanism in the crisis? A comparison of Europe and the United States
Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - 2014
The question of whether migration can be an equilibrating force in the labour market is an important criterion for an optimal currency area. It is of particular interest currently in the context of high and rising levels of labour market disparities, in particular within the Eurozone where there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010484712
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of several data sets (the International Social Survey...
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CO2-Besteuerung von Pkws in Europa auf dem Vormarsch
Kalinowska, Dominika; Keser, Kerim; Kunert, Uwe - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 27/28, pp. 438-450
In den vergangenen Jahren haben sich CO2-Emissionen als maßgebliche Bemessungsgrundlage von Kfz-Steuern in den meisten europäischen Ländern durchgesetzt. Auch Deutschland hat ab Juli 2009 die Pkw-Steuer für Neufahrzeuge an dieser Größe orientiert, um klimapolitische Ziele zu verfolgen. Das...
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Environmental Regulation and Investment: Evidence from European Industries
Leiter, Andrea M.; Parolini, Arno; Winner, Hannes - 2009
This paper contributes to the empirical literature on the relationship between environmental regulation and firm behavior. In particular, we ask whether and how strongly investment decisions of firms respond to stringency in environmental regulation. Environmental stringency is measured as (i)...
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Bioregionalism: a pragmatic European perspective
Simonis, Udo E. - 1997
In Europe, the recent debate on globalisation of the economy has - ironically - given a notable push for various concepts of regionalisation. Regions always played a strong role in people's perceptions of a good life, but regions were predominantly understood as political boundaries of states,...
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Begrüßungsrede und Eröffnung der Konsultation
Simonis, Udo E. - In: Europäische Umweltpolitik von unten?!: Einfluß und …, (pp. 3-5). 1988
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