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Allocation and Ex Ante Cost Efficiency of a Swedish Subsidy for Environmental Sustainability: The Local Investment Program

Vredin Johansson, Maria - 2004

We evaluate the allocation rationality and ex ante cost efficiency of a major Swedish investment subsidy program, the "Local Investment Program" (LIP). The LIP, effective between 1998-2002, had dual purposes: to step up the pace at which Sweden transforms into an ecologically sustainable society...

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Do EPA administrators recommend environmental policies that citizens want?

Carlsson, Fredrik; Kataria, Mitesh; Lampi, Elina - 2009

We investigate whether Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator recommendations regarding improvements in environmental quality differ from citizen preferences. The scope and significance of the possible difference are assessed by conducting identical choice experiments on a...

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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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Rising earnings inequality in Sweden: The role of composition and prices

Domeij, David - 2006

This paper decomposes the rise in cross-sectional earnings inequality in Sweden between 1990 and 2002 into changes in market prices of observable characteristics, changes in the composition of the labor force across demographic groups and industries, and changes in unobservables, and compares...

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Wage structure and public sector employment: Sweden versus the United States 1970 - 2002

Domeij, David; Ljungqvist, Lars - 2006

Swedish census data and tax records reveal an astonishing wage compression; the Swedish skill premium fell by more than 30 percent between 1970 and 1990 while the U.S. skill premium, after an initial decline in the 1970s, rose by 8 - 10 percent. Since then both skill premia have increased by...

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The influence of the new member states on EU environmental policy-making: A game theoretical approach

Holzinger, Katharina - 1995

traditionellerweise eine in Europa vergleichsweise fortschrittliche Umweltpolitik. Das vorliegende Papier befaßt sich mit der Frage …, welchen Einfluß der Beitritt dieser drei Staaten auf die Umweltpolitik der Europäischen Union haben wird. Dabei müssen zwei … Gemeinschaft bei den drei nach dem Vertrag von Maastricht für die Umweltpolitik anzuwendenden Entscheidungsverfahren zukommt. Die …

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The Opening of the European Electricity Market and Environmental Policy: Does the Degree of Competition Matter?

Bigano, Andrea; Proost, Stef - 2004

This paper studies the relevance of strategic trade effects in the environmental policy for the European electricity sector. The production, investment and trade of electricity are modelled for four European countries. Three market regimes are distinguished: perfect competition, price regulation...

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Von der Natur lernen? Über drei Bedingungen zukunftsfähiger Wirtschaftsentwicklung

Simonis, Udo E. - In: Natur als Vorbild: was können wir von der Natur zur …, (pp. 115-133). 1993

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Referat Ökonomie und Ökologie - Auswege aus einem Konflikt oder Drei Bedingungen zukunftsfähiger Entwicklung

Simonis, Udo E. - In: Umweltkolloquium. Chemie im Jahre 2000. Ökonomie und …, (pp. 9-24). 1992

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Dealing with ignored attributes in choice experiments on valuation of Sweden's environmental quality objectives

Carlsson, Fredrik; Kataria, Mitesh; Lampi, Elina - 2009

Using a choice experiment, this paper investigates how Swedish citizens value three environmental quality objectives. In addition, a follow-up question is used to investigate whether respondents ignored any attributes when responding. The resulting information is used in the model estimation by...

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