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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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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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Weltweit werden etwa 3 Billionen US-Dollar staatlicher Hilfen ausgegeben, um den Absturz der Weltwirtschaft abzubremsen. Dieser Nachfrageschub von 4,7 Prozent des Welteinkommens hat zuallererst die Aufgabe, die Spirale gestrichener Investitionspläne, reduzierter Produktion, gesunkener...
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The paper analyses whether communication and actual interventions in FX markets are successful in moving exchange rates over the medium- to long-run. It compares empirical evidence based on time-series analysis with that obtained from an eventstudy approach. Both the time-series approach based...
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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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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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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 article analyses Japanese approaches to dealing with eco-efficiency from aninstitutional perspective. Our main outlook is that though promising attempts havebeen made despite the overall economic crisis, a better horizontal coordinationamong both administrations and businesses is required....
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