This paper investigates quantitatively the effects of trade policy on agriculture in the empirical context of Peninsular Malaysia using a SAM-based multi-sectoral, general equilibrium model. The focus of the analysis is on the economy-wide implications of changes in tariffs on...

This work illustrates the preliminary findings of a participatory research process aimed at identifying responses for sustainable water management in a climate change perspective, in two river basins in Europe and Asia. The paper describes the methodology implemented through local workshops,...

The aim of this paper is to check whether intergovernmental transfers for water projects accepted in 1986 can be rationalized by a simple efficiency criterion. The empirical Þndings support this conjecture only partially.

Die Entwicklung in den meisten großen europäischen Hafenstädten ist von 2 komplementären Prozessen geprägt: Die Häfen verlagern sich zunehmend flussabwärts an das seeschifftiefe Wasser nahe den Küsten. Große ehemalige Hafengebiete im Innern der Städte werden dabei verlassen. Die...

Der Klimawandel hat Einfluss auf zahlreiche Lebensbereiche des Menschen; darunter auch auf die Bereitstellung und Organisation von Energie. Bereits heute lassen sich für verschiedene Prozessstufen und Energiesysteme Auswirkungen der Veränderung des Klimas beobachten. Langanhaltende...

Wholesale electricity markets use different market designs to handle congestion in the transmission network. We compare nodal, zonal and discriminatory pricing in general networks with transmission constraints and loop flows. We conclude that in large games with many producers who are allowed to...

We review the recent empirical research concerning market power on the Nordic wholesale market for electricity, Nord Pool. There is no evidence of blatant and systematic exploitation of system level market power on Nord Pool. However, generation companies seem from time to time able to take...

This paper compares the distributional effects of price cap and lump sum transfer policies to aid the affordability of subsistence electricity consumption. A lump sum transfer is more progressive than a comparable price cap on all units of electricity. We identify conditions under which these...