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The 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) to the United Nations Framework Conven­tion on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, was marked by multiple crises and the shaken confidence of developing countries in the multilateral process. Nonetheless, an agreement was reached on...
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The clean development mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol may induce a technological change in developing countries. As an alternative to the CDM-regime, developing countries may accept a (generous) cap on their own emissions, let domestic producers invest in new efficient technologies, and...
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The purpose of the present paper is to describe the role of uncertainty and technical change in an environmental … context. Which impact does ecological uncertainty have on physical and R&D investments' decisions? How are pollution … trajectories modified when uncertainty is taken into account? To reply to these questions we modify the ETC-RICE model described in …
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This paper studies the diffusion of multiple, related technologies among firms. The results suggest an endogenous acceleration mechanism of technology adoption: The more advanced a firm is in using a particular set of technologies, the more likely it is to adopt additional, related technologies....
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China has experienced a period of tremendous economic growth in recent years. In an attempt to explain this development, several existing growth-accounting studies reveal that impressively high rates of productivity growth have been at the heart of China's performance. This study investigates to...
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der ökonomischen Rationalität der Klimapolitik als solcher häufig vernachlässigt wird. Eine Klimapolitik wäre dann … hierfür ist eine umfassende und einheitliche Bepreisung der Treibhausgasemissionen. Dieser rationalen Klimapolitik wird die …
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Die internationale Klimakonferenz von Paris stellt einen weiteren Versuch dar, für die Bereitstellung des globalen öffentlichen Guts Klimaschutz die notwendige Kooperation zwischen den verhandelnden Staaten zu organisieren. Dabei geht es im Wesentlichen um die Verteilung der damit verbundenen...
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Democratic institutions that coordinate diffuse interests might be beneficial for climate protection. Because the implementation of democratic institutions varies among democracies as well as among autocracies, this study examines whether institutional aspects of different models of democracy...
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, Klima-Governance und Klimapolitik integrativ miteinander verbindet. Wir beginnen mit dem Problem, dass ein verbindliches … Ordnungsrahmen generell als besonders vorteilhaft. Die Klimapolitik findet in einem solchen Umfeld statt. Polyzentrismus … Ordnungsrahmens für Klima-Governance, mit wichtigen Implikationen für Klimapolitik und Klimapolitikforschung. …
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