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Ein Vergleich unterschiedlicher Vorschläge zur Honorierung der Klimaschutzleistung der Wälder
Elsasser, Peter; Rock, Joachim; Rüter, Sebastian - 2020
Eine Honorierung von Umweltleistungen der Forstwirtschaft wird in letzter Zeit verstärkt gefordert; u. a. wurden jüngst vier unterschiedliche Honorierungsvorschläge zur Diskussion gestellt, welche insbesondere an der Klimaschutzleistung der Wälder anknüpfen. Im vorliegenden Arbeitsbericht...
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On institutions that produce and disseminate knowledge
Barba Navaretti, Giorgio; Dasgupta, Partha; Mäler, … - 1997
This paper investigates institutions for the creation and transmission of knowledge as efficient resource allocation mechanisms. By looking at Science and Technology it develops a two way classification. Science, is a non market allocation mechanism, where knowledge is treated as a pure public...
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Can higher bonuses lead to less effort? Incentive reversal in teams
Klor, Esteban F.; Kube, Sebastian; Winter, Eyal; … - 2011
with positive externalities between agents, incentive reversal might occur: an increase in monetary incentives (either …Conventional wisdom suggests that an increase in monetary incentives should induce agents to exert higher effort. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278589
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What's in it for us? Network effects and bank payment innovation
Milne, Alistair - 2005
network effects on incentives to adopt new payments technology.A model is presented, in which private benefits for investment … in shared inter-bank payments infrastructure are weak.In contrast, due to 'account externalities', there are strong … incentives for investment in intra-bank payment systems.These two features, distinguishing bank payments from other network …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147945
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Additionality and Sustainable Development Issues Regarding CDM Projects in Energy Efficiency Sector
Michaelowa, Axel; Umamaheswaran, K. - 2006
The objective of this discussion paper is to assess additionality and sustainable development issues of energy … projects has been submitted for validation and 54 of those projects were analysed with regards to additionality and sustainable … start date. 60% are large scale projects and 90% had started before 2005. The results show that additionality and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295535
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Why it pays for aid recipients to take note of the millennium challenge corporation: Other donors do!
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010
It is widely believed that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has grossly fallen short of high expectations raised by the Bush administration in 2002. From the perspective of potential recipient countries, the crucial issue is whether the MCC increased the overall pool of aid resources...
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CDM: Current status and possibilities for reform
Michaelowa, Axel - 2005
. Additionality testing is a key element that also supports the development target of the CDM. …
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Lessons from submission and approval process of large-scale energy efficiency CDM methodologies
Hayashi, Daisuke; Michaelowa, Axel - 2007
underlying baseline approach, treatment of rebound effects and endogenous energy efficiency improvement, and additionality … assessment of programmatic CDM. A key challenge for energy efficiency projects is determination of additionality; attempts to …. Here, the application of the additionality test again becomes crucial. …
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Investment crowding-out: Firm-level evidence from Germany
Ciaian, Pavel; Kancs, d'Artis; Michalek, Jerzy - 2015
The main objective of the present paper is to estimate the extent to which firm investment is substituted (crowded-out) by investment support policies granted under the EU Rural Development Programme (RDP). In the empirical analyses we employ the difference-in-difference propensity score...
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Why it pays for aid recipients to take note of the Millennium Challenge Corporation: Other donors do!
Dreher, Axel; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Öhler, Hannes - 2010
It is widely believed that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has grossly fallen short of high expectations raised by the Bush administration in 2002. From the perspective of potential recipient countries, the crucial issue is whether the MCC increased the overall pool of aid resources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329978