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Now or Never: Environmental Protection under Hyperbolic Discounting
Winkler, Ralph - 2009
The author analyzes the optimal investment in environmental protection in a model of an infinite series of non-overlapping hyperbolically discounting agents. He shows that without a commitment mechanism society is eventually stuck in a situation where all agents prefer further investment in the...
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Now or Never: Environmental Protection under Hyperbolic Discounting
Winkler, Ralph - 2006
In this paper, we extend the well known result that hyperbolically discounting agents tend to postpone costs into the future. In a simple model we show that, without commitment to the ex ante optimal plan, no investment in environmental protection is undertaken over the whole time horizon, no...
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Kapitalismus als System zur Verwirklichung moralischer Anliegen - Ordonomische Denkanstöße
Pies, Ingo - 2021
Denkanstöße, die dazu beitragen sollen, ein differenzierte(re)s Moralurteil über 'Kapitalismus' zu entwickeln: Kapitalismus setzt … Kapitalismus als System zur Verwirklichung moralischer Anliegen in Dienst zu nehmen. …, which should help to develop a (more) nuancedmoral judgment on 'capitalism':Capitalism draws on competitive incentives to …
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Tradable Permits
Ellerman, A. Denny; Johnstone, Nick; Schneider, Friedrich; … - In: CESifo Forum 04 (2003) 1, pp. 3-32
Tradable Permits – a Market-Based Allocation System for the Environment. Tradable Permits and Other Environmental Policy Instruments – Killing one Bird with two Stones. Tradable Permits – Ten Key Design Issues. Tradable Permits with Imperfect Monitoring. Emissions Trading with Greenhouse...
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Evaluating environment in international development
Uitto, Juha I. (contributor) - 2021
This book provides novel and in-depth perspectives on evaluating environment and sustainability issues in developing countries. Evaluating Environment in International Development focuses on the approaches and experiences of leading international organizations, not-for-profits, and multilateral...
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International trade, foreign investment, and the environment
Rauscher, Michael - 2001
This paper surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade in goods and the factors and the environment. Traditional approaches based on the HEckscher-Ohlin trade model and more recent models looking at non-competetive market structures are discussed. Moreover, the paper...
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The environmental and macroeconomic effects of socially responsible investment
Dam, Lammertjan; Heijdra, Ben J. - 2008
We analyze the effects of socially responsible investment and public abatement on environmental quality and the economy in a continuous-time dynamic growth model featuring optimizing households and firms. Environmental quality is modelled as a renewable resource. Consumers can invest in...
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Environmental policy and the macroeconomy under shallow-lake dynamics
Heijdra, Ben J.; Heijnen, Pim - 2009
We study the environmental and economic effects of public abatement in the presence of multiple stable steady-state ecological equilibria. Under shallow-lake dynamics (SLD), the isocline for the stock of pollution features two stable branches, a good and a bad one. Assuming that the ecology is...
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The Influence of Environmental Policy on Innovative Behaviour: An Econometric Study
Hemmelskamp, Jens - 1999
The paper examines the determinants that influence the environmental innovation behaviour of companies in Germany in a multivariate context by using data from the Mannheimer Innovations Panel 1993, which was part of the Community Innovation Survey. The objective is to analyse the general...
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Green R&D versus end-of-pipe emission abatement: A model of directed technical change
Rauscher, Michael - 2009
The paper looks at a model of directed technical change in an environmental-economics context. Firms can do conventional or 'green' R&D or they can abate emissions at the end of pipe. The paper has two main foci. On the one hand, it investigates the impact of environmental regulation on the...
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