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Auf dem Weg zur Klimaneutralität spielt der Übergang von einer linearen Wirtschaft zu einer Kreislaufwirtschaft (Circular Economy) eine wichtige Rolle. Kreisläufe von Ressourcen lassen sich in Unternehmen unterschiedlich umsetzen. Der hierfür notwendige Blick auf den gesamten Lebenszyklus...
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This paper shows that, when the price of emission allowances is sufficiently high, emission trading schemes improve the emission efficiency of highly polluting firms. The efficiency gain comes from a relative decrease in emissions rather than a relative increase in operating revenue. Part of the...
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We use data on 11,233 firms across 22 emerging markets to analyze how credit constraints and low-quality firm management inhibit corporate investment in green technologies. For identification we exploit quasi-exogenous variation in local credit conditions and in exposure to weather shocks. Our...
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This paper adds to the scarce empirical evidence related to the impact of climate change on the manufacturing sector. To study the effect of temperature on energy use and CO2 emissions daily temperature information from 11.000 German municipalities are combined with the census of the...
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Auf dem Weg zur Klimaneutralität sehen sowohl der europäische Green Deal als auch der aktuelle Koalitionsvertrag mit der geplanten "Nationalen Kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie" eine Kreislaufwirtschaft als eine zentrale Maßnahme, bei der die gesamte Industrie mobilisiert wird. Über eine...
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Firm ownership is a major determinant for the economic performance of firms, and emissions of pollutants are often by-products of industrial production. We investigate the impact of ownership on pollutant emissions of firms and their in- dustrial facilities in Europe jointly with their output,...
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Understanding companies' preferences for various domestic policy instruments is crucial to designing and planning Sectoral Market Mechanism (SMM) in China. Based on a detailed overview of domestic policy instruments under SMM, this paper evaluates corporate preferences for diverse domestic...
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Using data on 10,769 firms across 22 emerging markets, we show that both credit constraints and weak green management hold back corporate investment in green technologies embodied in new machinery, equipment and vehicles. In contrast, investment in measures to explicitly reduce emissions and...
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Deutschland will bis 2045, Europa bis 2050 klimaneutral werden. Um dieser Herausforderung begegnen zu können, ist es erforderlich, sich stärker in Richtung einer Kreislaufwirtschaft zu orientieren: Abfallvermeidung, Wiederverwendung und Recycling helfen dabei, primäre Ressourcen und die...
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