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Ambitious unilateral EU environmental policy has raised concerns about adverse competitiveness implications for European energy-intensive and export-oriented sectors. We analyze the economic and environmental implications of two different measures to address these concerns in the EU Emission...
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Die Politik verfolgt mit einer Reihe an regulatorischen Maßnahmen das Ziel, den Klimaschutz voranzutreiben. Die … ab. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Akzeptanz verschiedener Regulierungsmaßnahmen, die zum Klimaschutz beitragen …
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Global impact assessment of unilateral climate policies is commonly based on multi-sector, multi-region computable general equilibrium (CGE) models that are calibrated to consistent accounts of production, consumption, and bilateral trade flows. However, global economic databases such as GTAP...
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This paper presents a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model for the analysis of environmental policies towards mining activities, and shows for the case of South Africa how it can be implemented numerically. The CGE model belongs to the class of static, trade-focussed models along the lines...
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In the context of climate protection policy it has been suggested that global CO2 emissions should be reduced significantly (contraction) and that per capita emissions should gradually be equalized across countries (convergence). This paper uses a dynamic multi-region computable general...
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Vorgaben allein wohl kaum erreichen lassen - dazu sind die politischen Widerstände in Ländern wie den USA oder China zu groß … Einbußen. China will einem Klimaabkommen allenfalls dann beitreten, wenn sich zuvor die USA zu einem solchen Schritt … Emissionsländer - auch die USA und China - einschließt, lässt sich wohl nur erreichen, wenn neben festen Vorgaben zur Reduktion der …
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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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This paper shows in an empirical context that substantial cost reductions can be achieved in the implementation of Dutch national climate policy by (i) targeting the policy at the stock of greenhouse gases, thus allowing polluters flexibility in their timing of emission reductions; and (ii)...
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The demographic problems in developed countries are getting more and more important. Very low fertility rates … education worsens the situation. Therefore family planning as well as fertility providing and educational measures are of major …
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This paper reviews the developments in the population program from 1986-2002. It summarizes the main components of the program as well as highlights the developments in its management and financing. The activities of donors, other government agencies and nongovernment organizations in these...
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