In this paper, I investigate the sustainability of optimal cooperative policies for the replenishment of a renewable resource shared by two countries. If the development of these nations constitutes a threat to the common stock, under what conditions can a social best (a Pareto optimum) be...

Wirtschaft und Politik wollen die starke Abhängigkeit von fossilen Energierohstoffen vermindern und die Nutzung so genannter erneuerbarer Energien forcieren. Dabei fällt vor allem den nachwachsenden Rohstoffen eine Schlüsselstellung zu. Nach der Biokraftstoffrichtlinie der EU soll bis 2010...

The importance of space in analyzing issues pertaining to renewable resources can hardly be overstated. Many such resources are mobile and spatially heterogeneous with respect to bio-economic variables, with important implications for both domestic management regimes and for international...

For worldwide fisheries production, two major trends emerge for the next decades: a significantly larger role for aquaculture and reduced output due to climate change impacts. While the former leads to an increase in cost, the latter affects natural regeneration. To address both impacts, we...

This article assesses the redistributive effects of a key element of German climate policy, the promotion of renewables in the electricity generation mix through the provision of a feed-in tariff. The tariff shapes the distribution of households’ disposable incomes by charging a levy that is...