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Water resources in Germany : increasingly polluted and regionally overused
Cullmann, Astrid; Sundermann, Greta; Wägner, Nicole; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 49/50, pp. 307-315
pollution as a result of contaminants released into water bodies by households, industry, sewage treatment plants, and … agriculture, which further reduces the clean water supply. In particular, nitrate pollution due to intensive fertilization in …
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Pandemic meets pollution: poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany … patients (80+ years): higher levels of air pollution by one standard deviation 3 to 12 days after developing symptoms increase … deaths by 30 percent (males) and 35 percent (females) of the mean. In addition, air pollution raises the number of confirmed …
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Kunststoffflut : Potenziale von Substitutions- und Designstrategien
Schmid, Marc; Rhein, Sebastian - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 98 (2018) 12, pp. 877-883
Die Produktionszahlen von Kunststoffen sind aufgrund günstiger Produktionsverfahren und vielseitiger Einsatzmöglichkeiten in den letzten Jahrzehnten stark gestiegen. Entsprechend haben sich der zunehmende Kunststoffanteil im Alltag und seine negativen Folgen intensiviert. Ein großer Teil der...
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Technical efficiency of automobiles : a nonparametric approach incorporating carbon dioxide emissions
Hampf, Benjamin; Krüger, Jens - 2010
distance function ; automobiles ; air pollution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003980213
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Pandemic meets pollution : poor air quality increases deaths by COVID-19
Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Pestel, Nico - 2020
We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany … patients (80+ years): higher levels of air pollution by one standard deviation 3 to 12 days after developing symptoms increase … deaths by 30 percent (males) and 35 percent (females) of the mean. In addition, air pollution raises the number of confirmed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263327
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Are Emission Performance Standards Effective in Pollution Control? Evidence from the EU's Large Combustion Plant Directive
Singhal, Puja - 2019
This paper explores the extent to which emissions limits on stack concentrations under the Large Combustion Plant (LCP) Directive succeeded in mitigating local air pollutants from thermal power stations in the European Union. We take advantage of the discontinuities in regulation status to show...
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Pollution Exposure and Infant Health : Evidence from Germany
Coneus, Katja; Spiess, C. Katharina - 2014
This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children’s health from birth until the age of three … years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution …. Secondly, we are able to follow the effect of pollution exposure on a child’s health during the first three years of life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014188139
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Pollution Exposure and Infant Health : Evidence from Germany
Coneus, Katja; Spiess, C. Katharina - 2014
This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children’s health from birth until the age of three … years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution …. Secondly, we are able to follow the effect of pollution exposure on a child’s health during the first three years of life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014189788
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The Effect of Temperature on Energy Use, CO2 Emissions, and Economic Performance in German Industry
Lehr, Jakob; Rehdanz, Katrin - 2022
This paper represents an addition to the scanty empirical evidence relating to the impactof climate change on the manufacturing sector. To study the effect of temperature onenergy use, CO2 emissions, and firms’ economic performance, we combine daily temperatureinformation from 11,000 German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013291475
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The effect of temperature on energy use and CO2 emissions in the German industry
Lehr, Jakob; Rehdanz, Katrin - 2021 - Preliminary draft
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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