Die vorliegende Arbeit wurde von Matthias Egerer während seiner Tätigkeit als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, München, erstellt und an der Universität Kassel am Fachgebiet Theorie privater und öffentlicher Unternehmen als Dissertation angenommen....

Im Wassersektor gelten französische, britische und US-amerikanische Unternehmen als die "Champions", deutsche als Nachzügler. Lena Partzsch, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ), Leipzig, untersucht diese Sicht vor dem Hintergrund der Governance-Strukturen der vier Anbieterländer. Das...

Im Wassersektor gelten französische, britische und US-amerikanische Unternehmen als die "Champions", deutsche als Nachzügler. Lena Partzsch, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ), Leipzig, untersucht diese Sicht vor dem Hintergrund der Governance-Strukturen der vier Anbieterländer. Das...

The importance of ecosystem functions for humankind is well known. But only few attempts have been undertaken to estimate the economic value of these ecosystem services. In particular, indirect methods are rarely used, even though they are most suitable for the task. This discrepancy is because...

In recent years, extensive literature on the Environmental Kuznets Curve leading to optimistic policy conclusions has attracted great attention. However, the underlying cross-section estimations are not very reliable. Accordingly, this contribution uses time series data for a single country with...

This paper analyses the link between sustainability-related innovation and sustainability performance and the role that family firms play in this. This theme is particular relevant from a European point of view given the large number of firms that are family-owned. Governments often support...

Last year the German Parliament exempted biofuels from the gasoline tax. The promotion of biofuels is being justified by allegedly positive effects on climate, energy, and agricultural policy goals. The paper takes a closer look at bio-ethanol as a substitute for gasoline. We analyze the basic...

In June 2002 the German Parliament decided to exempt biofuels from the gasoline tax. The policy to promote biofuels is being justified by allegedly positive effects on the climate, energy, and agricultural policy. The working paper takes a closer look at bio-ethanol as a substitute for gasoline...

The Milan conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has established two types of emission offsets under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), valid for afforestation and reforestation activities. In order to account for the non-permanent nature of carbon storage in forests,...

Germany has committed itself to reducing its carbon emissions by 25 percent in 2005 as compared to 1990 emission levels. To achieve this goal, the government has recently launched an environmental tax reform which entails a continuous increase in energy taxes in conjunction with a...