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Can monetary valuation undermine nature conservation? : evidence from a decision experiment
Rode, Julian; Le Menestrel, Marc; Cornelissen, Gert - 2015
Nature conservation scientists and practitioners have voiced the concern that a conservation discourse based on economic arguments and monetary valuation may undermine conservation efforts by eroding ("crowding out") the influence of other arguments for nature conservation. This paper presents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279993
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Caspian region: the geopolitical implications for European energy strategy
Aydin, Ulviyye; Azhgaliyeva, Dina - 2019
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Western countries have signed several agreements regarding the use of hydrocarbon resources in the Caspian Basin, with the aim of diversifying their energy suppliers. However, recession in the world economy and persistently low oil prices have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110274
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European Policies towards Palm Oil – Sorting Out some Facts
Pehnelt, Gernot; Vietze, Christoph - 2009
This paper analyses the role of palm oil and its sustainability from different perspectives. We consider the role of palm oil within the GHG context. We discuss the impact of palm oil on biodiversity and analyse how palm oil can contribute to economic growth and development in tropical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905716
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Quo vadis European biofuel policy : the case of rapeseed biodiesel
Pehnelt, Gernot; Vietze, Christoph - 2013
The European Unionś (EU) Renewable Energy Directive (RED) continues to be the focus of much debate over the validity of biofuel sustainability. The debate is driven in part by ongoing concerns of transparency and regional variations of emissions from feedstock cultivation and processing. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009736800
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The green industrial revolution : investment pathways to decarbonize the industrial sector in Europe
Zimmer, Markus; Hoffmann, Patrick - 2023
The industrial sector is responsible for roughly one quarter of global greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. To align sector pathway developments with overarching net-zero transition goals in different industries, governments are required to understand sectoral reduction potentials to efficiently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014295121
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Investments and financial flows induced by climate mitigation policies
Bastianin, Andrea; Favero, Alice; Massetti, Emanuele - 2010
In this paper we use the hybrid integrated model WITCH to quantify and analyze the investments and financial flows stimulated by a climate policy to stabilize Greenhouse Gases concentrations at 550ppm CO2-eq at the end of the century. We focus on investments to decarbonize the power sector and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008702313
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Ökologisch nachhaltig oder nicht? : die Einführung der EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities : ein verbindliches Klassifikationssystem nachhaltiger Wirtschaftsaktivitäten in der E...
Friedrich, Peter; Wendland, Finn - 2021
in capital markets across the EU. This study sheds light on the impli-cations of the EU taxonomy for financial market … companies to access new sources of sustainable finance on capital markets and to close the investment gap to achieve …, to improve the functioning and alloca-tive efficiency of capital markets, and to leverage finance for sustainable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590873
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Monetary policy and the financing of firms
De Fiore, Fiorella; Teles, Pedro; Tristani, Oreste - 2009
How should monetary policy respond to changes in financial conditions? In this paper we consider a simple model where firms are subject to idiosyncratic shocks which may force them to default on their debt. Firms’ assets and liabilities are denominated in nominal terms and predetermined when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003969263
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Hyperbolic discounting and the Phillips curve
Graham, Liam (contributor); Snower, Dennis J. (contributor) - 2008
Using a standard dynamic general equilibrium model, we show that the interaction of staggered nominal contracts with hyperbolic discounting leads to inflation having significant long-run effects on real variables. -- Inflation ; unemployment ; Phillips curve ; nominal inertia ; monetary policy ;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003697369
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Hyperbolic discounting and positive optimal inflation
Graham, Liam; Snower, Dennis J. - 2011
The Friedman rule states that steady-state welfare is maximized when there is deflation at the real rate of interest. Recent work by Khan et al (2003) uses a richer model but still finds deflation optimal. In an otherwise standard new Keynesian model we show that, if households have hyperbolic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009306325