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The Regulation and Privatisation of the Public Water Supply and the Resulting Competitive Effects
Wackerbauer, Johann - In: CESifo DICE Report 04 (2006) 4, pp. 42-49
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Regulation of Water Supply in Germany
Kraemer, R. Andreas; Pielen, Britta; de Roo, Colette - In: CESifo DICE Report 05 (2007) 2, pp. 21-26
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Links between sustainability-related innovation and sustainability management
Wagner, Marcus (contributor) - 2008
This paper analyses the link between sustainability-related innovation and sustainability performance and the role that … on panel data, the paper analyses the link of corporate sustainability performance with sustainability innovation and the … to a moderating role of family firms on the link of sustainability innovation and performance and assesses the policy …
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Aspekte des Gewässerschutzes und der Gewässernutzung beim Anbau von Energiepflanzen : Ergebnisse eines Forschungsvorhabens im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamtes
Nitsch, Heike; Osterburg, Bernhard; Buttlar, Christine von - 2008
Der vorliegende Arbeitsbericht entstand im Rahmen eines Forschungsvorhabens im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamtes und beleuchtet mit dem Thema „Gewässerschutz und Energiepflanzen“ einen Aspekt, der bisher nicht im Fokus der Diskussionen um den Energiepflanzenanbau stand. In dieser Studie wurden...
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The performance of German water utilities : a (semi)-parametric analysis
Zschille, Michael; Walter, Matthias - 2011
Germany's water supply industry is characterized by a multitude of utilities and widely diverging prices, possibly resulting from structural differences beyond the control of firms' management, but also from inefficiencies. In this article we use Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009426694
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Electricity prices, river temperatures and cooling water scarcity
McDermott, Grant R.; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 2012
Thermal-based power stations rely on water for cooling purposes. These water sources may be subject to incidents of scarcity, environmental regulations and competing economic concerns. This paper analyses the effect of water scarcity and increased river temperatures on German electricity prices...
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Carbon taxes and general joint implementation : an applied general equilibrium analysis for Germany and India
Böhringer, Christoph; Conrad, Klaus; Löschel, Andreas - 2000
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...
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Steuerbefreiung für Biokraftstoffe : ist Bio-Ethanol wirklich eine klimapolitische Option?
Henke, Jan Michael; Klepper, Gernot; Netzel, Jens - 2002
Im Juni 2002 hat der Deutsche Bundestag die Befreiung sämtlicher Biokraftstoffe von der Mineralölsteuer beschlossen. Eine solche Förderung von Biokraftstoffen wird von der Politik durch positive Effekte auf die Klima-, Energie- und Agrarpolitik gerechtfertigt. Das Arbeitspapier analysiert am...
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Are cross-country studies of the Environmental Kuznets Curve misleading? : new evidence from time series data for Germany
Egli, Hannes - 2001
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483982
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Cost structure and economies of scale in German water supply
Zschille, Michael - 2016
Potable water supply in Germany is highly fragmented. A consolidation of the industry could, therefore, lead to lower cost of water supply and price savings for the customers. In this paper we estimate a total cost function for potable water supply based on a unique sample of German water...
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