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Ökonomische Auswirkungen umweltpolitischer Regulierungen : eine Machbarkeitsstudie vor dem Hintergrund der Anforderungen der Richtlinie 96/61/EG über die integrierte Vermeidung und...
Rave, Tilmann - 2006
Diese Studie wurde für das Umweltbundesamt erstellt und soll darüber hinaus Anstöße für das vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung initiierte Projekt "Neue Techniken für den integrierten, medienübergreifenden Umweltschutz" liefern. Den Hintergrund für die Studie bildet die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011848437
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Making Growth More Environmentally Sustainable in Germany
Kirkpatrick, Grant - 2001
This document analyses German environmental policies, including, among others, discussion of air and water quality policy, use of the waste management hierarchy approach and of voluntary agreements. The German public has been highly sensitive to environmental concerns, leading to many policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012447080
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Ökonomische Bewertung von Kindergesundheit in der Umweltpolitik : aktuelle Ansätze und ihre Grenzen
Niens, Christine; Marggraf, Rainer - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008660497
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The impact of low emission zones on particulate matter concentration and public health
Malina, Christiane; Fischer, Frauke - 2014 - This version: May 09, 2014
effectiveness of LEZs for reducing PM10 levels in urban areas in Germany and quantifies the associated health impacts from reduced … outputs to a concentration response function derived from the epidemiological literature to calculate associated health …. We estimate the total mean health impact from reduced air pollution in 2010 due to the introduction of stage 1 zones to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350795
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Making Growth More Environmentally Sustainable in Germany
Kirkpatrick, Grant; Klepper, Gernot; Price, Robert W.R. - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2001
This document analyses German environmental policies, including, among others, discussion of air and water quality policy, use of the waste management hierarchy approach and of voluntary agreements. The German public has been highly sensitive to environmental concerns, leading to many policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045811
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A Tale of Three Markets : Comparing the Renewable Energy Experiences of California, Texas, and Germany
Mormann, Felix - 2018
The Obama administration has repeatedly identified the large-scale build-out of clean, renewable energy infrastructure as a key priority of the United States. The President's calls for a cleaner energy economy are often accompanied by references to other industrialized countries such as Germany,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012936411
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Do Spa Visits Improve Health : Evidence from German Micro Data
Klick, Jonathan; Stratmann, Thomas - 2009
The health benefits of spas have been hypothesized for centuries. If this hypothesis is correct, spa therapy offers a … significant reduction in both absenteeism and hospitalization, though it is not clear if these health benefits justify the cost of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014069827
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Climate change adaptation strategies within the framework of the German "Energiewende" : is there a need for government interventions and legal obligations?
Groth, Markus; Cortekar, Jörg - 2014
The option of adapting to climate change is becoming more important in climate change policy. Hence, responding to climate change now involves both mitigation to address the cause and adaptation as a response to already ongoing or expected changes. These changes are also of relevance for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426488
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The winding road to industrial safety : evidence on the effects of environmental liability on accident prevention in Germany
Hoffmeister, Onno; Schwarze, Reimund - 2007
The German Environmental Liability Law (ELL) of 1991 has introduced far-reaching civil liability for environmental damages with the aim to increase firms? efforts to prevent accidents. Previous studies find poor evidence that this goal has actually been achieved. One and a half decades after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009731155
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A welfare analysis of the electricity transmission regulatory regime in Germany
Kemfert, Claudia; Kunz, Friedrich; Rosellón, Juan - 2015
We analyze the current regulatory regime for electricity transmission in Germany, which combines network planning with both cost-plus and revenue-cap regulations. After reviewing international experiences on transmission investment, we first make a qualitative assessment of the overall German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294803