The visible encroachment of industrial development on the environment, and its unintended consequences, has increased public demand for better environmental management and policy. As policy makers struggle to meet these demands, empirical analysis of the effects of environmental policies is...

Intro -- Content -- Preface -- Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 Objective of the Report -- 1.3 Contents of the Report -- 2. Auctioning -- 2.1 Background -- 2.2 Auctioning formats -- 2.3 Pros and cons of different schedules for auctioning -- 2.4 EU wide auctioning vs. national...

"On the 25th January 2015, the Greek people voted in an election of historic importance--not just for Greece but potentially all of Europe. The radical party Syriza was elected and austerity and the neoliberal agenda challenged. Suddenly it seems as if there is an alternative. But what? The...

Current European integration very much focusses on harmonisation and convergence. This streamlining goes far beyond what is demanded by economic reasoning and turns out - as the euro crisis has demonstrated - to foster tensions among EU member states instead of promoting a flourishing common...