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This dissertation consists of two theoretical papers on market-based environmental policy. The first paper exploits the correlation between the environmental performance of firms and their economic performance to show that financial markets can be used to help enforce environmental policy and to...
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What are the conclusions that we have to draw from the foregoing discussion? We must conclude that the prevailing practice of evaluating benefits and costs in terms of present costs and prices is not only likely to lead to an under-statement of actual costs, but also may lead to gross...
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In the first chapter of this dissertation, I estimate the long-run price elasticity of supply of renewable electricity generating capacity using the variation in state mandates for renewable electricity production. These mandates require electricity providers to purchase a predetermined fraction...
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This research investigated the general association between corporate environmental performance and the firms' annual returns independent of any particular environmental event. The association analysis was based on the most recent environmental data for the years 2006, 2007, and 2008. The results...
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This dissertation provides a robust assessment of value surfaces and the potential for benefit transfer (BT) in the international context of coral reef. Environmental values are considered as useful tools to improve management of these declining ecosystems. Nevertheless, primary valuation is...
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Paper prepared for presentation at the 7th Industrieforum PelletsStuttgart (Germany), 10th October 2007 …Compared to other heating markets the wood pellets market is quite young and small in Germany. Nevertheless it is a … within the scope of this project. Therefore people in different parts of Germany have been asked about their heating system …
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transmission from international to retail coffee prices in France, Germany and the United States. We show that ignoring these two … faster during the post-ICA period in France and Germany. Our results suggest that, for these two countries, changes in …
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General economic developments as well asrecent fundamental changes in the CommonAgricultural Policy will likely impact significantly on theEuropean farm structure. Although a decline of totalfarm numbers continues to be the general observation,important differences occur across regions and...
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organic milk in Germany is highly price-inelastic. Low absolute price elasticities for organic milk indicate that price …
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