Bei einerseits wachsendem Umweltbewusstsein der Gesellschaft und andererseits abnehmender Ressource "Natur" gewinnen Naturschutzprojekte zunehmend an Bedeutung. Gleichzeitig werden die Durchführungs- und Unterhaltskosten für eine Projektrealisation zunehmend wichtiger. Aus dieser Entwicklung...

This honors thesis will examine current and theoretical "cap and trade" emissions trading schemes in an attempt to make recommendations on how to improve this regulated commodity market. The various control mechanisms available to regulators will be discussed: including allocation methodology,...

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Estimating the economic impacts of high speed rail (HSR) on regional development is a largely unresolved issue. This paper will provide an overview of the basic issues, the contributions of empirical literature, the modelling approaches used until now, a multiregional framework and how that...

This is a comprehensive study of regional Foreign Direct Investment in Chile and its relationship with the development of Chilean regions. Following a process of steady foreign capitals flows to Chile, the link of this phenomenon with the growth of Chilean Regions are explored in three main...

Purpose ? Is it regionalization or globalization that more accurately depicts the state of the global economy? Exports and foreign direct investments (FDI) data are analyzed with the aim of answering the question and determining how intra- and inter-regional integration has changed over...

The European Commission’s Regional Aid Guidelines define the criteria applied by the European Commission when examining the compatibility of regional aid granted by Member State public authorities within the European internal market. In order to prepare for a review of the RAG 2007-2013, DG...

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act as amended (P.L. 94-163), establishes energy conservation standards for 12 of the 13 types of consumer products specifically covered by the Act. The legislation requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to consider new or amended standards for these and other...

This paper focuses on how electric utility companies can respond in their decision making to uncertain variables. Here we take a mean- variance type of approach. The ``mean`` value is an expected cost, on a discounted value basis. We assume that management has risk preferences incorporating a...