The objective of this study is to perform an ex-ante assessment of the potential impacts of agro-environmental measures included in the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), by estimating farmers' responsiveness in adopting organic agricultural practices and an eco-scheme that incentivises...

A recent trend of literature investigates how international trade compensates or accentuates the differences in countries’ endowments in water resources and whether trade regulation should be used to improve the use of water resources at the global level. We develop a simple model establishing...

This study examined the effects of board size and CEO Duality on the capital structure of listed firms in Nigeria. To achieve the objectives of this study, a total of 40 listed firms in the Nigerian stock exchange market were selected and analyzed for the study. The choice of the selected firms...

This research investigated the efficiency of the crop enterprise mix farmers formulate to cope with moisture stress risk given the different constraints they are living with. Farmers’ moisture risk coping strategies are mainly explained by the allocation of farm land among the different crop...

The economic valuation of water uses, as the Water Framework Directive (EC/60/2000) suggests, should support policymakers in water management. Aiming to assess the economic value of irrigation water services, a hedonic price analysis was conducted on the value of farmland. Specifically, we...

Der Angriff Russlands auf die Ukraine im Februar 2022 hatte auch spürbare Auswirkungen auf deutsche Haushalte. Eine drohende Gasmangellage veranlasste die Politik, Unternehmen und private Haushalte dazu aufzurufen, den Gasverbrauch deutlich zu senken. Gleichzeitig stiegen die Gaspreise für...

Most programmes that incentivise the supply of public goods such as biodiversity conservation on private land in Europe are financed through the public purse. However, new ideas for how to fund biodiversity conservation are urgently needed, given recent reviews of the poor state of global...

Der Wärmemarkt spielt eine zentrale Rolle für die Erreichung der energie- und klimapolitischen Ziele der Bundesregierung. Insbesondere bei der Raumwärme in Wohngebäuden müssen große Einsparerfolge erzielt werden, wenn bis 2050 ein weitgehend klimaneutraler Gebäudebestand erreicht werden...

Um die energie- und klimapolitischen Ziele der Bundesregierung zu erreichen, müssen im Bereich der Raumwärme mittel- und langfristig große Energieeinsparungen erzielt werden. Vor diesem Hintergrund erhebt das DIW Berlin gemeinsam mit der ista Deutschland GmbH jährlich den Wärmemonitor, der...