This paper examines individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) to offset their carbon footprint in response to receiving information about (i) the size of their own carbon footprint, and (ii) further receiving in addition information about the difference between their carbon footprint and the target...

The transformative turn of innovation policy has resulted in calls for a more entrepreneurial and directional role of the state. However, the multiple roles that the state might play in such processes remain underexplored. This paper studies the embedded role of the state in four distinct modes...

Die Stromerzeugung mit Hilfe der Kernspaltung ist weltweit verbreitet. Als Vorteil dieser Technologie wird häufig die Stromerzeugung mit geringem CO2-Ausstoß genannt. Andererseits wird vor den Gefahren für Mensch und Umwelt durch die Nutzung der Kernenergie gewarnt. Eine Untersuchung der...

France wants to become carbon-neutral by 2050. Renewable energies and nuclear power are expected to make the main contribution to this goal. However, the average age of nuclear power plants is approaching 37 years of operation in 2022, which is likely to lead to increased outages and expensive...