This paper surveys the recent literature on the political economy of the formation of international environmental agreements. The survey covers theoretical modelling approaches and empirical studies including experimental work. Central to our survey is the question how the political process...

Innovationen sind das Kernelement des Überlebens und der Positionierung von Volkswirtschaften, da sie zur Befriedigung der Marktbedürfnisse beitragen. Vor dem Hintergrund knapper Ressourcen werden jedoch regelmäßig nur die Innovationen realisiert, die aus einer betriebswirtschaftlichen...

The increasing use of demand-side management as a tool to reliably meet electricity demand at peak time has stimulated interest among researchers, consumers and producer organizations, managers, regulators and policymakers, This research reviews the growing literature on models used to study...