In this paper we investigate the potential costs and benefits of a comprehensive green fiscal reform in Italy. Using a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model for the country, we simulate scenarios of progressive reduction of emissions for 13 polluting substances. It is shown that the...

This paper analyses budget-constrained, nonpoint source (NPS) pollution control with costly information acquisition and learning. To overcome the inherent ill-posed statistical problem in NPS pollution data the sequential entropy filter is applied to the sediment load management program for...

This paper assesses the scope for and implications of trade measures for environmental purposes in the WTO and the European Union. The assessment is illustrated by a number of cases that have tested the limits of legal provisions in the WTO and EU dealing with issues arising at the intersection...

Beim Primärenergieverbrauch sowie bei der Kraftwerksstruktur hat die Kohle in den mittel- und osteuropäischen Beitrittsländern eine starke Stellung. Zusammen mit überholungsbedürftigen Kernkraftwerken ergibt sich ein nennenswertes Modernisierungspotenzial. Wenngleich die Beitrittsländer...