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The transition from an oil-based to a knowledge-based economy requires that the Saudi population dramatically increases its level of human capital. This paper argues that noncognitive skills may be a bottleneck in the formation of human capital and proposes a policy to indirectly strengthen...
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Given that both the costs and the benefits of biodiversity-enhancing land-use measures are subject to spatial variation, considerations of allocational efficiency call for spatially differentiated compensation payments for such measures. However, when deciding whether to implement uniform or...
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Compensation schemes in which land owners receive payments for voluntarily managing their land in a biodiversity-enhancing manner have become one of the most important instruments for biodiversity conservation worldwide. One key challenge when designing such schemes is to account for the spatial...
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Der deutsche Steinkohlenbergbau hat seit 1958 immer mehr an Wettbewerbsfähigkeit gegenüber der importierten Steinkohle und kurz danach auch gegenüber den Mineralölprodukten eingebüßt. Seit dieser Zeit öffnet sich die Schere zwischen inländischen Förderkosten und Importpreisen ständig....
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Markt und Wettbewerb sind in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland als ordnungspolitische Konzeption nicht konsequent verwirklicht worden. Schon das Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen stellte sieben Wirtschaftsbereiche (darunter die Landwirtschaft, den Steinkohlenbergbau, die Eisenschaffende...
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Applying a variant of a non-parametric matching estimator, we consider European funding and national funding as heterogeneous treatments, distinguishing and simultaneously analyzing the effect these treatments have on innovation input and performance. In terms of input, getting funding from both...
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We investigate the problem of subsidising afforestation when private information exists with respect to the level of private utility derived from the project. We develop a simple model that allows for an intelligent design of contracts when information is asymmetric. The model involves the...
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In the absence of a broad international agreement, national climate policies are less efficient, due to carbon leakage, and more costly, due to causing unemployment and a loss of competitiveness on international markets. As, in many countries, a substantial fraction of emissions results from the...
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The impact of fiscal activity on human capital formation has often been analyzed with regard to the expenditure side of the budget, i.e. the subsidization of (higher) education. Recent contributions have increasingly focused on the effect of taxation on human capital accumulation. Less attention...
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