International experience of energy taxes, particularly on motor fuel, other fuels and electric energy, is discussed. The problems of preserving international competitive positions in the face of energy taxes are discussed. The transition problems of energy tax being capitalised are taken up. The...

Joint Implementation (JI) is a potentially powerful instrument of climate policy that could lead to a high amount of additional financial flows to developing countries. Nevertheless, many NGOs and developing country representatives are very skeptical about JI and fear that it would not take into...

The article is based on the idea that geographic proximity is an essential factor for international integration policies due to its impact on the intensity of bilateral foreign trade and growth rate. Development is analysed as a process of structural diversification, whereby the country in...

Einleitung: Demographische Prozesse laufen nach dem Schneeballprinzip ab. Die Historie einer Population bestimmt entscheidend ihre Zukunft. Ist ein demographischer Prozeß ins Rollen gebracht worden, dann kann er nur schwerlich gestoppt werden. Von daher sind demographische Trends für die nahe...

The Clean Development Mechanism as a global flexible mechanism of the Kyoto protocol has a sound basis in theory which has led to its inclusion in the international climate regime. Current trends of the CDM show a clustering of projects towards a few larger developing countries. Contrary to the...