Consider a country possessing a specific production factor in fixed quantity, producing in combination with land a stream of services through time. Some of these services are consumed domestically. The bulk of it, however, is consumed world-wide. Despite the services the country provides to the...

Zur Vermeidung der als 'Treibhauseffekt' bekannten Klimaveränderung werden zur Zeit fast ausschließlich Maßnahmen der Kohlendioxid-Reduzierung diskutiert, obwohl neben CO2 noch eine Reihe weiterer Luftschadstoffe für den Treibhauseffekt verantwortlich sind . Im folgenden wird in Abschnitt 1...

Skill-biased technical change is identified as the driving force behind the changing skill composition in OECD countries rather than structural change. The finding is partly the result of the sectoral view taken. This paper suggests a different view which uses the production process as a...

In diesem Beitrag wird gezeigt, wie sich auf Basis der zugrundeliegenden technisch-ökonomischen Zusammenhänge eine Vermeidungskostenfunktion für den Fall der Endof- Pipe-Behandlung produktionsspezifischer Schadstoffemissionen konstruieren läßt. Im Gegensatz zu den üblicherweise in der...

This paper questions the standard results of an international noncooperative reduction game through considering scope effects between reduction and adaptation policies. In particular, it demonstrates that scope effects can result in positively sloped reaction curves. The paper discusses also the...

This paper shows that in-kind-transfers are an effective instrument to stabilize agreements when compliance cannot be guaranteed. It demonstrates the weak superiority of in-kind-transfers for a unilateral relationship between two agents. In particular, it proves that, under conditions of perfect...