The paper addresses the dynamic-incentive effect of environmental policy instruments when innovation is uncertain and occurs in very complex industrial subsystems. The case of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) is considered focusing predominantly on the effects of the European Directive adopted in...

We examine an incentive scheme for a group of agents, where all agents are rewarded if the group meets its target. If the group does not meet its target, only the agents that meet their individual target are rewarded. In environmental policy, the EU burden sharing agreement and the UK Climate...

This paper addresses the economic impact of the EU Emission Trading Scheme for carbon on wholesale electricity and gas prices. Specifically, we analyse the mutual relationships between electricity, gas and carbon prices in the daily spot markets in the United Kingdom. Using a structural...

Repo auctions are used to inject central bank funds against collateral into the banking sector. The ECB uses standard discriminatory auctions and hundreds of banks participate. The amount auctioned over the monthly reserve maintenance period is in principle exactly what banks collectively need...

Empirical research on the characteristics of environmentally responsive companies has focussed almost exclusively on US and Japanese firms. For Europe, which is commonly considered as the greenest of the three major developed economic markets, similar research is lacking. This paper seeks to...

The European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS) is a landmark environmental policy, representing the world's first large-scale greenhouse gas (GHG) trading program. The coexistence of state actors and top-down processes with stakeholders participation and flexible abatement strategies make...

The upcoming European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is one of the more controversial climate policy instruments. Predictions about its likely impact and its performance can at present only be made to a certain degree. As long as the National Allocations Plans are not finally settled the overall...

Auf ihrem letzten Gipfeltreffen Ende März haben die europäischen Staats- und Regierungschefs einen Europäischen Stabilisierungsmechanismus für die Zeit nach 2013, eine Schärfung des Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspaktes und einen Euro-Pakt-Plus beschlossen. Dies soll dazu führen, dass die...

Die Krise der Europäischen Währungsunion ist durch den Konflikt um das Hilfsprogramm für Zypern im März 2013 erneut aufgeflammt. Nach einem gescheiterten Anlauf haben die Finanzminister der Euroländer nunmehr eine ordnungspolitisch vertretbare Lösung gefunden. Ihre Vorgehensweise hat...