To halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services, various actors including companies need to engage, but it is not yet clear what drives voluntary business commitments. We explore leverage points that might increase corporate action for conservation. We apply a structural equation model...

We study the incorporation of ecosystem services in German water infrastructure planning exemplified by a projected deepening of the Lower Weser river channel. Therefore, we recalculate the project's benefit-cost ratio by integrating the monetary value of changes in different ecosystem services:...

Portugal has a unitary system in which the central government transfers funds to lower government levels for their public functions. In 2007, Portugal introduced Ecological Fiscal Transfers (EFT), where municipalities receive transfers for hosting Protected Areas (PA). We study whether...

Diese Dissertation untersucht die Anreizwirkungen ökologischer Finanzausgleichsysteme auf die Ausweisung von Schutzgebieten. Mittels eines mikroökonomischen Modells werden die Potenziale eines ökologischen Finanzausgleiches für solch eine fiskalische Anreizsetzung im Naturschutz aufgezeigt...

The article traces the effect of climate policies on the electoral support for governing parties in Sweden. The study uses mixed methods, combining temporal regression discontinuities with a qualitative content text analysis of newspapers. The coded newspaper articles indicate an informed public...

Existence value has been argued to be a significant part of the total economic value of some ecosystems. However, its compatibility with the welfare economic foundations of economic valuation is very limited - it is difficult to logically conceive of changes in existence. Moreover, when applied...

Rural development has significantly benefited from intensifying relations between the government and third sector organizations (TSOs) during the last several decades. TSOs can induce innovation in rural development in a variety of ways including advocacy, awareness raising, contracting, and...