Public procurement accounts for a large share of Gross Domestic Product in many countries. Given its impact, governments and other public authorities can leverage their purchasing decisions to pursue welfare goals; among these, environmental protection and climate change mitigation have particular priority. By using procurement practices that account for the environmental quality of bids – so-called ...
Internationale Gutachten zum Klimawandel stimmen darin überein, dass zur Begrenzung der Globalen Erwärmung auf das 2°C-Ziel ein tiefgreifender gesellschaftlicher Wandel vonnöten ist. Veränderungen in der Nutzung und Erzeugung von Energie, Flächennutzung, Ernährungsweise und Lebensstil sind nicht nur notwendig, um die globale Erwärmung zu begrenzen, sondern auch, um sich an das veränderte Klima und ...
We investigate how fuel taxation reduces climate and pollution externalities by evaluating the world’s largest environmental tax reform. Using spatially detailed emissions data from more than 1,000 European regions in a synthetic difference-in-differences framework, we evaluate the impact of Germany’s 1999 ecological tax reform on transport-related carbon and air pollutant emissions. We document sizable ...
In this article, we argue for a stronger convergence of economic and political science disciplines as a precondition to foster global climate cooperation. While classical economists emphasize the importance of incentives and fees as drivers for international cooperation, as well as free riding avoidance and reciprocity of contributions as principles thereof, political scientists are rather concerned ...
