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In:
Journal of World Trade
38 (2004), 4, 701-724
| Marzio Galeotti, Claudia Kemfert
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The German flood disaster of summer 2002 highlighted a dilemma concerning insurance against damages caused by natural forces. On the one hand, mindful of the rising incidence of natural disasters, private insurance companies are increasingly withdrawing coverage against natural catastrophes such as wind storms and floods. On the other, the availability of emergency relief and private donations is systematically ...
In:
The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance
29 (2004), 2, S. 154-168
| Reimund Schwarze, Gert G. Wagner
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We analyse games of greenhouse gas emission reduction in which the emissions and the emission reduction costs of one country depend on other countries' emission abatement. In an analytically tractable model, we show that international trade effects on costs and emissions can either increase or decrease incentives to reduce emissions and to cooperate on emission abatement; in some specifications, optimal ...
In:
Environmental & Resource Economics
28 (2004), 2, S. 209-232
| Claudia Kemfert, Wietze Lise, Richard S. J. Tol
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This paper examines implementation of the Kyoto Protocol without Russia. It concludes that implementation without Russia is possible, although it requires political will on the part of the countries that wish to proceed with the Protocol. It would lead to higher compliance costs for Annex B buyer regions, but other regions, except Russia, would benefit financially. Russia would forego revenue of at ...
In:
Climate Policy
4 (2004), 2, S. 143-152
| Erik Haites, Farhana Yamin, Odile Blanchard, Claudia Kemfert
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In March 2000, OPEC decided to stabilise oil prices within a range of 22-28 US-Dollar/barrel of crude oil. Such an oil-price-level is far beyond the short and long run marginal costs of oil production, beyond even that in regions with particularly high costs. Nevertheless, OPEC may achieve its goal if world demand for oil increases substantially in the future and oil resources outside the OPEC are ...
In:
Energy Policy
32 (2004), 2, S. 269-280
| Manfred Horn
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This paper models some reductions in output that may follow the opening of electricity markets to competition. Specifically, we show that vertical separation of electricity generation, transmission and distribution could reduce welfare compared to the previous system of vertically integrated monopoly, if grid owners can act as monopolistic retailers or, alternatively, set access prices that maximize ...
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German Economic Review
5 (2004), 1, S. 81-101
| Georg Meran, Reimund Schwarze
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Transport pricing has been an actively debated topic in the European Union for a number of years. This debate has been stimulated both by the European Commission policy and by a multitude of national policy initiatives. A central theme in this debate is the issue of the public and (linked to this) political acceptability of pricing measures. Indeed, concerns about acceptability now constitute the most ...
In:
Transportation Research Record
(2003), 1839, S. 34-44
| Heike Link, J. Polak
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A first systematic, model-based analysis of the environmental fiscal reform in Germany is undertaken with an econometric model and an empirical general equilibrium model. It indicates moderate but slightly positive effects on employment, energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The influence on economic growth is very low; employment is growing slightly, while energy consumption and CO2 emissions are ...
In:
Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
4 (2003), 2, S. 223-238
| Stefan Bach, Michael Kohlhaas, Bernd Meyer, Barbara Praetorius, Heinz Welsch
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In Germany a national travel survey (NTS) was planned for 2002 and was preceded by a pilot study in 2001. As part of this pilot study the state of the practice for NTS in several countries was examined through contact with relevant institutions and persons via the Internet. A structured questionnaire was used for these consultations. The participants in nine countries provided the relevant information ...
In:
Transportation Research Record
(2002), 1804, S. 107-116
| Uwe Kunert, Jutta Kloas, Hartmut Kuhfeld
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A major concern about land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is the potential for leakage. Leakage refers to a net increase of greenhouse-gas emissions in an area outside the project resulting from the CDM activity. This paper provides an overview of leakage, its definitions and its causes. It describes ways that LULUCF projects may suffer ...
In:
Philosophical Transactions
360 (2002), 1797, S. 1685-1703
| Reimund Schwarze, John O. Niles, Jacob Olander