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1. Sustainability and the art of long term thinking
Klauer, Bernd; Manstetten, Reiner; Petersen, Thomas; Schiller, Johannes; Fischer, Beate; Jöst, Frank; Lee-Peuker, Mi-Yong; Ott, Konrad; Cross, Kathleen;2017
2. Die Persistenz von Institutionen : Hindernisse auf dem Weg zu einer nachhaltigen Flächennutzungspolitik in Deutschland
abstractSollen in Zukunft ambitionierte Ziele der nachhaltigen Flächennutzung erreicht werden, wie zum Beispiel das 30-Hektar-Ziel aus der Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie der rot-grünen Bundesregierung aus dem Jahre 2002, dann müssen politische Strategien gefunden werden, die es erlauben, weitgehende institutionelle Reformen zu verwirklichen. Die Voraussetzung dazu ist, vorhandene institutionelle Persistenzen und damit Reformblockaden zu identifizieren. Aufbauend auf theoretische Überlegungen widmet sich der Aufsatz einer Erörterung der Persistenz von Institutionen der Flächennutzung, um daraus politische Handlungsbeschränkungen und -spielräume ableiten zu können.
Fischer, Beate; Jöst, Frank; Manstetten, Reiner;2010
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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3. Is a sustainable land-use policy in Germany possible? : insights from an analysis applying the concept of stocks
abstractLand is an essential but limited natural resource. We employ the concept of stocks to analyse driving forces for land-use conversion and to assess, whether the German political "30- hectares-goal" is feasible given the current institutional setting. In this paper major driving forces for land-use conversion are identified and underlying stocks and persistent institutional structures as well as their dynamics are investigated. It will be shown that meeting the 30- hectares-goal is unlikely. We further argue that due to persistent stocks and institutional structures land-use conversion from agricultural into urbanised land takes place on smaller time scales than its reconversion. We conclude that demographic change and regional migration processes may result in further land-use conversion even with declining population. Economic structural change as well as an increasing traffic volume will likewise contribute to further land-use conversion.
Fischer, Beate; Jöst, Frank; Klauer, Bernd; Schiller, Johannes;2009
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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4. Optimal Dynamic Scale and Structure of a Multi-Pollution Economy
abstractWe analyze the optimal dynamic scale and structure of a two-sector economy, where each sector produces one consumption good and one specific pollutant. Both pollutants accumulate at different rates to stocks which damage the natural environment. This acts as a dynamic driving force for the economy. Our analysis shows that along the optimal time path (i) the time scale of economic dynamics is mainly determined by the lifetime of pollutants, their instantaneous harmfulness and the discount rate; (ii) economic scale and structure, as well as resulting welfare, may be non-monotonic, and (iii) environmental damage may exhibit an inverted U-shape form. These results raise important questions about the optimal design of environmental policies in a multi-pollution economy. We suggest a system of dynamic Pigouvian emission taxes, each of which should be levied specifically on one particular pollutant. We show that the optimal time path of each tax level is determined by the characteristics not only of that particular pollutant but also of all other pollutants
Baumgärtner, Stefan; Jöst, Frank; Winkler, Ralph;2014
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5. Was ist Wirtschaft? : von der politischen Ökonomie zur ökologischen Ökonomie
Faber, Malte; Manstetten, Reiner; Petersen, Thomas; Becker, Christian; Hottinger, Olaf; Hertel, Kirsten; Jöst, Frank;2014
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6. Optimal dynamic scale and structure of a multi-pollution economy
abstractWe analyze the optimal dynamic scale and structure of a two-sectoreconomy, where each sector produces one consumption good and one specific pollutant. Both pollutants accumulate at different rates to stocks which damage the natural environment. This acts as a dynamic driving force for the economy. Our analysis shows that along the optimal time-path (i) the overall scale of economic activity may be less than maximal; (ii) the time scale of economic dynamics (change of scale and structure) is mainly determined by the lifetime of pollutants, their harmfulness and the discount rate; and (iii) the optimal control of economic scale and structure may be non-monotonic. These results raise important questions about the optimal design of environmental policies.- Ökonomie
2007
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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Link 7. Environmental and population externalities
abstractIn this paper, we investigate the external effects of the parent's decisions on the number of newly born children and the firm's decisions on the amount of polluting emissions that occur in industrial production. We employ an optimal control model which comprises three stock variables representing population, the economic capital stock and the pollutant immissions in the natural environment. We distinguish two different types of households, in which the decision on the number of births takes place. These two types may be regarded as two extremes: dynastic households, in which the family sticks together forever and micro-households, in which children leave their parent's household immediately after birth. We conclude that in both cases the decentralized outcome is not optimal due to two externalities: one occurs in the individual decision on polluting emissions, the other one in the individual decision on the number of births. It turns out that whereas the environmental externality is of the same form in both cases, the type of external effect from the household's decision on fertility is qualitatively different. The different types of population externalities require different policy instruments in order to internalize them. We discuss a Pigouvian tax on emissions as well as taxes on population: if an appropriate tax on the household size is applied in the case of dynastic households and an appropriate tax on children is applied in the case of small households a first best development of the economy is obtained.
Jöst, Frank; Quaas, Martin F.;2006
Type: Amtsdruckschrift; Government document; Statistik; Statistics; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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8. Environmental problems and economic development in an endogenous fertility model
abstractPopulation growth is often viewed as a most oppressive global problem with respect to environmental deterioration, but the relationships between population development, economic dynamics and environmental pollution are complex due to various feedback mechanisms. We analyze society’s economic decisions on birth rates, investment into human and physical capital, and polluting emissions within an optimal control model of the coupled demographic-economic-environmental system. We show that a long-run steady state is optimal that is characterized by a stable pollution stock, and by population and economic growth rates depending on the possibilities of emission abatement and technical progress due to human capital accumulation. We derive a condition on the production technologies and opportunity costs of raising children, under which the optimal birth rate is constant even during the transition to a steady state. In particular in an economy where only human capital is needed to produce output, the optimal choice of the birth rate is not affected by the states of the economy or the environment. In such a setting, the optimal birth rate is constant and policy should concentrate on intertemporal adjustment of per-capita emissions.
Jöst, Frank; Quaas, Martin F.; Schiller, Johannes;2006
Type: Amtsdruckschrift; Government document; Statistik; Statistics; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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9. Krise und Reform des Sozialstaates : die ökonomische und die ethische Dimension
abstractDieses Papier verdeutlicht die zentrale Bedeutung normativer Aspekte im Zusammenhang mit ökonomischen Empfehlungen zur Reform der deutschen Sozialsysteme und leitet hieraus eine besondere Relevanz der Wirtschaftsethik in diesem Rahmen ab. Wir identifizieren die ethische Dimension der Sozialstaatsfrage als eine notwendige, eigenständige Ergänzung der ökonomischen Perspektive, indem wir insbesondere auf die Begriffe sozial und sozial gerecht als historisch-kulturell geprägte gesellschaftliche Wertvorstellungen reflektieren. Im Hinblick auf viele ökonomische Reformvorschläge stellen wir eine implizite und unreflektierte Vermischung von positiven und normativen Momenten fest, insofern diese Vorschläge auf die Implementierung eines angloamerikanischen Sozialstaatsmodells hinauslaufen. An die Stelle der erforderlichen expliziten ethisch-politischen Reflexion sozialer Werte und ihres Wandels tritt somit eine implizite und unreflektierte Werteverschiebung. Wir zeigen, dass dies systematische Gründe hat und die ökonomische Dimension komplex mit normativen Momenten verbunden ist. Um einen umfassenden Beitrag zur Reform des Sozialstaates zu ermöglichen und ökonomische Expertise fruchtbar einzubringen, bedarf es daher einer inter- und transdisziplinären Wirtschaftsethik, die die ethisch relevanten Momente ökonomischer Untersuchungen identifiziert, dies mit einer Analyse der normativen Dimension der Sozialstaatsfrage kritisch in Bezug setzt, und schließlich explizit einer umfassenden ethisch-politischen Reformdebatte zuführt.
Becker, Christian; Jöst, Frank;2006
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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10. Begrenzen Chinas Wasserressourcen seine wirtschaftliche Entwicklung?
abstractDieses Papier untersucht Probleme der Wasserverfügbarkeit in China. Es wird gezeigt, dass - geographisch bedingt - erhebliche regionale Unterschiede in der Verfügbarkeit von Wasser in China existieren. Eine empirische Analyse der regionalen Strukturen der Wasserverfügbarkeit und des Wasserverbrauches für den Konsum sowie die landwirtschaftliche und industrielle Produktion zeigt, dass insbesondere erhebliche Nutzungskonflikte zwischen Landwirtschaft und Industrie existieren. Ein Szenario zur möglichen künftigen Entwicklung zeigt darüber hinaus, dass sich diese Nutzungskonflikte weiter verschärfen werden. Die damit verbundenen Probleme lassen sich nur durch eine Verbesserung der Effizienz der Wassernutzung verbunden mit einem umfangreichen Transfer von Wasser aus dem Süden in den Norden des Landes lösen. Ohne diese Maßnahmen können die natürlichen Bedingungen zu einer bindenden Restriktion für die künftige wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Chinas werden.
Jöst, Frank; Niemes, Horst; Faber, Malte; Roth, Kurt;2006
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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