TY - JOUR A1 - Fuss, Sabine A1 - Flachsland, Christian A1 - Koch, Nicolas A1 - Kornek, Ulrike A1 - Knopf, Brigitte A1 - Edenhofer, Ottmar T1 - A Framework for Assessing the Performance of Cap-and-Trade Systems: Insights from the European Union Emissions Trading System JF - Review of Environmental Economics and Policy N2 - The performance of the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading System (ETS) and other cap-and-trade schemes has been under scrutiny because of their inability to create a stable price for greenhouse gas emissions. This article seeks to inform the often confusing debate about the economic performance of cap-and-trade systems over time, with a focus on the EU ETS. Based on a simple intertemporal framework of emissions trading and a review of the literature, we show that different frameworks and notions of efficiency result in both different assessments of performance and different recommended strategies for improving performance. More specifically, we argue that if cap-and-trade systems have temporal flexibility (i.e., they include banking and borrowing of emissions allowances), it can be highly misleading to base the economic assessment on short-term efficiency. We seek to draw attention to the concept of long-term economic performance, which takes into account the intertemporal nature of emissions trading systems. In particular, we identify market and government distortions (e.g., myopia, lack of policy credibility, excessive discounting) that may depress allowance prices and hamper intertemporal efficiency. We then examine whether the recently adopted Market Stability Reserve and the alternative price collar are likely to address these distortions. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/reep/rey010 SN - 1750-6816 VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 220 EP - 241 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Edenhofer, Ottmar A1 - Luderer, Gunnar A1 - Flachsland, Christian A1 - Füssel, Hans-Martin T1 - A global contract on climate change : Potsdam Institute for Climate Change Impact Research, Policy paper prepared for the conference on A global contract based on climate justice ; the need for a new approach concerning international relations, Potsdam, November Y1 - 2008 UR - http://www.guengl.eu/uploads/_old_cms_files/GlobalContract_Backgroundpaper_11_11_08.pdf N1 - Free online Access / Freier online Zugriff: http://www.guengl.eu/uploads/_old_cms_files/GlobalContract_Backgroundpaper_11_11_08.pdf ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mungiu-Pippidi, Alina ED - Rupnik, Jacques T1 - A House of Cards? Building the Rule of Law in East Central Europe. T2 - The Western Balkans and the EU : "the hour of Europe" N2 - This paper assesses the ten years of experience of East Central European (ECE) with the reform of the judiciary in view of EU accession. The paper examines in depth the cases where the challenges to rule of law and the EU conditionality were both at a maximum to generate some explanations (Romania, and Bulgaria in particular). It then proceeds to test the chief explanatory factors in a quantitative model of rule of law on the 28 postcommunist cases, concluding that democracy, and not organization or logistics is the most important determinant of rule of law. KW - rule of Law, europeanization, state building, conditionality, corruption, East Central Europe Y1 - 2011 UR - http://www.iss.europa.eu/uploads/media/cp126-The_Western_Balkans_and_the_EU.pdf SN - 978-92-9198-187-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1686644 N1 - Free online Access / Freier online Zugriff: http://www.iss.europa.eu/uploads/media/cp126-The_Western_Balkans_and_the_EU.pdf SP - 145 EP - 162 PB - European Union Institute for Security Studies CY - Paris ET - Chaillot Papers No. 126 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Knudsen, Edward L. T1 - A kinder, gentler “America First?” Taking stock of transatlantic relations under Biden N2 - Over 100 days into the Biden administration, how have transatlantic relations shifted? This policy brief builds upon analysis from an October 2020 piece titled “No going back? A transatlantic cooperation agenda under Biden” and examines lessons for European policymakers from the first few months of Joe Biden’s presidency. It argues that while Biden has retained many core parts of Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda, there are still several promising avenues for transatlantic cooperation over the coming years. These include accelerated climate action, coordinated economic stimulus, and ensuring global vaccine access. Reaching these goals will require joint action to defuse geopolitical tensions and ensure greater economic justice at home and abroad. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b1570-opus4-39323 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/en/publications/detail/publication/a-kinder-gentler-america-first U6 - https://doi.org/10.48462/opus4-3932 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kayser, Mark A. A1 - Leininger, Arndt T1 - A Laender-Based Forecast of the 2017 German Bundestag Election JF - PS: Political Science & Politics Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096517000427 VL - 50 IS - 3 SP - 689 EP - 692 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hässler, Tabea A1 - Ditlmann, Ruth K. T1 - A large-scale test for the link between intergroup contact and social change JF - Nature Human Behaviour N2 - Guided by the early findings of social scientists, practitioners have long advocated for greater contact between groups to reduce prejudice and increase social cohesion. Recent work, however, suggests that intergroup contact can undermine support for social change towards greater equality, especially among disadvantaged group members. Using a large and heterogeneous dataset (12,997 individuals from 69 countries), we demonstrate that intergroup contact and support for social change towards greater equality are positively associated among members of advantaged groups (ethnic majorities and cis-heterosexuals) but negatively associated among disadvantaged groups (ethnic minorities and sexual and gender minorities). Specification-curve analysis revealed important variation in the size—and at times, direction—of correlations, depending on how contact and support for social change were measured. This allowed us to identify one type of support for change—willingness to work in solidarity— that is positively associated with intergroup contact among both advantaged and disadvantaged group members. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0815-z VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 380 EP - 386 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - DiLeo, Monica A1 - Helleiner, Eric A1 - Wang, Hongying T1 - A less reluctant (green) Atlas? Explaining the People’s Bank of China’s distinctive environmental shift JF - New Political Economy N2 - Why did the Chinese central bank embrace environmental policies earlier than Western central banks and with a consistent focus on a wider range of environmental issues and more ambitious promotional policies? Although the greening of central banks has attracted growing attention from scholars of political economy, this distinctive and pioneering role of the People’s Bank of China has received less attention than that of Western central banks. It can partly be explained by the Chinese central bank’s historically-rooted ‘developmental’ institutional features, namely its wider mandate, lack of political independence, and its more activist policy tools. But this institutionalist explanation also needs to be complemented by a more agency-centered one that examines the catalytic role of Chinese political authorities and financial technocrats, with their particular priorities and ideas. The analysis contributes to political economy literature on the emergence of green central banking by exploring the less-studied Chinese case and offering an analytical framework that encourages comparative study of this phenomenon beyond the Western context. Y1 - 2025 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2025.2504391 N1 - Open Access publication is funded by the Hertie School Library. SP - 1 EP - 14 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kayser, Mark A. A1 - Leininger, Arndt T1 - A Länder-based forecast of the 2017 German Bundestag Election JF - Political Science & Politics Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096517000427 SN - 1049-0965 VL - 50 IS - 3 SP - 689 EP - 692 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kayser, Mark A. A1 - Leininger, Arndt A1 - Vlasenko, Anastasiia T1 - A Länder-Based Forecast of the 2021 German Bundestag Election JF - PS: Political Science & Politics Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096521000974 VL - 55 IS - 1 SP - 79 EP - 84 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Nguyen, Thu T1 - A matter of principle: An infringement procedure against Germany N2 - On 9 June 2020, the European Commission announced that it is bringing an infringement procedure against Germany because of the PSPP judgment of its Federal Constitutional Court. On 5 May 2020 the German Court had declared a ruling by the European Court of Justice ultra vires and therefore not legally binding on Germany. In this policy position, Thu Nguyen argues that the Commission is right to initiate an infringement procedure against Germany: It is a matter of principle and a signal that the Commission, as the guardian of the Treaties, will not accept breaches of EU Treaty obligations, no matter the member state or authority in breach of EU law. Y1 - 2021 UR - https://www.delorscentre.eu/de/publikationen/detail/publication/a-matter-of-principle U6 - https://doi.org/10.48462/opus4-4026 ER -