1. Refereed Journal // 2004

    The Dismantling of a Breakthrough: The Kyoto Protocol as Symbolic Policy

    We show that U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol can be rationalized under political economy considerations. The reason is that U.S. compliance costs exceed low willingness to pay for dealing with global…

  2. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 23 // 2004

    Foreign Exchange Intervention as a Monetary Policy Instrument

    Foreign exchange intervention is frequently being used by central banks in countries which have a floating exchange rate. Most theoretical monetary policy models, however, do not take this phenomenon into…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2004

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