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  1. Trade-off or tension
    can carbon be priced without risking economic competitiveness?
    Autor*in: Hafele, Jakob; Kuhls, Sonia
    Erschienen: [2022]
    Verlag:  ZOE, Institute for Future-fit Economies gUG, Cologne, Germany

    While reducing industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is undoubtedly necessary to avoid an ecological disaster, political support for environmental regulation depends largely on its effectiveness and expected side-effects. A potential fallout... mehr

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    While reducing industrial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is undoubtedly necessary to avoid an ecological disaster, political support for environmental regulation depends largely on its effectiveness and expected side-effects. A potential fallout often associated with environmental policies is a decline in economic competitiveness. Therefore, it is vital to understand whether there is a trade-off, implying that climate mitigation policies necessarily lead to competitiveness losses, or if a suitable policy design can achieve climate change mitigation without risking significant losses in competitiveness. This paper provides a systematic overview of the existing literature - including modelling studies and econometric analyses - regarding the association between GHG emissions reductions and competitiveness risks. To structure the literature, we develop a framework that allows us to cluster the reviewed papers by their theoretical and their empirical approach, rendering possible the analysis of differences between the resulting clusters. Scrutinising the findings of 80 papers, we determine that declines in competitiveness and industrial relocation to unregulated countries (carbon leakage) have so far not been relevant outcomes of existing environmental policies, neither on the firm nor on the country level. Nevertheless, they should not be neglected in the assessment of future policies, as modelling studies foresee small but significant levels of comparative disadvantages and carbon leakage. We discuss potential reasons for this discrepancy between study approaches. Overall, the empirical evidence suggests that carbon pricing regulation and economic competitiveness can be reconciled under specific circumstances, which must be provided by a coherent policy mix that takes climate change mitigation seriously while addressing possible negative side-effects.

     
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    hdl: 10419/270985
    Schriftenreihe: ZOE discussion papers ; no. 9 (August 2022)
    Schlagworte: Carbon Pricing; Comparative Advantage; Competitiveness; International Trade; Technological Innovation
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  2. Securing future-fit jobs in the green transformation
    a policy framework for industrial policy
    Autor*in: Hafele, Jakob; Le Lannou, Laure-Alizée; Rochowicz, Nils; Kuhls, Sonia; Gräbner-Radkowitsch, Claudius
    Erschienen: [2023]
    Verlag:  ZOE, Institute for Future-fit Economies gUG, Cologne, Germany

    Achieving compatibility between economies and planetary boundaries poses a momentous challenge. It requires a fundamental restructuring of current industrial systems, with a dual focus on the creation and protection of green technologies and firms,... mehr

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    Achieving compatibility between economies and planetary boundaries poses a momentous challenge. It requires a fundamental restructuring of current industrial systems, with a dual focus on the creation and protection of green technologies and firms, as well as the redirection of workers and technologies from ecologically harmful activities to support sustainable production patterns. This paper acknowledges that during the process of green industrial restructuring, certain non-future fit sectors will inevitably decline due to regulatory requirements or reduced competitiveness. Allowing market forces to solely determine the decline of these sectors would result in extensive economic and social consequences. Instead, this paper advocates for the implementation of active industrial policies to facilitate the phasing out of non-future-fit sectors and to ensure a just transition for the workers affected. To this end, the paper introduces a data-driven political framework with two objectives: 1) identify emission-intensive sectors with limited potential to stay competitive (non-future-fit sectors) and 2) identify sectors capable of absorbing workers from declining sectors while presenting better economic potential (complementary future-fit sectors). Despite the data limitations, applying this framework in Germany and Hungary reveals two significant challenges. First, the results indicate a limited number of skill-related sectors able to absorb workers from declining industries, highlighting the reluctance of workers to adapt to the changing landscape due to the costs associated with retraining and relocation. Second, a market-driven approach to the green transformation is likely to result in gradual shifts, requiring ongoing worker retraining as other problematic sectors decline. These preliminary findings underscore the need to anticipate these challenges and prioritise worker retraining and skill development, particularly in cases where there are limited complementary future-fit sectors.

     
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    hdl: 10419/279432
    Schriftenreihe: ZOE discussion papers ; no. 10 (June 2023)
    Schlagworte: Green Transformation; Industrial Policy; Competitiveness; Emission Intensity; Economic Complexit
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  3. A Kaleckian approach to financialization and functional income distribution
    Austria and Finland in comparative perspective
    Autor*in: Dabrowski, Cara; Kuhls, Sonia
    Erschienen: March 2024
    Verlag:  Berlin School of Economics and Law, Institute for International Political Economy Berlin, Berlin

    In this paper, we examine if and to what extent the Kaleckian theory of mark-up pricing can explain changes in functional income distribution in an environment of financialization. Following this approach, we expect financialization to influence the... mehr

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    In this paper, we examine if and to what extent the Kaleckian theory of mark-up pricing can explain changes in functional income distribution in an environment of financialization. Following this approach, we expect financialization to influence the aggregate wage share through three channels: (1) sectoral recomposition, (2) financial overhead costs and rentiers' profits claims, and (3) bargaining power of trade unions and workers. We empirically analyze the long-term trends for each of the channels before and after the Great Financial Crisis and the Great Recession for Austria and Finland. Overall, we find evidence for all three re-distributional channels contributing to the changes in functional income distribution. The explanatory power of the individual channels, however, differs strongly due to the heterogeneity of the countries.

     
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    hdl: 10419/287769
    Schriftenreihe: Working paper / Institute for International Political Economy Berlin ; no. 229 (2024)
    Schlagworte: Finance-dominated capitalism; financialization; distribution; financial and economic crisis; Kaleckian theory of distribution
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  4. Overcoming the jobs-versus-environment dilemma
    a feminist analysis of the foundational economy
    Autor*in: Kuhls, Sonia
    Erschienen: February 2024
    Verlag:  Berlin School of Economics and Law, Institute for International Political Economy Berlin, Berlin

    This paper examines the potential of the foundational economy as an industrial policy strategy for addressing the challenges posed by the socio-ecological transformation. Grounded in Marxist and feminist theories, the analysis sets out to deconstruct... mehr

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    This paper examines the potential of the foundational economy as an industrial policy strategy for addressing the challenges posed by the socio-ecological transformation. Grounded in Marxist and feminist theories, the analysis sets out to deconstruct the jobs-versus-environment dilemma, revealing that dignified employment and climate mitigation are jointly imperiled by the capitalist mode of production. Nonetheless, ambitious environmental policies will necessitate structural economic changes and hence labor reallocations. In this context, the paper seeks to establish links between the foundational economy concept - which is primarily concerned with economic development and industrial policy - and sustainability research. I contend that the foundational economy emerges as a promising avenue for addressing potential adverse effects of the socio-ecological transformation for two main reasons. First, it serves as a practical guide for necessary labor reallocations, proposing the absorption of workers into low-carbon, welfare-oriented sectors. Second, it functions as a discursive strategy that directly engages with workers'self-perception and concerns, prioritizing community health and offering socially sustainable and meaningful employment. Despite these merits, the paper underscores the need for the foundational economy to address feminist critiques of labor and unpaid social reproduction to fully unlock its transformative potential. Additionally, the role of trade unions in supporting and shaping the foundational economy warrants further investigation, urging future research to delineate the positionality and strategies of trade unionsin the consolidation of this economic approach.

     
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    hdl: 10419/285376
    Schriftenreihe: Working paper / Institute for International Political Economy Berlin ; no. 226 (2024)
    Schlagworte: employment; foundational economy; industrial policy; social reproduction; socio-ecological transformation; trade unions
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