This special issue contains a selection of six articles in the field of environmental and resource economics, which were presented in INFER workshops and supported events over the last two years.

Special issue on the environment, resources and pollution: New challenges for economic development
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW)
This special issue contains a selection of six articles in the field of environmental and resource economics, which were presented in INFER workshops and supported events over the last two years.
The topics include the effects of income inequality and freedom of the press on environmental stringency; the trade-environment nexus in China; the behavior of cross-country growth rates with respect to resource abundance and dependence; a stochastic frontier analysis to show that technological change is biased more towards energy rather than labor; how recycling and environmental taxes can affect the imbalances between the availability of and the demand for rare earth elements; and the interaction between demographic features and environmental constraints in Caribbean small island developing states. The papers include three empirical contributions and three methodological approaches, which help to improve our understanding of these topics.

Special issue on the environment, resources and pollution: New challenges for economic development
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW)

Trump macht ernst: Erste Runde im Zollkonflikt
Die von US-Präsident Trump angekündigten Strafzölle auf Importe aus Kanada, Mexiko und China schädigen vor allem die betroffenen Nachbarstaaten der USA. Doch auch Deutschland ist negativ betroffen.
IW
US-Strafzölle: „Trump erzählt Räuberpistolen wie vor acht Jahren”
Die deutsche Wirtschaftsleistung schrumpft und US-Präsident Trump verhängt Zölle gegen Handelspartner. IW-Direktor Michael Hüther erklärt im Interview mit Capial, wie Deutschland wieder stark werden und sich gemeinsam mit Europa wehren kann.
IW