1. Refereed Journal // 2016

    Estimating the Wage Premium of Collective Wage Contracts - Evidence from Longitudinal Linked Employer-Employee Data

    Using a large-scale linked employer–employee dataset from western Germany, this paper presents new evidence on the wage premium of collective bargaining contracts. In contrast to previous studies, we seek to…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Carbon taxes, deficits, andenergy policy interactions

    The United States faces the challenge of bringing its federal budget deficit under control, while also reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. Current energy policy has not been very effective in reducing…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Modeling intermittent renewable electricity technologies in general equilibrium models

    Economy-wide top-down (TD) equilibrium models have traditionally proved to be valuable tools for assessing energy and climate policies. New modeling challenges brought about by intermittent renewable energy…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Leakage from Sub-national Climate Initiatives: The Case of California

    With federal policies to curb carbon emissions stagnating in the U.S., California is taking action alone. Sub-national policies can lead to high rates of emissions leakage to other regions as state-level…