1. Refereed Journal // 2011

    Cost Pass-Through of the EU Emissions Allowances: Examining the European Petroleum Markets

    This paper explores the ability of European refineries to pass-through costs associated with the introduction of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). A sequence of vector error correction models (VECM)…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2011

    Unilateral Climate Policy and Competitiveness: The Implications of Differential Emission Pricing

    Unilateral emission reduction commitments raise concerns on international competitiveness and emission leakage that result in preferential regulatory treatment of domestic energy-intensive and trade-exposed…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-045 // 2011

    Intrinsic Work Motivation and Pension Reform Acceptance

    Reforms, such as a higher pension age, are highly unpopular although they are a demographic necessity. Hence, a sound understanding of reform resistance is desirable. Preceding studies have explored numerous…

  4. ZEW Newsletter // 2011

    2011-07

    1. News
    2. Staff
      • Visiting Researchers
    3. Press Releases
    4. Recent Publications
      • ZEWnews English edition
      • Financial Market Report Switzerland
      • Financial Market Report CEE
      • Discussion Papers
      • ZEW Finanzmarktreport (ZEW Financial Market…
  5. ZEWnews English edition // 2011

    05/06 - 2011

  6. ZEWnews English edition // 2011

    03/04 - 2011

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-044 // 2011

    Wacky Patents Meet Economic Indicators

    The empirical literature on the economics of patents employs a large array of patentbased measures to proxy economic characteristics of patents such as the "sciencebase", "importance" or "value" of patented…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-043 // 2011

    A Practical Approach to Offset Permits in Post Kyoto Climate Policy

    In recent years, the parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) failed to negotiate a follow‐up agreement of the Kyoto Protocol. The commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol…