1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-28 // 2005

    Integrating Bottom-Up into Top-Down: A Mixed Complementarity Approach

    We motivate the formulation of market equilibria as a mixed complementarity problem (MCP) in order to bridge the gap between bottom-up energy system models and top-down general equilibrium models for energy…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-07 // 2005

    Decomposing Integrated Assessment of Climate Change

    We present a decomposition approach for integrated assessment modeling of climate policy based on a linear approximation of the climate system. Our objective is to demonstrate the usefulness of decomposition for…

  3. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 31 // 2005

    Applied Research in Environmental Economics

    Sustainable development, climate policy, and biodiversity conservation are examples of issues on the current political agenda in many countries. These themes are also subject to economic research, and economic…