Projects of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.2000

    Internal and External Costs of Land-Based Passenger Transport (extension of the 1999 project)

    In this extension of the 1999 project (with the same title) we were able to go beyond the initial derivation of external costs of land-based passenger transport, particularly of the costs of pollution, the overall…

  2. Project // 01.12.1999 – 01.04.2001

    Modelling Toolbox for the Macroeconomic Analysis of Labour Market Policies

    The project´s aim is to establish and maintain a user-friendly modelling toolbox for the analysis of macroeconomic effects from labour market policy. Thus, besides our concern with consistent macroeconomic…

  3. Project // 01.11.1999 – 30.04.2000

    Impacts of Environmental Protection and Resource Conservation on Training, Qualifications and Employment

    The TAB study under the heading of "Work and the Environment" aims at: -assessing developments in research, -providing an overview (comparison and evaluation of various approaches, methods, results) of existing…

  4. Project // 01.10.1999 – 30.06.2000

    Model Experiment II of the Forum für Energiemodelle und energiewissenschaftliche Systemanalysen in Deutschland: Abandoning Nuclear Power - Effects of an Immediate or Gradual Renunciation of Electricity from Nuclear Power Stations in Germany

    The politically motivated end to the exploitation of nuclear power leads to discussions about the way in which this form of energy generation should be abandoned. In model experiment II of the Forum für…

  5. Project // 01.08. – 30.11.1999

    Ratios of Infrastructural Costs Between Rail and Open RoadTransit

    The project is concerned with deriving ratios of infrastructural costs between rail and open road(particularly 40-ton trucks) transit for two German regions, Basel and Berlin, using 1998 as base year. The…

  6. Project // 01.08.1999 – 31.05.2000

    Flexible Instruments in Climate Policy: Chances and Risks for Germany

    This project focused on three issues. The first one was an analysis of the progress made in international climate negotiations, particularly with regard to the overall conditions for the national and international…

  7. Project // 01.07.1999 – 30.06.2001

    A National Solo Effort: the Ecological Tax Reform - a Threat to International Competitiveness or an Opportunity for the Labour Market?

    In political debates the high rate of unemployment in Germany is often blamed on the non-wage labour costs that have risen dramatically during the last few years. Therefore, the intended shift of tax burdens from…

  8. Project // 01.07.1999 – 30.04.2000

    Abandoning Nuclear Energy in Germany: Economic, Ecological and Legal Aspects

    When power changed hands in the autumn of 1998, the discussion about renouncing nuclear energy was rekindled. In this research project, apart from looking at the legal framework for abandoning nuclear energy, we…

  9. Project // 01.06. – 31.10.1999

    Further Consideration of the Legal Aspects of a Quota Model for Renewable Energies

    The research project was conceived as continuation of the report on "Legal Aspects of the Introduction of a Quota Model for Renewable Energies" and contributed an in-depth treatment of the respective problem…