Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-064 // 2024

    Regulated Correlations — Climate Policy and Investment Risks

    Investments in energy technologies are substantially governed by climate policy. We demonstrate analytically that price-based instruments, such as carbon-taxes, and quantity-based regulations, like emission…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-061 // 2024

    Assessing the Costs of Industrial Decarbonization

    Companies in various industries are under growing pressure to assess the costs of decarbonizing their operations. This paper develops a generic abatement cost concept to identify the cost-efficient combination…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2024

    Can the Financial Sector Protect the Climate? The Potential of Sustainable Finance

    Climate policy aims to reduce emissions by redirecting investment from emission-intensive toward carbon-neutral assets. One key instrument, carbon pricing, guides investors and asset managers by lowering the…

  4. ZEW policy brief No. 24-15 // 2024

    Urban Air Mobility – Mehr Luftschloss als Senkrechtstarter!

    Urban Air Mobility (UAM) beschreibt den kommerziellen Personentransport in der Luft, in oder zwischen Städten und ländlichen Gebieten, mittels eVTOL-Vehikeln (electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles).…

  5. ZEW policy brief No. 24-07 // 2024

    Fördern oder Verbieten? Welche klimafreundlichen Verkehrspolitiken in der Bevölkerung ankommen

    Der Verkehrssektor trägt durch seine Treibhausgasemissionen maßgeblich zum Klimawandel bei. Zur deutlichen Senkung dieser Emissionen sind entsprechende klimapolitische Maßnahmen erforderlich. Unsere Studie mit…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2024

    What drives Carbon Emissions in German Manufacturing: Scale, Technique or Composition?

    Emissions of local pollutants from industry have declined across many developed countries over the last decades. For carbon emissions such reductions have yet to materialize. Using German administrative…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 24-028 // 2024

    Self-Interest and Support of Climate-Related Transport Policy Measures: An Empirical Analysis for Citizens in Germany and Sweden

    Based on data from broadly representative surveys among more than 1,400 citizens in Germany and Sweden, this paper empirically examines the support of different groups of climate-related (passenger) transport…