Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. Refereed Journal // 2022

    The impact of carbon prices on renewable energy support

    This paper examines how optimal renewable energy (RE) suppo rt policies need to be adjusted to account for carbon prices. We show theoretically and empirically that changing carbon prices requires…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-088 // 2021

    The Demand for Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal – Experimental Evidence From an Afforestation Project in Germany

    Comprehensive mitigation efforts (including all emission sources and sinks, all GHGs, and all economic sectors) are becoming ever-more important. While established methods of direct emissions avoidance must…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2021

    Between- and within-country distributional impacts from harmonizing carbon prices in the EU

    This paper examines the distributional impacts from (i) harmonizing prices for carbon dioxide emissions across sectors and EU countries and (ii) using alternative rules for carbon revenue distribution. We…