Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

This report analyses how anti-carbon leakage measures, i.e. Border Carbon Adjustments (BCA), would interact with domestic and foreign firms’ R&D investment. The results of a multi- country multi-sector…

Preise im Landverkehr ziehen an

Die Entwicklung auf den deutschen Transportmärkten zeigt in den kommenden sechs Monaten ein klares Bild mit Blick auf die Preiserwartungen: Abgesehen von der Luft- und Seefracht,…

This paper aims to shed light on the role of technological opportunities for green innovation by studying the case of Green ICT innovation. We test two hypotheses: (1) Firms active in low-opportunity…

This paper aims at characterizing the conditions of wind power deployment in order to infer a carbon price level that would provide wind power with comparable advantage over fossil fuel technologies as effective…

We analyze the price dynamics of European allowances and international carbon credits in the second phase of the European carbon market. We develop and use a model combining fundamental drivers associated with…

As a complementary study, KfW Bankengruppe and the ZEW have developed a second annual survey in the framework of the KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer: the KfW/ZEW-CO2-Barometer – Manufacturing Industry Edition. The aim is…

Main Results of the Survey:

• Energy Efficiency Increased for most Companies, However Total Consumption is Expected to Increase.
• The Majority of Companies Expect Decline in Fossil Fuels Consumption.
• Energy Efficiency…

Vor allem der Straßengüterverkehr kann mit steigenden Transportmengen rechnen

Die Entwicklung auf den deutschen Transportmärkten lässt in den kommenden sechs Monaten kaum Spielräume für Preiserhöhungen.…