Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-024 // 2013

    Did Fukushima Matter? Empirical Evidence of the Demand for Climate Protection in Germany

    This paper investigates the extent to which the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of March 2011 has had an impact on the private demand for climate protection in Germany. On March 11, 2011 the Tohoku earthquake…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2013

    Environmental Innovation and Employment Dynamics in Different Technology Fields – An Analysis Based on the German Community Innovation Survey 2009

    The employment effects of environmental technologies are in the focus of politicians but studies analyzing these effects for different environmental innovation fields are rare. We use the 2009 wave of the…

  3. Discussion and Working Paper // 2013

    Energy Intensity Developments in 40 Major Economies: Structural Change or Technology Improvement?

    This study analyzes energy intensity trends and drivers in 40 major economies using the WIOD database, a novel harmonized and consistent dataset of input-output table time series accompanied by environmental…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2013

    Linking Price and Quantity Pollution Controls under Uncertainty

    In some cases, linking of policies for the provision of international public goods can increase welfare on a global scale. One example is the international linking of national policies for the reduction of…

  5. ZEWnews English edition // 2013

    03/04 - 2013

  6. Refereed Journal // 2013

    Small is Beautiful - Experimental Evidence of Donors' Preferences for Charities

    This paper studies the effect of information about a charity’s size on individuals’ donations to that charity. We conducted a framed field experiment with a non-student sample, in which subjects had the…

  7. Expertises // 2013

    Perspectives in Resource Management and Climate Change Adaptation in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean

    This policy paper focuses on the sustainable management of some key natural resources in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMCs) under climate change and anthropogenic pressures. In a…