Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. Refereed Journal // 2016

    Minimum Participation Rules in International Environmental Agreements: Empirical Evidence from a Survey among Delegates in International Climate Negotiations

    Recent contributions to the theoretical and experimental literature suggest that minimum participation rules (MPRs) are able to reduce free-riding incentives and may facilitate cooperation (or at least…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2016

    Catching up of Emerging Economies: The Role of Capital Goods Imports, FDI Inflows, Domestic Investment and Absorptive Capacity

    We show that the impact of capital goods imports and FDI inflows on economic convergence depends on the local capacity of emerging economies to absorb superior technologies.

  3. Refereed Journal // 2016

    Indicators of Absorptive Capacity and Import-induced South-North Convergence in Labor Intensities

    We hypothesise that North–South trade is associated with knowledge spillovers that create labour productivity gains depending on various aspects of Southern absorptive capacity. We use the novel World…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Carbon taxes, deficits, andenergy policy interactions

    The United States faces the challenge of bringing its federal budget deficit under control, while also reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. Current energy policy has not been very effective in reducing…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Modeling intermittent renewable electricity technologies in general equilibrium models

    Economy-wide top-down (TD) equilibrium models have traditionally proved to be valuable tools for assessing energy and climate policies. New modeling challenges brought about by intermittent renewable energy…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Leakage from Sub-national Climate Initiatives: The Case of California

    With federal policies to curb carbon emissions stagnating in the U.S., California is taking action alone. Sub-national policies can lead to high rates of emissions leakage to other regions as state-level…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2015

    The Impact of Aortic Occlusion Balloon on Mortality After Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Meta-analysis and Meta-regression Analysis

    Introduction - We aimed to investigate whether the use of aortic occlusion balloon (AOB) has an impact on mortality of patients undergoing endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (RAAAs). -…