Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

• European Banks Under Stress – Crisis Scenario Reveals Huge Capital Shortfalls
• Digitisation in the Electricity Industry Proceeds at Too Slow a Pace
• State Aid for Companies in Financial Straits Realised Desired…

I study the causal effect of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) on the productivity of German manufacturing firms. Using administrative firm-level data, I estimate robust production functions…

Environmental policies may have important consequences for firms’ competitiveness or profitability. However, the empirical literature shows that hardly any statistically significant effects on firms can be…

The KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer – developed as part of a cooperation project of KfW Bankengruppe and the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) – has been analysing the situation of the German companies regulated…

Main Results of the Survey:

• While the Paris Agreement has the potential to be a major breakthrough in global climate negotiations, a majority of German companies participating in the EU ETS do not expect that it…

Dieser Aufsatz gibt einen Überblick über ökonomische Konzepte der Lastenverteilung zur Finanzierung von öffentlichen Gütern als Beitrag zur interdisziplinären Diskussion. Im Mittelpunkt des Interesses stehen…

• Goodbye Privacy? – Every Second Free App Has Access to Sensitive Data
• Crowdworking – Currently Only a Marginal Form of Employment in Germany
• Among Businesses, Trademarks See More Use Than Patents for Tax Planning
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• Weitgehend konstantes Stimmungsbild zum Fokus der deutschen Energiepolitik
• Digitalisierung in der Stromwirtschaft
• Mittelfristig höhere Energiepreise erwartet

In light of increasing flood damage, private flood mitigation gains more relevance. We inves-tigate empirically whether the uptake of private flood mitigation measures in Germany is af-fected by (a) the…