Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-041 // 2016

    Do Municipal Mergers Reduce Costs? Evidence from a German Federal State

    We study the fiscal consequences of municipal mergers by making use of a largescale merger reform in the German federal state of Brandenburg. This reform, which was implemented from 2001 to 2003, led to a…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-032 // 2016

    Extreme Weather and Risk Preference: Panel Evidence from Germany

    Individual risk preference may change after experiencing external socio-economic or natural shocks. Theoretical predictions and empirical studies suggest that risk taking may increase or decrease after…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-023 // 2016

    Ecological Sufficiency, Individual Liberties, and Distributive Justice: Implications for Policy Making

    We investigate the prospects of voluntary ecological sufficiency for environmental and climate policy under the constraints implied by political liberalism. We find that freedom of choice restricts sufficiency…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2016

    Ecological Sufficiency, Individual Liberties, and Distributive Justice: Implications for Policy Making

    We investigate the prospects of voluntary ecological sufficiency for environmental and climate policy under the constraints implied by political liberalism. We find that freedom of choice restricts sufficiency…