Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-065 // 2023

    Carbon Emission Statements: Balance Sheets and Flow Statements

    Current corporate disclosures regarding carbon emissions lack generally accepted accounting rules. The carbon accrual accounting system described here takes the rules of historical cost accounting for operating…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-040 // 2023

    Mobilizing Credit for Clean Energy: De-risking and Public Loan Provision Under Learning Spillovers

    Policymakers regularly rely on public financial institutions and government offices to provide loans to clean energy projects. However, the market failures that public loan provision addresses and the role it…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2023

    Can self-set goals encourage resource conservation? Field experimental evidence from a smartphone app

    This study leverages a large RCT to examine the potential of goal-setting nudges to encourage resource conservation at scale. We randomize a feature that allows subjects to set themselves energy consumption…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2023

    E-commerce, delivery drones and their impact on cities

    E-commerce has gained importance over the last years and the COVID-19 pandemic has further strengthened this development. With the increasing opportunities that novel transport technologies, amongst them cargo…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2023

    The stability of personal traits and preferences in times of the Corona pandemic: Evidence from Germany

    Based on panel data on around 5500 German households, this article analyzes whether the experience of financial losses due to the Corona pandemic has affected three kinds of personal traits and preferences: the…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-026 // 2023

    Corporate Carbon Reporting: Improving Transparency and Accountability

    Numerous multinational firms have recently pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to a net-zero position by the year 2050. These pledges currently lack a unified measurement and reporting structure,…

  7. Discussion and Working Paper // 2023

    Changing the Game: The Role of Women in Experiential Learning

    Using economic games as a learning intervention in 56 Indian communities showed that involving more women led to greater success in sustainable water management two years after the intervention. Participation of…