Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-051 // 2016

    The Demand for Index-Based Flood Insurance in a High-Income Country

    Flood insurance helps to cope with the risk of flooding, but take-up rates are relatively low. Insurance density could rise if index-based insurance (IBI) were provided as an alternative to traditional…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-052 // 2016

    Price and Income Elasticities of Residential Energy Demand in Germany

    We apply a quadratic expenditure system to estimate price and expenditure elasticities of residential energy demand (electricity and heating) in Germany. Using official expenditure data from 1993 to 2008, we…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2016

    A randomness test for functional panels

    Functional panels are collections of functional time series, and arise often in the study of high frequency multivariate data. We develop a portmanteau style test to determine if the cross-sections of such a…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-046 // 2016

    That's My Turf: An Experimental Analysis of Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries in Indonesia

    We conduct a framed field experiment in Indonesian fishing communities with an eye towards evaluating the potential of Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURFs) for preserving coral reef fisheries. Conducted…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2016

    Limited Trading of Emissions Permits as a Climate Cooperation Mechanism? US-China and EU-China Examples

    Recent multilateral climate negotiations have underlined the importance of international cooperation and the need for support from developed to developing countries to address climate change. This raises the…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2016

    The Effect of Building Energy Retrofits on Daily Heating Time

    This paper analyzes the effect of building energy retrofits on daily heating time. Using German survey data and controlling for local differences in climate and energy prices, I show that retrofitted heating…

  7. ZEWnews English edition // 2016

    05/06 - 2016

  8. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2016

    1. Quartal 2016

    ZEW/Prognos-Umfrage zu den Transportmärkten

    Die Entwicklung auf den Transportmärkten zeigt sowohl hinsichtlich der Mengen- als auch den Preiserwartungen in den kommenden sechs Monaten ein sehr eindeutiges Bild:…