Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-059 // 2010

    Expected Utility Theory and the Tyranny of Catastrophic Risks

    Expected Utility (EU) theory is not only applied to individual choices but also to ethical decisions, e.g. in cost-bene t analysis of climate change policy measures that a ect future generations. In this context…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-056 // 2010

    Cost Pass-Through in Strategic Oligopoly: Sectoral Evidence for the EU ETS

    The purpose of this paper is to analyse the cost pass-through potential, i.e. the ability of firms in German industrial sectors participating in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to adjust output prices…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-055 // 2010

    Pollution Externalities in a Schumpeterian Growth Model

    Global warming, the pollution of the seas or a continuously increasing noise level are just a few examples of environmental issues that have alerted the global public in recent years. As a consequence, more and…

  4. KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel // 2010

    2010

    Main Results of the Survey:

    • CO2 Abatement Gaining Ground
    • Emission Rights Trading: Only Used by Half the Companies
    • Significant Price Increases Not Expected Until the Third Trading Period
    • Carbon Management: Deficits…
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-049 // 2010

    Coordinating to Protect the Global Climate: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Inequality and Commitment

    In the aftermath of the climate conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 (15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations), two issues appear to have played a determinant role in the negotiation discourse…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-046 // 2010

    Total Costs and Budgetary Effects of Adaptation to Climate Change: An Assessment for the European Union

    Adaptation to climate change is gaining increasing relevance in the public debate of climate policy. Thus, knowledge of costs and benefits of adaptation measures is of high importance. This study compiles…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-044 // 2010

    Understanding the Competitiveness Implications of Future Phases of EU ETS on the Industrial Sectors

    Drawing on specific examples from products and subsectors within the EU ETS, this paper empirically tests to what extent those sectors are able to adjust their output prices when facing an input price change.…