Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

In the last decades supply chains emerged that stretch across many countries. This has been explained with decreasing trade and communication costs. We extend the literature by analyzing if and how unilateral…

Deutlich sinkende Transportpreise im Straßengüterverkehr erwartet

Die Transportwirtschaft in Deutschland muss sich im kommenden halben Jahr auf geringere Transportmengen und stagnierende beziehungsweise bei…

Main Results of the Survey:

• Energy Efficiency Assessments Are a Prerequisite for Investments in Energy Efficiency
• Companies Expect Increasing Energy Prices and their Most Important Sales Markets to Be Global
• Half…

• Bank Stress Test - Europe's Banks Lack Capital to Endure Crisis
• Germany and France Have Divergent Energy Policy Priorities
• Declining Price Expectations for European Union Emission Allowances
• Q&A: Is Germany on the…

This paper empirically analyzes the existence of market power in the global iron ore market during the period 1993-2012 using an innovative Stochastic Frontier Analysis approach introduced by Kumbhakar et al.…