Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer // 2016

    Januar/Februar 2016

    • Experten erwarten erst mittelfristig wieder steigende Energiepreise
    • Versorgungssicherheit: Lage entspannt sich
  2. Refereed Journal // 2016

    Carbon Price and Wind Power Support in Denmark

    This paper aims at characterizing the conditions of wind power deployment in order to infer a carbon price level that would provide wind power with comparable advantage over fossil fuel technologies as effective…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2016

    A Sequential Decomposition of the Drop in Collective Bargaining Coverage

    Union representation has been in strong decline in most OECD countries with potentially important consequences for wages. What drives this decline? We try to answer this question by developing and implementing a…

  4. Non-Refereed Journal // 2016

    Klimaverträglichkeit und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in Einklang bringen – Ergebnisse und Lösungsansätze aus der Klimaökonomie

    Harmonising Climate Compatibility and Competition – Outcomes and Approaches to Solutions from Climate Economics With its research focus “The economics of climate change”, the German Federal Ministry for…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2016

    The Long-Term Impact of Matching and Rebate Subsidies when Public Goods are Impure: Field Experimental Evidence from the Carbon Offsetting Market

    In this paper, we investigate both short- and long-term impacts of financial stimuli on public goods provision when contributions are tied to individual harm-related behavior. We conduct a large-scale field …

  6. Refereed Journal // 2016

    Direct and Indirect Effects of Weather Experiences on Life Satisfaction – Which Role for Climate Change Expectations?

    This paper deals with the effect of (i) damage experience from extreme weather events (EWE) and (ii) expectations concerning future climate change on subjective well-being (SWB). We use data from a large…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2016

    Organisational change and the productivity effects of green technology adoption

    This study investigates induced productivity effects of firms introducing new environmental technologies. The literature on within-firm organisational change and productivity suggests that firms can achieve…