Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. Discussion and Working Paper // 2011

    What to Expect from Sectoral Trading, a US-China Example

    In recent United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, sectoral mechanisms were proposed as a way to encourage early action and spur investment in low carbon technologies in…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2011

    Sectoral Trading between the EU-ETS and Emerging Countries

    In international negotiations on climate change, sectoral trading has been proposed as a way to encourage investment in low carbon technologies in developing countries. In the main report(MIT Joint Program…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2011

    What to Expect from Sectoral Trading, a US-China Example

    In the recent United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, sectoral trading was proposed to encourage early action and spur investment in low carbon technologies in developing…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2011

    Anstieg der Lohnungleichheit, Rückgang der Tarifbindung und Polarisierung

    This article aims at describing and discussing the development of wage inequality in Germany in relation to the decline in collective wage bargaining, as this could be the institutional cause for the development…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2011

    Second-Order Sensitivity in Applied General Equilibrium

    In most policy applications of general equilibrium modeling, cost functions are calibrated to benchmark data. Modelers often choose the functional form for cost functions based on suitability for numerical…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2011

    An integral evaluation of dieselisation policies for households' cars

    Reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the transport sector is a priority for Great Britain and other European countries as part of their agreements made in the Kyoto protocol and the Voluntary…

  7. Discussion and Working Paper // 2011

    Military spending and economic growth: the case of Iran

    Iranian government budget on military over the last decade has been higher than the average of the world. The current increasing international sanctions aim to reduce the military capabilities and capacities of…

  8. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2011

    4. Quartal 2011

    Trotz schwächerem Wachstum leichter Preisanstieg auf den Transportmärkten bis Mitte 2012 erwartet

    Auf den Transportmärkten ist die Abkühlung des Konjunkturaufschwungs weiterhin spürbar. Das Wachstum des…

  9. Discussion and Working Paper // 2011

    Hold Your Breath: A New Index of Air Quality

    Environmental quality and climate change have long attracted attention in policy debates. Recently, air quality has emerged on the policy agenda. We calculate a new index of air quality using CO2and SO2…