Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

In this paper, transaction costs of German firms, regulated under the EU emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) are examined empirically. Introduced in 2005, the EU ETS currently regulates carbon dioxide emissions…

This paper introduces the computable partial equilibrium energy model "Global Resource Extraction and Energy Transformation" (GREET), its structure, assumptions and the outcomes of two exemplary scenarios.…

In the European Union, transport is the largest consumer of oil products and second largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2); within the sector, road transport dominates in both regards. Consumer shift to…

• VC Investors Increase Growth, Productivity, as Well as Investment and Innovation Performance
• Family Businesses Create a Lot of New Jobs
• Climate Change: On the Relationship Between Knowledge, Risk Perception, and…

Wege zu größerer Stabilität im Stromnetz

Energiewirtschaft

• Versorgungssicherheit auf Sicht von zwölf Monaten und zehn Jahren in der EU
• Kohle stabil
• Bessere Versorgungslage bei Erdgas

Energiepreise

• Erwartungen…

There is an increasing tension between the Iranian Government and the west on an increasingly likely European oil embargo and the Iranian threat to close the Strait of Hormuz. The main question is: What will…

We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public administration. Production in the shadow economy allows firms to avoid environmental regulation…