Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Documentation No. 13-04 // 2013

    The Basic WIOD CGE Model: A Computable General Equilibrium Model Based on the World Input-Output Database

    This report presents the Basic WIOD CGE model. The model represents the first implementation of the World Input-Output Database (WIOD) into the CGE framework and is tailored to provide a maximum fit with WIOD…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-104 // 2013

    South-North Convergence from a New Perspective

    This North-South model of Schumpeterian endogenous growth combines a market, productivity and knowledge effect. A set of various convergent and divergent growth paths is derived that is much richer than in the…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-103 // 2013

    The Optimal Tariff in the Presence of Trade-Induced Productivity Gains

    We scrutinize the impact of international productivity gains (spillovers) induced by imports and exports on optimal tariffs. First, we solve a stylized 2x2 trade model of a large open economy and show that (a)…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-102 // 2013

    Which Indicators of Absorptive Capacity Enhance Import-induced South-North Convergence in Labor Intensities?

    We hypothesize that North-South trade is associated with knowledge spillovers that create labor productivity gains depending on various determinants of Southern absorptive capacity. We use the novel World…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-101 // 2013

    Energy Efficiency and Industrial Output: The Case of the Iron and Steel Industry

    The iron and steel industry is one of the most carbon emitting and energy consuming sectors in Europe. At the same time this sector is of high economic importance for the European Union. Therefore, while public…

  6. Discussion and Working Paper // 2013

    Intertemporal stability of ambiguity preferences

    To make predictions with theories, usually we assume an individual's characteristics such as uncertainty preferences to be stable over time. In this paper, we analyze the stability of ambiguity preferences…

  7. KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel // 2013

    2013 – Carbon Edition

    Main Results of the Survey:

    • The Low CO2-Emission Price in the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) Barely Leads to CO2 Avoidance
    • Trading Volumes of Regulated Companies Are Increasing
    • Firms Expect Only a…