Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-48 // 2004

    Efficiency Gains from from What -Flexibility in Climate Policy - An Integrated CGE Assessment

    We investigate the importance of “what”-flexibility on top of “where”- and “when”-flexibility for alternative emission control schemes that prescribe long-term temperature targets and eventually impose…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-40 // 2004

    Assessing Emission Allocation in Europe: An Interactive Simulation Approach

    Implementation of an EU-wide emissions trading system by means of National Allocation Plans is at the core of European environmental policy agenda. Member States are faced with the problem of allocating their…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-30 // 2004

    Determinants of Environmental Innovations in Germany: Do Organizational Measures Matter? A Discrete Choice Analysis at the Firm Level

    Based on a unique firm level data set of the German manufacturing sector, this paper provides new empirical evidence regarding the determinants of different types of environmental technological innovations. We…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-15 // 2004

    Mission Impossible !? On the Harmonization of National Allocation Plans under the EU Emissions Trading Directive

    Starting in 2005, the EU will implement a CO2 emissions trading scheme. In this paper we show that the outspoken goals of economic efficiency and free allocation of allowances are incompatible with harmonized…

  5. ZEW Economic Studies Vol. 26 // 2004

    Climate Change Policy and Global Trade

    This book synthesises several studies on the potential global impacts of two fundamental international policy initiatives: (i) multilateral agreements on climate protection strategies and (ii) trade agreements…