Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

• An “Energy Brexit” Would Hurt Britain More Than the European Union
• How Cum-Ex and Cum-Cum Deals Led to Billions of Euros in Lost Tax Revenue
• How Can German Cities Handle the Mad Dash for Nursery School Places?
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• Ein „Energy-Brexit“ würde Großbritannien stärker schaden als der EU
• Versorgungssicherheit steht im Fokus
• Energiepreise stagnieren kurzfristig

We analyse a principal-agent relationship in the context of international climate policy. Principals in two countries first decide whether to merge domestic emission permit markets to an international market,…

• The European Commission Needs a More Effective Fiscal Watchdog
• Digital Tax Index 2017: Germany Lagging Behind in International Rankings
• EU Regulations Jeopardise Investment Incentives for Broadband Expansion
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We investigate the immediate and subsequent effects of two prominent drivers of charitable giving: a charitable lottery and an income tax. Employing a modified two-round dictator game with the subject’s charity…

Climate policies have very uneven effects in terms of their fiscal impact. While mitigation of climate change typically raises revenues, adaptation is costly to the taxpayer, and the more so, the more …

• Enforced Transparency Has Little Impact on Aggressive Tax Planning
• Firms Benefit from Social Network Activity
• Patent Box Systems Generate Cross-Border Spillovers in Multinational Corporations
• How Deregulation and…