Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel // 2009

    July 2009

    Within the KfW/ZEW CO2 Indicator carbon market experts has been asked in early June about their assessment of the state and trends in the carbon market. Questions like price expectations for European Emission…

  2. ZEWnews English edition // 2009

    No. 4 - 2009

    • Patent Applications Facilitate Access to Venture Capital for Start-Up Companies
    • Experts Favour Modification of the Clean Development Mechanism
    • Some German Automobile Brands 20 to 33 Percent More Valuable than…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-058 // 2009

    German Car Buyers' Willingness to Pay to Reduce CO2 Emissions

    Motorised individual transport strongly contributes to global CO2 emissions, due to its intensive usage of fossil fuels. Current political efforts addressing this issue (i.e. emission performance standards in…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-057 // 2009

    The Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change – The Case of Germany

    Adaptation to climate change is becoming increasingly important in the political and scientific debate. The reason for this is that climate change impacts are visible already today and will intensify in the next…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-056 // 2009

    Increasing Energy and Resource Efficiency Through Innovation – An Explorative Analysis Using Innovation Survey Data

    Environmental innovations may contribute to both improving the environmental quality of products and increasing the resource efficiency of products and processes. In particular, energy and resource efficiency…