Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel // 2013

    2013 - Manufacturing Industry Edition

    Main Results of the Survey:

    • Most of the Companies Conduct Energy Efficiency Checks on a Regular Basis
    • Medium-Sized and Large Companies Are More Likely to Invest Energy Efficiency Measurements than Smaller…
  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-115 // 2013

    Policy-Induced Environmental Technology and Inventive Efforts: Is There a Crowding Out?

    Significant policy effort is devoted to stimulate the development, adoption and diffusion of environmentally-friendly technology. Sceptics worry about the effects of regulation-induced environmental technology…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-112 // 2013

    The Metal Resources (METRO) Model. A Dynamic Partial Equilibrium Model for Metal Markets Applied to Rare Earth Elements

    This paper presents the METal ResOurces (METRO) model, a partial equilibrium model tailored for metal markets. It allows for a disaggregated representation of the mining sector and endogenous investment in…

  4. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2013

    4. Quartal 2013

    Beim Gütertransport ist bis Mitte 2014 mit steigenden Preisen zu rechnen

    Die Stimmung in der deutschen Transportbranche verbessert sich weiter. Für nahezu alle Transportzweige und Relationen zeichnet sich auf…

  5. 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…

  6. 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…

  7. 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)…