Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-040 // 2008

    Asymmetric Price Transmission in Supply Function Equilibrium, Carbon Prices and the German Electricity Spot Market

    The purpose of this paper is to explore the behavioural background for an asymmetric pass-through of input prices at a power spot market. G. Zachmann and C. von Hirschhausen report empirical evidence for such an…

  2. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2008

    1. Quartal 2008

    Beruhigung beim Preisauftrieb in der Transportwirtschaft erwartet

    Die Verunsicherung hinsichtlich der weiteren Entwicklung von Konjunktur und Außenhandel als den wesentlichen Bestimmungsgrößen der…

  3. ZEWnews English edition // 2008

    No. 2 - 2008

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-029 // 2008

    Does Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Food Grant Consumers the Right to Know? Evidence from an Economic Experiment

    Opponents of the voluntary labeling scheme for genetically modified (GM) food products often argue that consumers have the "right to know" and therefore advocate mandatory labeling. In this paper we argue…