Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. Refereed Journal // 2014

    Distributional and Efficiency Impacts of Clean and Renewable Energy Standards for Electricity

    We examine the efficiency and distributional impacts of greenhouse gas policies directed toward the electricity sector in a model that links a “top-down” general equilibrium representation of the U.S. economy…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2014

    A Systems Approach to Evaluating the Air Quality Co-benefits of US Carbon Policies

    Because human activities emit greenhouse gases (GHGs) and conventional air pollutants from common sources, policy designed to reduce GHGs can have co-benefits for air quality that may offset some or all of the…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-121 // 2014

    On the Effects of Unilateral Environmental Policy on Offshoring in Multi-Stage Production Processes

    In the last decades supply chains emerged that stretch across many countries. This has been explained with decreasing trade and communication costs. We extend the literature by analyzing if and how unilateral…

  4. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2014

    4. Quartal 2014

    Deutlich sinkende Transportpreise im Straßengüterverkehr erwartet

    Die Transportwirtschaft in Deutschland muss sich im kommenden halben Jahr auf geringere Transportmengen und stagnierende beziehungsweise bei…

  5. KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel // 2014

    2014 - Manufacturing Industry Edition

    Main Results of the Survey:

    • Energy Efficiency Assessments Are a Prerequisite for Investments in Energy Efficiency
    • Companies Expect Increasing Energy Prices and their Most Important Sales Markets to Be Global
    • Half…