Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

• Excellent Evaluation of ZEW
• Housing Finance in the European Union
• No Increase in Student Numbers from Introduction of Bachelor’s Degree
• EU Energy-efficiency Labelling Inhibits Sale of Energy-saving Appliances
• Social…

Climate change is seen as a problem facing current and future generations. Two measures exist in order to cope with its potential effects: mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation describes all measures which aim…

Expected Utility (EU) theory is not only applied to individual choices but also to ethical decisions, e.g. in cost-bene t analysis of climate change policy measures that a ect future generations. In this context…

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the cost pass-through potential, i.e. the ability of firms in German industrial sectors participating in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to adjust output prices…

Global warming, the pollution of the seas or a continuously increasing noise level are just a few examples of environmental issues that have alerted the global public in recent years. As a consequence, more and…

Main Results of the Survey:

• CO2 Abatement Gaining Ground
• Emission Rights Trading: Only Used by Half the Companies
• Significant Price Increases Not Expected Until the Third Trading Period
• Carbon Management: Deficits…

In the aftermath of the climate conference in Copenhagen in December 2009 (15th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations), two issues appear to have played a determinant role in the negotiation discourse…