Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-065 // 2010

    The Impact of Regulation-driven Environmental Innovation on Innovation Success and Firm Performance

    It is widely agreed in the literature that environmental innovation is not only determined by market pull and technology push factors but also depends on regulatory incentives. There is an ongoing debate on how…

  2. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2010

    2. Quartal 2010

    ZEW/ProgTrans-Umfrage unter Transportmarktexperten - Wachsende Transportmengen und steigende Preise im nächsten halben Jahr erwartet

    Im kommenden halben Jahr ist in der deutschen Transportwirtschaft mit einer…

  3. ZEWnews English edition // 2010

    No. 4 - 2010

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-061 // 2010

    Individual Adaptation to Climate Change: The Role of Information and Perceived Risk

    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…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-059 // 2010

    Expected Utility Theory and the Tyranny of Catastrophic Risks

    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…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-056 // 2010

    Cost Pass-Through in Strategic Oligopoly: Sectoral Evidence for the EU ETS

    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…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-055 // 2010

    Pollution Externalities in a Schumpeterian Growth Model

    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…

  8. KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel // 2010

    2010

    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…