Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-043 // 2011

    A Practical Approach to Offset Permits in Post Kyoto Climate Policy

    In recent years, the parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) failed to negotiate a follow‐up agreement of the Kyoto Protocol. The commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-040 // 2011

    The Impact of Informational Costs in Quantity Regulation of Pollutants: The Case of the European Emissions Trading Scheme

    The Kyoto Protocol mandates a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to countervail climate change. As a consequence, the EU has introduced the European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to achieve a reduction of…

  3. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2011

    1. Quartal 2011

    ZEW/ProgTrans-Umfrage unter Transportmarktexperten - Nachholeffekt im Güterverkehr nach der Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise schwächt sich ab

    Der auch im Güterverkehr zu beobachtende "Nachholeffekt" nach der…

  4. Refereed Journal // 2011

    Oil Revenue Shocks and Government Spending Behavior in Iran

    Oil revenues play an important role in the political economy of Iran. On average, 60% of the Iranian government revenues and 90% of export revenues originate from oil and gas resources. Current international…