Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-035 // 2022

    International Trade and the Transmission of Temperature Shocks

    We examine how the adverse impacts of weather shocks are distributed through the trade network. Exploiting a rich, theoretically derived, fixed effects structure, we find significant negative short-run effects…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2022

    Using emissions trading schemes to reduce heterogeneous distortionary taxes: The case of recycling carbon auction revenues to support renewable energy

    We examine the economic impacts of using the revenues from environmental taxation to reduce a pre-existing distortionary tax in a multisector economy where the environmental regulation and pre-existing…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-028 // 2022

    Better Us Later Than Me Now – Regulatee-Size and Time-Inconsistency as Determinants of Demand for Environmental Policies

    To adequately design and implement effective environmental policies, it is paramount for policymakers to understand preferences for regulatory instruments as well as their individual level determinants. In this…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-020 // 2022

    More Money or Better Procedures? Evidence From an Energy Efficiency Assistance Program

    We contribute to the literature on how program design affects program performance among vulnerable groups by studying the effects of varying the subsidy level and program procedures in an energy efficiency…