Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

This paper explores the ability of European refineries to pass-through costs associated with the introduction of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). A sequence of vector error correction models (VECM)…

Unilateral emission reduction commitments raise concerns on international competitiveness and emission leakage that result in preferential regulatory treatment of domestic energy-intensive and trade-exposed…

• Regional Transfers Augment the Positive Attitude of Citizens Toward the European Union
• Leniency Policies Stimulate Competition
• International R&D Results in Higher Returns
• Moderate Employment Growth in the Service…

• Poor Self-confidence Undermines Performance of Girls in School Subject Mathematics
• Family-owned Enterprises Willingly Bear Costs in order to Preserve Independence
• A Comparison of Germany's Competing Models for the…

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…

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…