Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2001

    World Economic Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-21 // 2001

    Energy Taxes and Employment: A Do-it-yourself Simulation Model

    Our paper deals with the welfare and employment effects of green tax reforms. In the first part we develop a flexible, interactive simulation model which is accessible under http://brw.zew.de. Users can specify…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-14 // 2001

    Cooperation in International Environmental Negotiations due to a Preference for Equity

    This paper demonstrates that cooperation in international environmental negotiations can be explained by preferences for equity. Within a N-country prisoner’s dilemma in which agents can either cooperate or…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-08 // 2001

    The Employment Impact of Cleaner Production on the Firm Level: Empirical Evidence from a Survey in Five European Countries

    This paper analyses the determinants of employment reactions of firms when environmental innovations have been carried out. It differentiates hereby between employment increases and decreases. The data stem from…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-07 // 2001

    Environmental Taxation and Structural Change in an Open Economy - A CGE Analysis with Imperfect Competition and Free Entry

    The economic effects of environmental taxes depend on the market structure. Under imperfect competition with free entry and exit, environmental taxes have an impact on economies of scale by changing the number…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-49 // 2001

    Climate Politics From Kyoto to Bonn: From Little to Nothing?!?

    Delegates from 180 countries met in Bonn during July 2001 to substantiate the Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997 which imposes limits for greenhouse gases on industrialized countries. After the withdrawal of the…