Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

Environmental quality and climate change have long attracted attention in policy debates. Recently, air quality has emerged on the policy agenda. We calculate a new index of air quality using CO2and SO2…

Abkühlung des Aufschwungs hinterlässt erste Spuren auf den Transportmärkten

Das Wachstum des Transportaufkommens innerhalb Deutschlands sowie im grenzüberschreitenden Verkehr schwächt sich im kommenden halben…

• Unified Regulations for Systemically Important Financial Institutions Urgently Needed
• Intrinsic Work Motivation Determines the Acceptance of Pension Reforms
• Older Employees Are not less Productive, Even in the…

We study how the shadow economy affects pollution and how this effect depends on corruption levels in public administration. Production in the shadow economy allows firms to avoid environmental regulation…

Many natural resources involve threshold effects. Using these resources beyond a tipping point can have disastrous consequences for the environment and human well-being. Prominent examples are related to…