Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-013 // 2009

    What's Driving Sustainable Energy Consumption? A Survey of the Empirical Literature

    The focus of the paper is on the individual decision of energy consumers, and it's relation to sustainable consumption. Consumer behavior is based on individual decisions, but it depends largely on supply-side…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-011 // 2009

    What Drives the Efficiency of Hard Coal Fuelled Electricity Generation? An Empirical Assessment

    The efficiency of electricity generation in hard coal fired power plants varies considerably from country to country and over time. These differences occur both between developing and developed countries and…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2009

    The Dispersion and Development of Consumer Preferences for Genetically Modified Food - A Meta-Analysis

    This paper presents a meta-analysis of 51 primary studies reporting a total of 114 genetically modified food valuation estimates. Results indicate that elicitation methods and formats used in the primary studies…

  4. ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer // 2009

    Januar/ Februar 2009

    Regulierung von spekulativem Handel am Ölmarkt nicht durchsetzbar

    Energiewirtschaft

    • Gasstreit zunächst ohne Folgen für Energieversorgung
    • Versorgungssicherheit auf kurze Sicht stabil
    • Langfristige Verschlechterung…
  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-001 // 2009

    Interactions of Reduced Deforestation and the Carbon Market: The Role of Market Regulations and Future Commitments

    Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) has been proposed as a potentially inexpensive and plentiful source of emission abatement to supplement other longterm climate policies. However,…