Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. Refereed Journal // 2002

    The Economic and Environmental Implications of the US Repudiation of the Kyoto Protocol and the Subsequent Deals in Bonn and Marrakech

    Taking account of sinks credits as agreed in Bonn and Marrakech, this paper illustrates how market power could be exerted in the absence of the US ratification under Annex 1 trading and explores the potential…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-39 // 2002

    Taxation and Unemployment: An Applied General Equilibrium Approach for Germany

    This paper presents an applied general equilibrium model for Germany. The model integrates specific labour market institutions in an otherwise standard general equilibrium framework. There are sectoral wage…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-31 // 2002

    Recycling of Eco-Taxes, Labor Market Effects and the True Cost of Labor - A CGE Analysis

    Computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling has provided a number of important insights about the interplay between environmental tax policy and the pre-existing tax system. In this paper, we emphasize that a…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-29 // 2002

    Climate Change and the Irreversibility Effect - Combining Expected Utility and MaxiMin

    This paper analyzes decisions on emissions of a stock pollutant under uncertainty in a two period model. Decisions are based on a weighted average of expected utility (EU) and the MaxiMin criterion. I first show…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-28 // 2002

    The Economic and Environmental Implications of the US Repudiation of the Kyoto Protocol and the Subsequent Deals in Bonn and Marrakech

    Taking account of sinks credits as agreed in Bonn and Marrakech, this paper illustrates how market power could be exerted in the absence of the US ratification under Annex 1 trading and explores the potential…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-25 // 2002

    Dismantling of a Breakthrough: The Kyoto Protocol - Just Symbolic Policy!

    We show that U.S. withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol is straightforward under political economy considerations. The reason is that U.S. compliance costs exceed low willingness to pay for dealing with global…

  7. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-09 // 2002

    Rio - 10 Years After: A Critical Appraisal of Climate Policy

    Ten years after the initial Climate Change Convention from Rio in 1992, the developed world is likely to ratify the Kyoto Protocol which has been celebrated as a milestone in climate protection. Standard…