Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. Expertises // 2013

    Perspectives in Resource Management and Climate Change Adaptation in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean

    This policy paper focuses on the sustainable management of some key natural resources in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries (SEMCs) under climate change and anthropogenic pressures. In a…

  2. Monograph // 2013

    Environmental Regulation by Prices and Quantities: Transaction Costs, Institutions, and Industrial Organization

    Efforts for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions require economically efficient and ecologically effective policies. This book examines the effectiveness of quantity regulation, such as emissions trading,…

  3. Expertises // 2013

    Adaptation to Climate Change in the Southern Mediterranean

    Adaptation to climate change in southern and eastern Mediterranean countries is particularly relevant because of the strong expected effects on the region and the sensitivity of important sectors like…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-008 // 2013

    How Can Pure Social Discounting be Ethically Justified?

    The evaluation of long-term eects of climate change in cost-benet analysis has a long tradition in environmental economics. Since the publication of the Stern Review in 2006 the debate about the "appropriate"…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-007 // 2013

    Modeling Technological Change in Economic Models of Climate Change: A Survey

    The assessment of climate change mitigation policies mainly depends on three not mutually exclusive modeling decisions: First, the chosen discount rate, since costs are incurred today and long-term benefits…