Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

Climate policies have very uneven effects in terms of their fiscal impact. While mitigation of climate change typically raises revenues, adaptation is costly to the taxpayer, and the more so, the more …

• Enforced Transparency Has Little Impact on Aggressive Tax Planning
• Firms Benefit from Social Network Activity
• Patent Box Systems Generate Cross-Border Spillovers in Multinational Corporations
• How Deregulation and…

Ambitionierte Klimapolitik führt zu strukturellen ökonomischen Veränderungen. Dieser Artikel untersucht, welche Verteilungseffekte daraus für private Haushalte entstehen und wie diese gemindert werden können.

Many public goods can be provided at different spatial levels. Evidence from social identity theory and in-group favoritism raises the possibility that where higher-level provision is more efficient, subjects'…

• Klimaschutzziele stehen im Spannungsfeld
• Versorgungssicherheit bleibt stabil
• Öl und Strom tendenziell teurer

Proactive flood damage mitigation on the household level is seen as a crucial element of comprehensive flood risk management. The ongoing socio-economic development and climate change will further increase the…

Over the last decade Germany has boosted renewable energy in power production by means of massive subsidies. The flip side are very high electricity prices which raises concerns that the transition cost towards…

Over the last decade Germany has boosted renewable energy in power production by means of massive subsidies. The flip side are very high electricity prices which raise concerns that the transition cost towards a…