Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

• 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…

The report offers an overview of different aspects of bioenergy use in terms of energy policy. It deals with competing uses for agricultural products and with the resulting price effects on commodity markets,…

It is a common belief that more information about climate change will lead to a better understanding of the phenomenon and to an increase of prevention measures, such as insurance for natural hazards. To test…