Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-052 // 2012

    To Raise or Not to Raise? Impact Assessment of Russia's Incremental Gas Price Reform

    One of grand challenges which are faced by Russia today is to deregulate its gas market while favouring longer-term growth of economy. From the mid-2000s onwards, the key component of the reforms has become…

  2. ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer // 2012

    Juli/August 2012

    Aussichten für die Energieversorgung im Angesicht des Arabischen Frühlings

    Energiewirtschaft

    • Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien
    • Große technische Herausforderungen bei der Offshore-Windenergie

    Energiepreise

    • Erwartungen…
  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-044 // 2012

    Capped Steam Ahead - A Case Study Among Ship Operators on a Maritime ETS

    In 2007, international shipping emitted 870 million tons of CO2, which represents about 2.7 percent of worldwide CO2 emissions and it is expected that the emissions from ships will continue to increase…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-042 // 2012

    Factors Influencing German House Owners' Preferences on Energy Retrofits

    Driven by the high energy demand for electricity, heating, and cooling, the building sector is a major consumer of fossil fuels and a major emitter of greenhousegases in Germany. Almost a third of the…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-043 // 2012

    Green Innovations and Organizational Change: Making Better Use of Environmental Technology

    That the successful use of process technology crucially depends on the right organizational infrastructure is known for a long time as well as the fact that the adoption of new process technology may need…