Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-56 // 2003

    Computable General Equilibrium Analysis: Opening a Black Box

    Computable general equilibrium models play an important role in applied economic research. These models accommodate the micro-consistent systematic analysis of complex economic problems where analytical…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-73 // 2003

    Efficiency, Compensation, and Discrimination: What is at Stake When Implementing the EU Emissions Trading Scheme?

    Abstract: In 2005, an EU-wide emissions trading scheme covering major CO2 producing sites shall comeinto power. The key objective of the trading scheme is to promote cost-efficiency of carbon reduction within…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-70 // 2003

    Reforming Social Welfare in Germany - An Applied General Equilibrium Analysis

    This paper analyses the effects of a social assistance reform in Germany. In contrast to studies which are based on microsimulation methods we use a computable general equilibrium model which incorporates a…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-61 // 2003

    The Kyoto Protocol: A Review and Perspectives

    International concern about climate change has led to the Kyoto Protocol, negotiated in 1997, which contains legally binding emission targets for industrialized countries to be achieved during the commitment…

  5. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2003

    Das Kioto-Protokoll: Eine Bestandsaufnahme aus ökonomischer Sicht

    With the help of a computable general equililibrium analysis it is shown that the Kyoto protocol in its current state resembles very much symbolic policy, i.e. its implementation comes now at very low economic…