Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-105 // 2014

    Investigating the Influence of Firm Characteristics on the Ability to Exercise Market Power – A Stochastic Frontier Analysis Approach with an Application to the Iron Ore Market

    This paper empirically analyzes the existence of market power in the global iron ore market during the period 1993-2012 using an innovative Stochastic Frontier Analysis approach introduced by Kumbhakar et al.…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 2014

    The Long-Term Impact of Matching and Rebate Subsidies when Public Goods are Impure: Field Experimental Evidence from the Carbon Offsetting Market

    In this paper, we investigate both short- and long-term impacts of financial stimuli on public goods provision when contributions are tied to individual harm-related behavior. We conduct a large-scaled field…

  3. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2014

    3. Quartal 2014

    Stimmungslage trübt sich deutlich ein

    Die Transportwirtschaft in Deutschland muss sich im kommenden halben Jahr auf geringere Transportmengen und stagnierende beziehungsweise bei einigen Transportzweigen und…

  4. Discussion and Working Paper // 2014

    The Long-Term Impact of Matching and Rebate Subsidies when Public Goods are Impure: Field Experimental Evidence from the Carbon Offsetting Market

    In this paper, we investigate both short- and long-term impacts of financial stimuli on public goods provision when contributions are tied to individual harm-related behavior. We conduct a large-scaled field…

  5. Discussion and Working Paper // 2014

    The Effect of Emission Information on Housing Prices in Germany

    In this paper, we study the effect of the release of emission information on housing prices. The main event under study is the release of the first wave of data from the European Pollutant Release and Transfer …

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-098 // 2014

    The Long-Term Impact of Matching and Rebate Subsidies when Public Goods are Impure: Field Experimental Evidence from the Carbon Offsetting Market

    In this paper, we investigate both short- and long-term impacts of financial stimuli on public goods provision when contributions are tied to individual harm-related behavior. We conduct a large-scaled field…

  7. Discussion and Working Paper // 2014

    Combining International Cap-and-Trade with National Carbon Taxes

    This paper examines the effects of combining an international cap-and-trade scheme with national carbon taxes. We consider a two-country stochastic partial equilibrium model with log-normally distributed…

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-092 // 2014

    Specifying Parameters in Computable General Equilibrium Models Using Optimal Fingerprint Detection Methods

    The specification of parameters is a crucial task in the development of economic models. The objective of this paper is to improve the standard parameter specification of computable general equilibrium (CGE)…