Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-07 // 2001

    Environmental Taxation and Structural Change in an Open Economy - A CGE Analysis with Imperfect Competition and Free Entry

    The economic effects of environmental taxes depend on the market structure. Under imperfect competition with free entry and exit, environmental taxes have an impact on economies of scale by changing the number…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-49 // 2001

    Climate Politics From Kyoto to Bonn: From Little to Nothing?!?

    Delegates from 180 countries met in Bonn during July 2001 to substantiate the Kyoto Protocol signed in 1997 which imposes limits for greenhouse gases on industrialized countries. After the withdrawal of the…

  3. Refereed Journal // 2001

    Die Koexistenz von Zertifikatemärkten für grünen Strom und CO2-Emissionen - wer gewinnt und wer verliert?

    The paper studies the interaction between emerging markets for tradable green certificates (TGCs) and CO2-emissions in the electricity sector linked by renewable generated electricity (RES-E). We distinguish…