Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-045 // 2015

    The Influence of Collective Action on the Demand for Voluntary Climate Change Mitigation in Hypothetical and Real Situations

    In this experiment, we investigate determinants of the individual demand for voluntary climate change mitigation. Subjects decide between a cash prize and an allowance from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme for…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2015

    Dynamic Properties of Energy Affordability Measures

    Measures of affordability and of fuel poverty are applied in practice to assess the affordability of energy services, for example, or of water or housing. The extensive body of literature on affordability…

  3. ZEWnews English edition // 2015

    05/06 - 2015

  4. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2015

    1. Quartal 2015

    Steigende Mengen und sinkende Preise

    Die Mengen an transportierten Gütern werden in fast allen Teilbereichen der deutschen Transportwirtschaft in den nächsten sechs Monaten zunehmen. Lediglich bei den Kurier-,…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-039 // 2015

    A Sequential Decomposition of the Drop in Collective Bargaining Coverage

    Union representation has been in strong decline in most OECD countries with potentially important consequences for wages. What drives this decline? We try to answer this question by developing and implementing a…