Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW/Prognos-Transportmarktbarometer // 2010

    2. Quartal 2010

    ZEW/ProgTrans-Umfrage unter Transportmarktexperten - Wachsende Transportmengen und steigende Preise im nächsten halben Jahr erwartet

    Im kommenden halben Jahr ist in der deutschen Transportwirtschaft mit einer…

  2. ZEWnews English edition // 2010

    No. 4 - 2010

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-061 // 2010

    Individual Adaptation to Climate Change: The Role of Information and Perceived Risk

    Climate change is seen as a problem facing current and future generations. Two measures exist in order to cope with its potential effects: mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation describes all measures which aim…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-059 // 2010

    Expected Utility Theory and the Tyranny of Catastrophic Risks

    Expected Utility (EU) theory is not only applied to individual choices but also to ethical decisions, e.g. in cost-bene t analysis of climate change policy measures that a ect future generations. In this context…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-056 // 2010

    Cost Pass-Through in Strategic Oligopoly: Sectoral Evidence for the EU ETS

    The purpose of this paper is to analyse the cost pass-through potential, i.e. the ability of firms in German industrial sectors participating in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) to adjust output prices…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-055 // 2010

    Pollution Externalities in a Schumpeterian Growth Model

    Global warming, the pollution of the seas or a continuously increasing noise level are just a few examples of environmental issues that have alerted the global public in recent years. As a consequence, more and…

  7. KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel // 2010

    2010

    Main Results of the Survey:

    • CO2 Abatement Gaining Ground
    • Emission Rights Trading: Only Used by Half the Companies
    • Significant Price Increases Not Expected Until the Third Trading Period
    • Carbon Management: Deficits…