Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. Refereed Journal // 2019

    Leveling up? An inter-neighborhood experiment on parochialism and the efficiency of multi-level public goods provision

    Many public goods can be provided at different spatial levels. Evidence from social identity theory and in-group favoritism raises the possibility that where higher-level provision is more efficient, subjects’…

  2. Refereed Journal // 2019

    The causal effect of flood experience on climate engagement: evidence from search requests for green electricity

    It has been postulated that personal experience of climate change-related weather events may reduce the psychological distance to climate change and trigger engagement in climate protection measures. We use a…

  3. Non-Refereed Journal // 2019

    Tempolimits und Grenzwerte: für eine evidenzbasierte verkehrspolitische Debatte

    The authors diagnose a lack of evidence-based arguments in the discussions about urban air pollution and highway speed limits that leads to deadlock and does not further the debate. Two aspects stand out…

  4. ZEW policy brief No. 19-03 // 2019

    Plädoyer für eine evidenzbasierte Politik in der Debatte um Grenzwerte und Tempolimits

    In the current transport policy debate on inner-city pollution levels and speed limits on motorways, it is common that advocates and opponents of certain measures exchange arguments that completely lack…

  5. Refereed Journal // 2019

    The Effects of Natural Disasters and Weather Variations on International Trade and Financial Flows: A Review of the Empirical Literature

    This review summarizes the empirical literature on the effects of natural disasters and weather variations on international trade and financial flows. Regarding the effects on trade, I summarize 21 studies of 18…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-014 // 2019

    Are Exporters More Environmentally Friendly? A Re-Appraisal that Uses China’s Micro-Data

    Is a firm’s ability to export an important determinant of environmental performance? To answer this question, we construct a unique micro dataset that merged two rich firm-level datasets for China for 2007. When…

  7. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 2019

    Road transport and its potential inclusion in the EU ETS

  8. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-004 // 2019

    Do Voluntary Environmental Programs Reduce Emissions? EMAS in the German Manufacturing Sector

    Voluntary environmental management programs for firms have become an increasingly popular instrument of environmental policy. However, the literature’s conclusion on the effectiveness of such programs is…