Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEWnews English edition // 2008

    No. 2 - 2008

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-029 // 2008

    Does Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Food Grant Consumers the Right to Know? Evidence from an Economic Experiment

    Opponents of the voluntary labeling scheme for genetically modified (GM) food products often argue that consumers have the "right to know" and therefore advocate mandatory labeling. In this paper we argue…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-026 // 2008

    A European Perspective on Recent Trends in U.S. Climate Policy

    European climate policy is on its way to implement the policy instruments required to achieve the ambitious abatement goals announced earlier in 2007, which are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-023 // 2008

    Public Interest vs. Interest Groups: Allowance Allocation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme

    This paper presents a political-economy analysis of allowance allocation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). A common-agency model suggests that a politicalsupport maximizing government considers the…