Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik

  1. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2017

    Combining Price and Quantity Controls Under Partitioned Environmental Regulation

    This paper analyzes hybrid emissions trading systems (ETSs)under partitioned environmental regulation when firms' abatement costs and future emissions are uncertain. We show that hybrid policies that…

  2. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2017

    Knowledge Diffusion, Endogenous Growth, and the Costs of Global Climate Policy

    This paper examines the effects of knowledge diffusion on growth and the costs of climate policy. We develop a general equilibrium model with endogenous growth which represents knowledge diffusion between…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 17-072 // 2017

    Credit Constraints, Energy Management Practices, and Investments in Energy Saving Technologies: German Manufacturing in Close-up

    We analyze the drivers and barriers that influence investments increasing the energy efficiency of firms' production processes or buildings in the German manufacturing sector based on microdata. In particular,…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 17-071 // 2017

    Ratchet up or down? An Experimental Investigation of Global Public Good Provision in the United Nations Youth Associations Network

    From a current perspective the Paris Agreement is not sufficient to limit the global mean temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial level as intended. The Agreement stipulates that parties review, compare and…