Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-018 // 2015

    Good Enough! Are Socially Responsible Companies the More Successful Environmental Innovators?

    The link between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and financial performance of firms has been intensively examined and debated in academics and politics, but the connection to innovation has so…

  2. ZEWnews // 2015

    03 - 2015

    • Mindestlohn senkt Bildungsrenditen im ostdeutschen Handwerk
    • Regulierung hemmt Ausbau von Glasfasernetzen in Europa
    • Quellenbesteuerung als Instrument gegen Steuervermeidung multinationaler Konzerne
    • Alumni aus…
  3. ZEWnews English edition // 2015

    01/02 - 2015

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-013 // 2015

    The Effect of Electricity Taxation on the German Manufacturing Sector: A Regression Discontinuity Approach

    Germany taxes electricity use since 1999. The government granted reduced rates to energy intensive firms in the industrial sector for addressing potentially adverse effects on firms' competitiveness. Firms that…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 15-012 // 2015

    Social Implications of Green Growth Policies from the Perspective of Energy Sector Reform and its Impact on Households

    This paper reviews the literature on distributional effects of energy and carbon taxation with focus on microsimulation models. Most studies find that direct energy and carbon taxation tends to be regressive.…