Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 18-007 // 2018

    The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and Fuel Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Power Plants in Germany

    I investigate the impact of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) on fuel efficiency of fossil fuel power plants using administrative micro data on power plants in Germany from 2003 to 2012. I…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 18-006 // 2018

    Sharing Is not Caring: Backward Integration of Consumers

    A new type of player occurs in the sharing economy: a vertically integrated consumer who owns production facilities and has direct market access, often termed “active prosumer”. The prosumer faces a trade-off…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 18-003 // 2018

    The Fall and Rise of Market Power in Europe

    This paper presents an analysis of the recent developments of average market power in Europe by using a broad firm-level database for EU member states. To indicate competitive pressure at the firm-level, markups…

  4. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2018

    Comparison of parametric and semiparametric representations of unobserved preference heterogeneity in logit models

    The logit-mixed logit (LML) model is a very recent advancement in semiparametric discrete choice models. LML represents the mixing distribution of a logit kernel as a sieve function (polynomials, step…

  5. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2018

    Extending the logit-mixed logit model for a combination of random and fixed parameters

    The logit-mixed logit (LML) model, which allows the analyst to semi-parametrically specify the mixing distribution of preference heterogeneity, is a very recent advancement in logit-type choice models. In…

  6. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2018

    The Effect of Emission Information on Housing Prices: Quasi-experimental evidence from the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register

    The Effect of Emission Information on Housing Prices: Quasi-experimental evidence from the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register