Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 08-066 // 2008

    CO2 Emission Reduction in Freight Transports How to Stimulate Environmental Friendly Behaviour?

    In the European Union (EU) and in Germany the transport sector is the only sector with increasing CO2 emissions (in the EU by about 32 % and in Germany by about 1 % since 1990). Especially in road freight and…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 08-061 // 2008

    Climate Policy and the Problem of Competitiveness: Border Tax Adjustments or Integrated Emission Trading?

    In the absence of an international agreement on climate policy, unilateral carbon abatement creates two problems: It tends to have a detrimental effect on domestic competitiveness, and it leads to an increase in…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 08-059 // 2008

    EU Emission Allowances and the Stock Market: Evidence from the Electricity Industry

    This paper constitutes – to our best knowledge – the first econometric analysis on stock market effects of the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS). Our results suggest that EU Emission Allowance (EUA) price…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 08-058 // 2008

    A Lead Market Approach Towards the Emergence and Diffusion of Coal-fired Power Plant Technology

    Today, more than 70% of the world's total electricity production is supplied by power plants using conventional fossil fuels. Coal accounts for more than half of the fossil fuel combustion in electricity plants.…

  5. Gutachten // 2008

    Study on Ship Management in Cyprus and in the European Union

    Die Stärkung des Seeverkehrs ist eines der erklärten Ziele der Europäischen Union. Neben der Förderung einer wettbewerbsfähigen Seeverkehrswirtschaft wird dabei insbesondere eine höhere Sicherheit im Seeverkehr…

  6. ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer // 2008

    Juli/August 2008

    Starker Anstieg der Stromkosten erwartet

    Energiewirtschaft

    • Versorgungssicherheit in Europa wird abnehmen
    • Ölpreis wirken lassen
    • Naht beim Auto der Umstieg auf Alternativtreibstoffe?

    Energiepreise

    • Energie wird deutlich…