Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-031 // 2019

    How Marginal is Lignite? Two Simple Approaches to Determine Price-Setting Technologies in Power Markets

    The impact of energy and climate policies often depends on how the market reacts to the policy, i.e. in terms of prices or costs for downstream industries. Economic theory tells us that in power markets, prices…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-028 // 2019

    State Mandates on Renewable Heating Technologies and the Housing Market

    We study the effect of a state level mandate on renewable heating technologies on the housing market. The mandate requires a minimum share of 10 % renewable energy sources when changing the heating system in the…

  3. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2019

    Renewable Energy Targets in the Context of the EU ETS: Whom do They Benefit Exactly?

    We study how European climate and energy policy targets affect different member states and households of different income quintiles within the member states. We find that renewable energy targets in power…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-021 // 2019

    The Choice of Institutions to Solve Cooperation Problems: A Survey of Experimental Research

    A growing experimental literature studies the endogenous choice of institutions to solve cooperation problems arising in prisoners’ dilemmas, public goods games, and common pool resource games. Participants in…