Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-87 // 2005

    Self-financing Tax/Subsidy Mechanisms in Environmental Regulation with Many Firms

    We consider the application of self-financing tax/subsidy mechanisms in environmental regulation and explore the question whether these mechanisms yield strong investment incentives in a market with many firms…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-86 // 2005

    Hold-up Problems with Respect to R&D Investment and Licensing in Environmental Regulation

    We explore the design of self-financing tax-subsidy schemes to solve hold-up problems in environmental regulation. The announcement of the tax rate seems to be preferable to solve hold-up problems with respect…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-62 // 2005

    Alternative Approaches to Discrete Working Time Choice in an AGE Framework

    We compare two options of integrating discrete working time choice of heterogenous households into a general equilibrium model. The first, known from the literature, produces household heterogeneity through a…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-56 // 2005

    Economic Development and CO2 Emissions: A Nonparametric Panel Approach

    We examine the empirical relation between CO2 emissions per capita and GDP per capita during the period 1960-1996, using a panel of 100 countries. Relying on the nonparametric poolability test of Baltagi et al.…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-28 // 2005

    Integrating Bottom-Up into Top-Down: A Mixed Complementarity Approach

    We motivate the formulation of market equilibria as a mixed complementarity problem (MCP) in order to bridge the gap between bottom-up energy system models and top-down general equilibrium models for energy…

  6. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 05-07 // 2005

    Decomposing Integrated Assessment of Climate Change

    We present a decomposition approach for integrated assessment modeling of climate policy based on a linear approximation of the climate system. Our objective is to demonstrate the usefulness of decomposition for…

  7. ZEW Economic Studies Bd. 31 // 2005

    Applied Research in Environmental Economics

    Sustainable development, climate policy, and biodiversity conservation are examples of issues on the current political agenda in many countries. These themes are also subject to economic research, and economic…