Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik

We study the fiscal consequences of municipal mergers by making use of a largescale merger reform in the German federal state of Brandenburg. This reform, which was implemented from 2001 to 2003, led to a…

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• Unternehmensbesteuerung - Europa macht vor allem…

Individual risk preference may change after experiencing external socio-economic or natural shocks. Theoretical predictions and empirical studies suggest that risk taking may increase or decrease after…

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…

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• Orientierungspraktikum bringt Kinder bildungsferner Familien an Hochschulen
• Ausbau von Glasfasernetzen in Europa lässt noch zu wünschen…

We investigate the prospects of voluntary ecological sufficiency for environmental and climate policy under the constraints implied by political liberalism. We find that freedom of choice restricts sufficiency…