[ D] The ZEW study "willingness to pay for climate protection" was successfully finished in March 2010. During the study, the participants bought 52.5 tons of CO2. The ZEW will now offset this amount of CO2 emission allowances.
KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer - German Companies Not Fit For EU Emissions Trading
Tavoni, Alessandro, Astrid Dannenberg und Andreas Löschel (2010), Coordinating to Protect the Global Climate: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Inequality and Commitment, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-049, Mannheim. Download (als PDF Datei, 1,66 MB)
Löschel, Andreas, Kerstin Kiehl, Peter Heindl, Vivien Lo, Henrike Koschel and Simon Koesler (2010), KfW/ZEW CO2 Barometer 2010, Effizienzpotenziale des Emissionshandels noch nicht ausgeschöpft – Strategien und Management deutscher Unternehmen, KfW Bankengruppe, Frankfurt am Main. Download (as PDF-File in German with English Executive Summary, 481 KB)
Dannenberg, Astrid, Andreas Lange and Bodo Sturm (2010), On the Formation of Coalitions to Provide Public Goods – Experimental Evidence from the Lab, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-037, Mannheim. Download, (as PDF File, 345 KB)
Löschel, Andreas, Peter Heindl, Vivien Lo, Annette Detken and Victoria Alexeeva-Talebi (2010), KfW/ZEW CO2 Panel: Vermeiden oder kaufen - Deutsche Unternehmen im Emissionshandel, Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft (ZfE) Issue 1, March 2010.
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