Projects of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.01.1999 – 31.12.2000

    Factors Influencing Capital Decisions and Environmental Policy Measures in Europe - The Role of Nature as Productive Factor. Case Studies: The Pulp Industry in Germany and in Portugal

    This project investigated theoretical foundations with respect to the analysis of determinants in industrial decision-making. Within the scope of this discussion emerged certain advantages of evolutionary and…

  2. Project // 01.01.1999 – 31.12.2000

    Factors Influencing Capital Decisions and Environmental Policy Measures in Europe - The Role of Nature as Productive Factor. Case Studies: The Pulp Industry in Germany and in Portugal

    In this project, we address some fundamental questions concerning the search for an analytical frame for the assessment of the contribution of nature to economical development and specifically the role of nature…

  3. Project // 01.01.1999 – 31.12.2000

    Integration of Environmental Policies Into the Deregulated Electricity Markets of the EU

    In the course of the liberalisation of electricity markets in the EU Member States, the question as to the suitable regulatory framework for environmental policy needs to be asked anew. Therefore, this research…

  4. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.1999

    Driving Innovation from Conventional to Fuel Cell Motor Technology - the Case of Baden-Württembarg

    Currently, the automotive parts and services industry in the state of Baden-Württemberg is much adapted to providing for conventional motor (i.e. diesel and gasoline fuel) technology. For components necessitated…

  5. Project // 01.12.1998 – 31.03.2001

    The Impact of Clean Production on Employment in Europe: An Analysis Using Surveys and Case Studies (IMPRESS)

    The primary objective of the IMPRESS project is to establish a Europe-wide methodological framework for analysing the impact of clean production on employment. In addition, the project will produce empirical…

  6. Project // 01.11.1998 – 30.06.1999

    The economic dimension in an integrated sustainability framework

    The issues addressed here were advanced as part of a project group on integrated sustainable development policy commissioned by the Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Gesellschaft. This meant a unification of environmental,…

  7. Project // 01.09.1998 – 30.06.2016

    Transport Market Indicator from Prognos/ZEW

    In 1998 Prognos (Basle), formerly ProgTrans AG, and ZEW (Mannheim) developed a kind of economic indicator for the transport industry. The panel comprised of approx. 300 selected experts from the transport industry…

  8. Project // 01.07.1998 – 30.06.2000

    Environmental Taxes, International Competition and Employment in a Simulation Model with Monopolistic Competition

    From an economic perspective the continuing debate about environmental taxes, particularly in connection with climate protection, essentially revolves around two questions: -the effects of such taxes on…

  9. Project // 01.05.1998 – 31.10.1999

    Renewable Electricity and Liberalised Markets (REALM)

    The focus of this project was on the past and future role of renewable sources of energy in the strategy of European electricity companies. The project team comprised energy researchers and electricity utilities…