Projects of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.03.2009 – 31.12.2010

    Determinants and Impacts of Eco-Innovations - An Empirical Analysis for Germany

    The project carried out an additional survey to the innovation survey 2009 and analyse it. All firms having responded in the innovation survey 2009 that they have introduced eco-innovations were asked for more…

  2. Project // 01.03.2009 – 31.05.2011

    International Climate Policy and Fairness Preferences: An Experimental Study, Continuation

    The continuation project "International climate policy and fairness preferences" had two objectives. The first objective was to analyse whether preferences for fairness can be distinguished from preferences for…

  3. Project // 01.01. – 13.10.2009

    Broadening the Scope of the Analysis of the Possible Risk of Carbon Leakage on Energy Intensive Industries

    The overall objective of the study was to analyse the possible risk of carbon leakage on European energy intensive industries as a consequence of the EU Climate Action. In particular, if no international agreement…

  4. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.2009

    Giving behaviour and fairness preferences – An empirical analysis

    This project examines empirically in how far fairness preferences have an influence on giving behaviour of individuals, especially on the purpose donations go to. To this end we conduct an experiment where…

  5. Project // 01.01.2009 – 31.12.2016

    KfW/ZEW CO2-Panel

    The KfW/ZEW CO2-Barometer – developed as part of a cooperative project of KfW Bankengruppe and the Centre of European Economic Research (ZEW) – has been analyzing the situation of German companies regulated…

  6. Project // 01.01.2009 – 31.01.2012

    Spatial – Economic – Ecological Model for the Assessment of Sustainability of Russian Federation

    The objective of the study was to develop and implement an integrated spatial–economic–ecological modelling approach for Russia that could be used to assist policy makers in their choice of sustainability…

  7. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.2009

    Stability of International Environmental Agreements - Empirical Evidence

    Within international environmental agreements coalitions of several countries are often implemented in order to jointly improve environmental quality. This project investigated the implementation and stability of…

  8. Project // 01.12.2008 – 31.07.2011

    The Full Costs of Climate Change

    There is increasing interest in the economics of climate change to inform policy on a) long-term targets, b) the costs of inaction, and c) the costs and benefits of adaptation. The objectives of this project were…

  9. Project // 01.11. – 31.12.2008

    Innovationsdeterminanten von Clean Coal Technologies

    Clean Coal Technologies are an essential tool to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions of coal due to an expected increasing demand for energy, particularly in emerging economies, and large deposits of…