The central part of the project was the empirical analysis of the supply structure of the market for renewable energy in the German state of Baden-Württemberg and of the relevant structure of intermediate…
Though mainstream economic measures such as GDP are useful measures with great influence on both public and private decisions, they are flawed as measures of human welfare. In addition, they give little…
Compared to road and air transportation, rail transportation is the more environmentally friendly means of travel. In intermodal competition, however, regulations on the tax burden imposed on means of…
In the search for economic instruments to mitigate global climate change, reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) has recently been embraced by proponents in both developing and developed…
In making key decisions for future phases of EU ETS, Government needs to fullyunderstand the competitiveness implications of these decisions on industrialsectors. Key areas include the ability of firms to pass…
In the project technology specific information from the product oriented model CEDA EU 25 was integrated into the computable general equilibrium (CGE) models as they are available at ZEW.This improved the sectoral…
Does it pay for a firm to be green or “responsible” in other ways? And what are the effects of environmental or social policy on the economic success of companies? These questions are central for our understanding…
A comprehensive economic assessment of the global energy system has to comprise multiple costs and benefits of energy generation and usage. It has to account for the value of future energy consumption in an…
The European Union’s commitment to moving to a low carbon economy, including a reduction of greenhouse gases of at least 20% below 1990 levels by 2020, raises potential competitiveness concerns in…