Projects of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

Abgeschlossene Projekte

  1. Project // 01.05.1999 – 31.03.2001

    New Environmental Policy Instruments in Liberalised Electricity Markets

    In this project various concepts of promoting renewable energy were drawn up against the background of newly liberalising energy markets. Basically, voluntary firm-level activities was contrasted with mandatory…

  2. Project // 01.03. – 30.04.1999

    Labor & the Environment - a Strategy for Employment-Oriented Promotion of Environmental Protection Methods Exemplified by the Rhine-Neckar Triangle

    While in the early nineties the long-term objective of preserving ecological viability featured at the center of public attention, this focus has currently shifted to the politically predominant concern with…

  3. Project // 01.02. – 30.04.1999

    Legal Aspects of the Introduction of a Qutoa Model for Renewable Energies

    Renewable Energies face difficulties in establishing their market; the, as compared to the exploitation of conventional sources of energy, rather high cost associated with their generation pose a serious…

  4. 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…

  5. 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…

  6. Project // 01.01. – 30.06.1999

    International Conference on Innovation-Oriented Environmental Policy

    The conference hosted the presentation and discussion of European and American research investigating the relationship between regulation and innovation, placing particular emphasis on conceptual detail and…

  7. 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…

  8. 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…

  9. Project // 01.01. – 31.12.1999

    Internal and External Costs of Land-Based Passenger Transport

    This research project aims at establishing the internal and external costs of land-based passenger transport for different means of transport, and at internalising them in such a way that efficient pricing becomes…