Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. Refereed Journal // 2024

    State Mandates on Renewable Heating Technologies and the Housing Market

    We study the effect of a state level mandate on renewable heating technologies on the housing market. The mandate requires a minimum share of 10 % renewable energy sources when changing the heating system in the…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-070 // 2023

    Do Climate Policies Lead To Outsourcing? Evidence From Firm-Level Imports

    Rising energy prices might lead to adjustments along the supply chain and make firms outsource energy-intensive processes. This could lead to carbon leakage. I provide empirical evidence whether energy…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-069 // 2023

    Is Germany Becoming the European Pollution Haven?

    Relative prices determine competitiveness of different locations. In this paper, we focus on the role of regulatory differences between Germany and other EU countries which affect the shadow price of carbon…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-065 // 2023

    Carbon Emission Statements: Balance Sheets and Flow Statements

    Current corporate disclosures regarding carbon emissions lack generally accepted accounting rules. The carbon accrual accounting system described here takes the rules of historical cost accounting for operating…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-040 // 2023

    Mobilizing Credit for Clean Energy: De-risking and Public Loan Provision Under Learning Spillovers

    Policymakers regularly rely on public financial institutions and government bodies to provide loans to clean energy projects. However, the market failures that public loan provision addresses and the role it can…

  6. Refereed Journal // 2023

    Can self-set goals encourage resource conservation? Field experimental evidence from a smartphone app

    This study leverages a large RCT to examine the potential of goal-setting nudges to encourage resource conservation at scale. We randomize a feature that allows subjects to set themselves energy consumption…

  7. Refereed Journal // 2023

    E-commerce, delivery drones and their impact on cities

    E-commerce has gained importance over the last years and the COVID-19 pandemic has further strengthened this development. With the increasing opportunities that novel transport technologies, amongst them cargo…