Publications of the Research Unit Environmental and Climate Economics

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-11 // 1997

    Linking Weak and Strong Sustainability Indicators: The Case of Global Warming

    The aim of this paper is to describe and discuss the weak and strong sustainability approach of assessing climate change and to show reasonable applications, weaknesses, possible improvements and linkages of…

  2. Discussion and Working Paper // 1997

    Efficient Rent-Seeking in Experiment

    In a series of experiments we show that people learn to play the efficient outcome in an open-ended rent-seeking game. This is a consistent result which prevails despite quite different experiment en-vironments…

  3. Contributions to Edited Volumes and Conference Proceedings // 1997

    Mehr Arbeitsplätze durch eine Ökologische Steuerreform?

  4. Refereed Journal // 1997

    Voluntary Agreements in Environmental Protection - Experiences in Germany and Future Perspectives

    A trend towards 'softer' regulation, especially in the form of negotiated environmental agreements, is observable in national and international environmental policies. Such agreements are controversial, because…