The project aimed on building the groundwork for a future cooperation between the Department of Environmental and Resource Economics at ZEW and the Center for Energy Economics and Strategy Studies at Fudan…
The core of this project is the analysis of research questions in various areas of applied competition policy. It aims at promoting economic and econometric work in competition policy cases and regulation issues.…
This subproject of the interdisciplinary project "An infrastructure for the analysis of social networks" deals with the economic analysis of social links in online networks. It considers networks for entertaining…
Legal interest rate restrictions have been a controversial issue among economists for centuries. In practice, several countries have imposed different rules on interest rate ceilings as well as the…
Market-oriented reforms regularly encounter resistance among the general public. Even reforms that are considered to be efficient by economic experts are often rejected by voters e.g., based on fairness…
Emission Trading is seen as one of the most important instruments to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases efficiently and to prevent dramatic climate changes.In general it is expected that a higher degree of…
The objective of this research network was the use of innovative approaches to shed light on questions regarding a long-term and integrated climate and energy policy from an economic perspective. First, the…
In this project, we will evaluate how the introduction of free school choice in Sweden in 1992 has affected students’ results. Has school choice and competition between schools increased average student…
The objective of the INDICSER project is to develop indicators which provide information on the performance of service sectors in the EU. At the heart of the project are concerns that such indicators should be…
The project focuses on the international context of collective reform decisions in the public sector. The project has two key objectives: First it will deepen our theoretical understanding of the cross-border…
The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) was introduced by the European Union in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effective and most cost efficient way possible. It has been revised and…
The key role of information and communication technologies for productivity and growth is meanwhile well recognised. The application of new ICT solutions requires, however, a well functioning internet…