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  Press Releases // 30.08.2024

  In Favour of Financial Support and a Speed Limit

  survey, answering questions about 13 transport policies. The more the respondents personally benefited from climate-friendly transport policies, e.g. through subsidies, the higher the approval level for [...] the approval of the general public, it is difficult for policymakers to implement measures in the transport sector for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The acceptance of such projects is [...] for these policies. - “Climate policy proposals in the transport sector are generally welcomed by the majority of the population. However, they tend to be primarily accepted by those citizens who stand to
• Events // 15.05.2023

  How California Electricity Rates Undermine Decarbonization and Equity

  pay for climate change mitigation, wildfire adaptation and mitigation, legacy infrastructure, and subsidies for new technology R&D, energy efficiency investments, low-income customers, and rooftop solar [...] wildfire costs and climate change policies. High and rising prices undermine efforts to decarbonize transportation and buildings through electrification. The current rate structure is also highly regressive,
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  News // 14.04.2023

  The Dilemma of Climate Policy

  emblematic of a larger, systemic problem facing the government: when CO2 prices are set too low and subsidies remain uneconomical, climate goals can only be achieved through sweeping bans. Such measures are [...] Three possible policy instruments could invert this relationship: Price increases for fossil fuels, subsidies for electric vehicles or appliances and an outright ban on fossil fuels. Only the first is efficient [...] proof of concept. The European Commission is now arranging a second such trading scheme for the transportation and housing sectors with a price cap of 45 euros per tonne of CO 2 . The German government had
• Publications // 09.08.2021

  Refereed Journal - Policy instruments and self reported impacts of the adoption of energy saving technologies in the DACH region

  policy relates to the adoption of green energy technologies in distinct areas such as production, transport, buildings, ICT or renewables. In a second set of equations, we test the perceived impacts of adoption [...] instruments, the results suggest to pursue a comprehensive policy mix, where standards, taxes and subsidies each capitalize on different transmission mechanisms.
• Events // 21.04.2021

  Search Frictions and Efficiency in Decentralized Transport Markets

  optimal policy in decentralized transport markets, such as taxis, trucks and bulk shipping. The authors show that in these markets, search frictions distort the transportation network and the dynamic allocation [...] conditions for efficiency and show how they translate into efficient pricing rules or optimal taxes and subsidies for the planner who cannot set prices directly. Using data from dry bulk shipping, the paper finds
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  Press Releases // 08.11.2019

  CO2 Prices on Heating Protect Climate at a Low Cost

  effective tool when it comes to curbing the sector’s high amount of harmful emissions. In turn, subsidies and regulatory requirements could largely be done without. The Climate Action Plan recently proposed [...] national emissions trading scheme for the German heating fuels market as well as fuels used in transportation. If consumers are forced to pay a price for harmful emissions, the social cost of their heating
• Publications // 30.10.2019

  Expertises - Evaluierung von Steuervergünstigungen II - Teilbericht E

  incentives for private activities and for promoting numerous policy objectives (for example in transport policy, housing policy, environmental policy and many sectoral or horizontal areas of economic policy) [...] for Applied Information Technology (FIT), the study uses a standardized framework to evaluate tax subsidies that add up to a total of roughly € 7.4 billion.
• Publications // 30.10.2019

  Expertises - Evaluierung von Steuervergünstigungen II - Teilbericht D

  incentives for private activities and for promoting numerous policy objectives (for example in transport policy, housing policy, environmental policy and many sectoral or horizontal areas of economic policy) [...] for Applied Information Technology (FIT), the study uses a standardized framework to evaluate tax subsidies that add up to a total of roughly € 7.4 billion.
• Publications // 30.10.2019

  Expertises - Evaluierung von Steuervergünstigungen II - Teilbericht C

  incentives for private activities and for promoting numerous policy objectives (for example in transport policy, housing policy, environmental policy and many sectoral or horizontal areas of economic policy) [...] for Applied Information Technology (FIT), the study uses a standardized framework to evaluate tax subsidies that add up to a total of roughly € 7.4 billion.
• Publications // 30.10.2019

  Expertises - Evaluierung von Steuervergünstigungen II - Teilbericht B

  incentives for private activities and for promoting numerous policy objectives (for example in transport policy, housing policy, environmental policy and many sectoral or horizontal areas of economic policy) [...] for Applied Information Technology (FIT), the study uses a standardized framework to evaluate tax subsidies that add up to a total of roughly € 7.4 billion.