Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-043 // 2021

    Groundwork for Social-Ecological Transformations: The Social Contract, Global Governance and the Meaning of Time

    A decade ago, the German Advisory Council to the Federal Government on Global Environmental Change (Wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Bundesregierung für Globale Umweltveränderungen–WBGU) published its main report.…

  2. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-039 // 2021

    How Effective Is Carbon Pricing? – A Machine Learning Approach to Policy Evaluation

    While carbon taxes are generally seen as a rational policy response to climate change, knowledge about their performance from an expost perspective is still limited. This paper analyzes the emissions and cost…

  3. Fachzeitschrift // 2021

    Wahrnehmung des Klimawandels in Deutschland: Eine Längsschnittbefragung privater Haushalte

    Dieser Beitrag präsentiert ausgewählte Ergebnisse einer Erhebung unter mehr als 6 000 privaten Haus-halten aus dem Frühjahr 2020 zur Relevanz des Klimawandels und seiner möglichen Auswirkungen und zieht…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-034 // 2021

    Grundlagen sozial-ökologischer Transformationen: Gesellschaftsvertrag, Global Governance und die Bedeutung der Zeit

    A decade ago, the main report of the German Advisory Council to the Federal Government on Global Environmental Change (WBGU) was published. It was an attempt to take stock in 2011. It provided impetus and…

  5. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 21-029 // 2021

    Corona and the Stability of Personal Traits and Preferences: Evidence From Germany

    Based on panel data on around 5,500 German household heads originating from four years, this paper analyzes whether the experience of financial losses due to the Corona pandemic has affected three kinds of…