Publikationen des Forschungsbereichs Umwelt- und Klimaökonomik

  1. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-036 // 2019

    A Deprivation-Based Assessment of Energy Poverty: Conceptual Problems and Application to Germany

    In this paper, subjective and objective aspects of deprivation are used to derive an aggregated multidimensional measure of energy poverty. The proposed measure is based on deprivation with a direct relation to…

  2. Referierte Fachzeitschrift // 2019

    Matching Subsidies and Voluntary Contributions: A Review

    This paper provides a synthesis of the experimental literature on matching subsidies in the context of charitable giving. We classify results according to four different outcome variables frequently considered…

  3. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-031 // 2019

    How Marginal is Lignite? Two Simple Approaches to Determine Price-Setting Technologies in Power Markets

    The impact of energy and climate policies often depends on how the market reacts to the policy, i.e. in terms of prices or costs for downstream industries. Economic theory tells us that in power markets, prices…

  4. ZEW Discussion Paper Nr. 19-028 // 2019

    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…