Discussion und Working Papers

  1. Discussion und Working Paper // 2025

    The Distributional Effects of EU Carbon Pricing

    The EU member states have committed to achieving climate neutrality, i.e. netzero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, by mid-century. The two emissions trading systems (ETSs) in the EU—ETS1 and ETS2—are the lead…

  2. Discussion und Working Paper // 2025

    Efficiency, Distributional, and Fiscal Effects of Climate Policy: The Case of Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Externalities

    The global public good nature of climate change mitigation and the resulting free-rider problem require a restructuring of the incentives for countries to price fossil energy consumption. Existing empirical…

  3. Discussion und Working Paper // 2025

    Understanding Overplacement in Risk Perception: Implications for Financial Resilience

    This policy brief examines overplacement in households’ risk perceptions: overplacement describes the tendency of individuals to underestimate their likelihood of experiencing certain negative financial shocks…

  4. Discussion und Working Paper // 2024

    Self-assessed Savings Adequacy Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Among the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic were disruptions to household finances.U.S. households were buffeted by many negative shocks, such as inflation, unemployment, investment or business losses, or…

  5. Discussion und Working Paper // 2024

    Households' risk perceptions, overplacement, and financial literacy

    Household financial resilience is related to the availability of financial resources but also to the ability to anticipate and assess future situations and prepare for them accordingly. Overplacement describes…

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