Leading experts as well as researchers at all career levels are invited to present and discuss innovative current research in the fields of environmental, energy, and climate economics. The conference will cover a broad range of aspects concerning the relationship between energy use and supply,...

While the annual conference aims to cover all fields of public economics, this year’s keynote lectures will focus on the challenges of fiscal policy-making in the various crisis environments such as the pandemic or the energy crisis. Both empirical and theoretical papers are welcome, including...

The aim of this conference is to bring together economists, sociologists and researchers from related fields to discuss frontier research on labour market effects of processes associated with the digital and ecological transformation. Special focus lies on the following questions: - How does the...

Most but not all economists view carbon pricing as most effective to combat carbon emissions, whereas other policies are widely applied and highly debated. The paper presented in this ZEW QUEST Seminar quantifies the effectiveness of climate policies in the form of pricing carbon and subsidizing...

The workshop will take place fully online. We are building a programme that focuses on discussion, interaction, and feedback to promote the contribution of experiments to environmental economics and policy. Priority will be given to earlier stage work by early career researchers (PhD...

Welche neuen Ideen gibt es um die Energieversorgung in der Zukunft zu sichern? Gibt es unterschiedliche Zukunftskonzepte für Großstädte in Schwellenländern und Industriestaaten? Welche Chance hat das Thema Nachhaltigkeit in den Großstädten des 21. Jahrhunderts? Diese und andere Fragen...

Mehrtägiges Seminar in Cadenabbia zum Thema Energiesicherheit. Bis zum Jahr 2050 soll die Stromversorgung in Deutschland im Wesentlichen durch erneuerbare Energien gedeckt sein. Für den energieintensiven Industriestandort Deutschland stellt dies eine Herausforderung dar. Die Sicherung der...

Programm: - Energiepolitik und Klimaschutz - Wo stehen wir 20 Jahre nach Rio? - The day after tomorrow – Fukushima und seine Konsequenzen - Die Herausforderung – Erschwingliche Energieangebote und Umweltpolitik – eine unüberwindbare Kluft? - Die Zukunft des Wachstums –Innovationen im...