The ongoing energy transition is a process of moving away from fossil fuels towards the use of sustainable, renewable energies in all sectors of the economy and answer the question to what extent households are influenced along the journey. The spectrum of the energy transition begins with...

The electricity generating sector is the single largest source of climate altering pollution. A country aiming to meet its targets for a net-zero economy needs therefore to radically reduce the emissions stemming from this sector. Charging carbon emissions is the preferred market-friendly policy...

A rapid transition towards renewable energy sources is crucial to address climate change and improve local energy independence. However, the acceptability of this transition often faces resistance due to concerns about potential job-losses in the fossil-intensive sectors, while the employment...

Damit die Wärmewende gelingt, gilt es, den Wärmebedarf durch energetische Modernisierungen - also bessere Dämmung, Wärmerückgewinnung und Energiemanagement - zu senken und auf klimafreundliche Heizungen umzustellen. Das nützt nicht nur dem Klima, sondern kann auch zu mehr sozialer...

We study firms' strategic interactions when each firm may own multiple production technologies, each with its own marginal cost and capacity. Increasing industry concentration by reallocating non-efficient capacity to the largest and most efficient firm can decrease market prices as it...