The paper aims at extending the debate on Environmental Kuznets Curves to the case of non-renewable resources and to discuss the driving forces that might give rise to EKC's in this case. The paper at hand deviates from the standard EKC analysis in two ways: First, mostly EKC's are analyzed for...

Zeit zum Ausruhen ist für die Bundespolitik nach der Verabschiedung des Bundesklimaschutzgesetzes Ende Juni 2021 nicht. Im Gegenteil, die größten Herausforderungen stehen erst an. Für alle volkswirtschaftlichen Sektoren ist unklar, wie die teils massiven Zielerhöhungen erreicht werden...

Aktuellen Schätzungen zufolge könnte die EU ihr Klimaziel von 30% Emissionsminderung bis 2020 erreichen. Um allerdings Treibhausgasneutralität bis 2050 zu erreichen, müssen weitere Maßnahmen ergriffen werden. Notwendig ist eine umfassende Bepreisung von Treibhausgasemissionen der bisher...

Predicting long-run growth effects of decarbonization is subject to high uncertainty. Awareness of limitations of growth forecasts should be raised. Scientific communication should aim at forecasts being misused in the political debate. Comparative analysis of growth effects can have value for...

The paper analyzes resource policies in an economy in which renewable and fossil resources are realistically assumed to be essential inputs to production. Also realistically, the two types of resources are imperfect substitutes whose degree of substitutability can, however, increase over time....

The paper analyzes resource policies in an economy in which renewable and fossil resources are realistically assumed to be essential inputs to production. Also realistically, the two types of resources are imperfect substitutes whose degree of substitutability can, however, increase over time....