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Reaching a climate agreement - do we have to compensate for energy market effects of climate policy?
Peterson, Sonja; Weitzel, Matthias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
markets and e.g. to compensate for the loss of oil revenues as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) argues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010987096
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Distant Event, Local Effects? Fukushima and the German Housing Market
Bauer, Thomas K.; Braun, Sebastian; Kvasnicka, Michael - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013
The Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan in March 2011 caused a fundamental change in Germany's energy policy which led to the immediate shut down of nearly half of its nuclear power plants. This paper uses data from Germany's largest internet platform for real estate to investigate the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886838
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Consumer’s Willingness to Pay for Green Electricity: A Meta-Analysis of the Literature
Sundt, Swantje; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
The number of studies published focusing on people’s preferences for green electricity has increased steadily, making …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886910
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China’s CO2 Emissions from Power Generating Stations – A First Exploration
Du, Limin; Hanley, Aoife; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
Our analysis is the first of its kind to explore patterns of subsidization and CO2 emissions in China’s electricity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886942
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Explaining the Variation in the Value of Building Energy Efficiency Certificates: A Quantitative Meta-Analysis
Ankamah-Yeboah, Isaac; Rehdanz, Katrin - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
The built environment has been identified as one of the cost effective platforms for reducing energy demand and … greenhouse gas emissions. With policies and the know-how in existence, the real estate sector has already adopted measures such … as building codes and energy efficiency labels to drive prices and spur demand with the objective of increasing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905576
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Trading hot-air : the influence of permit allocation rules, market power and the US withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol
Klepper, Gernot; Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2005
treatment of hot-air. Different scenarios do not only differ in their implications for the demand and supply of permits and thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955660
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The economic effects of the EU biofuel target
Kretschmer, Bettina; Narita, Daiju; Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009
In this paper we use the CGE model DART to assess the economic impacts and optimality of different aspects of the EU climate package. A special focus is placed on the 10% biofuel target in the EU. In particular we analyze the development in the biofuel sectors, the effects on agricultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955848
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The EU emissions trading scheme allowance prices, trade flows and competitiveness effects
Klepper, Gernot; Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2004
Allocations Plans are not finally settled the overall supply of allowances is not determined. In this paper, we will identify key … the ETS sector. The second important result concerns the role of the accession countries. Even if they do not supply their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955995
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Regulating gasoline retail markets: The case of Germany
Wittmann, Nadine - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2014
In 2011, price peaks in retail gasoline prices caused public outrage and attracted the attention of German regulatory agencies. After having examined the market, competition authorities concluded that tacit collusion existed but could not easily be prosecuted under the given competition law. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010956051
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Emissions Trading, CDM, JI, and More ; The Climate Strategy of the EU
Klepper, Gernot; Peterson, Sonja - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2005
The objective of this paper is to assess the likely allocation effects of the current cli-mate protection strategy as it is laid out in the National Allocation Plans (NAPs) for the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The multi-regional, multi-sectoral CGE-model DART is used to simulate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212056