In this paper, we acknowledge that the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change have differential fiscal impacts. Whereas mitigation typically raises fiscal revenues, adaptation is costly to the taxpayer and to a greater extent the more distortionary the tax system is. In an OLG model with...

Vulnerabilität des Tourismus gegenüber dem Klimawandel -- Aufbereitung von tourismusrelevanten Klimadaten -- Anpassungserfordernisse und –initiativen im Tourismus -- Beitrag des Tourismus zum Klimawandel -- Klimaschutz als vorausschauende Anpassungsstrategie. .

I estimate the level of emissions cost pass-through to hourly wholesale electricity prices in Germany, based on spot market data. I control for contemporaneous shocks to demand and supply by constructing a detailed supply curve for fossil generation, and intersecting it with residual demand for...

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the energy transformation process ongoing in Germany, now commonly referred to as energiewende, in the European context, with a focus on the electricity sector. It presents an expert look at the origins of the German energiewende, its concrete...

Tradable black (CO2) and green (renewables) quotas gain in popularity and stringency within climate policies of many OECD countries. The overlapping regulation through both instruments, however, may have important adverse economic implications. Based on stylized theoretical analysis and...

Marktübersicht über Klimaschutzfonds und deren präferenzbasiertes Scoring -- Präferenzmessung mittels Conjoint-Analyse -- Bedeutung und Inhalt eines Labels für nachhaltige Fonds mit Bezug zum Klimaschutz.

This study uses the hedonic approach to measure the amenity value of climate in Germany. Unlike in earlier research separate hedonic wage and house price regressions are estimated for relatively small geographic areas and formal tests undertaken to determine whether the coefficients describing...