We analyze the productivity effects of environmental (green) investment as well as of environmental expenditures and energy expenditures. For this purpose, we follow a production function approach where we account for these investment and expenditure categories as inputs. Based on a panel...

Gegenstand dieser im Auftrag des Ministeriums für Umwelt und Verkehr Baden-Württemberg erstellten Studie sind die Chancen und Risiken, die mit dem Einsatz von Instrumenten zur räumlichen Flexibilisierung von Reduktionszielen in der deutschen oder auch in der europäischen Klimapolitik...

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...

Feed-in tariffs under the Renewable Energy Sources Act, the so - called Erneuerbare - Energien - Gesetz (EEG), have triggered a massive expansion of electricity from renewable energy sources in Germany over the last decade. The increase in non-competitive renewable power generation though went...