We study the effects of different financing rules for untargeted energy price brakes and subsidies on intergenerational welfare in a large-scale overlapping generations model. The results indicate that, in comparison to a laissez-faire solution without any government interventions, debt-financed...

Auf die Energiepreiskrise, die bereits Ende des Jahres 2021 begann und durch den russischen Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine verschärft wurde, hat die Bundesregierung mit 28 Maßnahmen in drei Entlastungspaketen reagiert, die insgesamt für den Zeitraum von 2022 bis 2024 einen Umfang von knapp 240...

Fuel prices are commonly perceived to be excessively high, which regularly triggers political discussions about fuel price regulations. Consumers demand stricter fuel price regulations to provide transparency about the current price level and to protect them from sudden price fluctuations. Such...

The German response to the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident was possibly the most significant change of policy towards nuclear power outside Japan, leading to a sudden and very significant shift in the underlying power generation structure in Germany. This provides a very useful natural...