This paper aims to explain the state of Korea’s manufacturing competitiveness and assess whether the Korean manufacturing industry has acted as an economic support during the COVID-19 pandemic through a cross-country analysis. In addition, this paper identifies what the driving force is behind...

This paper investigates the economic impacts of environmental tax reforms designed to reach given emission reduction targets for the German economy. Our focus is on the efficiency and employment implications of alternative schemes for emission tax differentiation between the production sector...

Im Rahmen der aktuellen deutschen und europäischen Diskussionen um die Reform der Förderung erneuerbarer Energien wird vor allem auch die Besondere Ausgleichsregelung infrage gestellt, mit der bisher stark stromintensive Unternehmen weitgehend von der EEG-Umlage entlastet werden. Dies wird in...

The EU-wide Emission Trading Scheme (ETS), established in 2005, is a key pillar of Europe¿s strategy to attain compliance with the Kyoto Protocol. Under this scheme, CO2 allowances have thus far been allocated largely free of charge. This paper demonstrates that such cost-free allocation,...

Das neue Emissionsreduktionziel der EU von 55 Prozent gegenüber 1990 erfordert den Hochlauf von umfassenden, kostspieligen Technologieinvestitionen zur Dekarbonisierung der Industrie. Gleichzeitig unterliegen erst knapp 20 Prozent der weltweiten Emissionen einer direkten CO2-Bepreisung (World...

Im Rahmen der aktuellen deutschen und europäischen Diskussionen um die Reform der Förderung erneuerbarer Energien wird vor allem auch die Besondere Ausgleichsregelung infrage gestellt, mit der bisher stark stromintensive Unternehmen weitgehend von der EEG-Umlage entlastet werden. Dies wird in...

Germany taxes electricity use since 1999. The government granted reduced rates to energy intensive firms in the industrial sector for addressing potentially adverse effects on firms' competitiveness. Firms that use more electricity than certain thresholds established by legislation, pay reduced...

This paper investigates the economic impacts of environmental tax reforms designed to reach given emission reduction targets for the German economy. Our focus is on the efficiency and employment implications of alternative schemes for emission tax differentiation between the production sector...

This study aims to estimate electricity demand functions in Japan's industrial and commercial sectors. We adopt data from the Energy Consumption Statistics by Prefecture by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, to delineate the demand between the industrial and commercial sector....