Erstmals werden die globalen Veränderungen in der Weltwirtschaft analysiert, die durch Chinas geopolitisches Agieren zu erwarten sind und die sich als Gegenpol zum angelsächsischen Isolationismus abzeichnen. Das Reich der Mitte steht wie Deutschland in der US-amerikanischen Kritik zu hoher...

This innovative book explores the adoption of energy-saving technologies and their impact on energy efficiency improvements. It contains a mix of theoretical and empirical contributions, and combines and compares economic and physical indicators to monitor and analyse trends in energy...

This paper studies the implications for climate policy of the interactions between environmental and knowledge externalities. Using a numerical analysis performed with the hybrid integrated assessment model WITCH, extended to include mutual spillovers between the energy and the non-energy...

This paper investigates the impact of alternative environmental policy instruments on technological innovations aiming to improve energy-efficiency in buildings. The empirical analysis focuses on three main types of policy instruments, namely regulatory energy standards in buildings codes,...