This paper studies the role of imperfect information and attentional biases in the context of energy efficiency investments in rented properties and associated split incentives. We design a multiple price list experiment representing owners' decision to replace the central heating appliance, and...

This paper analyses the adoption of energy-efficiency enhancing technologies by heterogeneous firms. The fact that energy use does not only cause external environmental costs through pollution, but also directly affects the profitability of the firm and hence its behaviour on input and output...

Dieses Buch zeigt die fundamentalen Irrtümer der Klimapolitik, die so fatale Folgen haben können. In leicht verständlicher Weise wird zum Beispiel erläutert, warum man mit erneuerbaren Energien im Zeitalter des Emissionshandels kein CO einsparen kann oder warum die Entscheidungen der...

The option of adapting to climate change is becoming more important in climate change policy. Hence, responding to climate change now involves both mitigation to address the cause and adaptation as a response to already ongoing or expected changes. These changes are also of relevance for the...