Heinisch, Katja; Holtemöller, Oliver; Schult, Christoph - 2020 - This draft: November 2020
decrease in electricity generation by coal could contribute to reducing CO2 emissions. We study potential economic consequences … of a coal phase-out in Germany, using a multi-region dynamic general equilibrium model. Four regional phase-out scenarios … unemployment rates varies be-tween 0.18 [0.13; 0.22] and 1.07 [1.00; 1.13] percentage points in the lignite regions. A faster coal …
