Economic theory suggests that with a pollution externality and learning spillovers related to renewable energy technologies, the optimal climate policy mix includes an emissions policy and an output subsidy to the learning industry. Instead of output subsidies, feed-in tariffs are often...

With the expansion of renewable energy sources (RES) in countries all over the world, policy design to address the negative impacts of RES plants on their local and regional environment gains in importance. We analyse whether policy design should be spatially-differentiated or uniform when...

Gute Klimapolitik muss kosteneffizient sein. Konkret bedeutet das, dass sie Unterschiede bei den Vermeidungskosten ausnutzen muss und dass sie die Vermeidung von Schadstoffen dorthin verlagern muss, wo die Kosten minimal sind. Der Emissionshandel ist ein ideales Instrument dafür. Er erlaubt...

The demand for critical minerals is rising in support of the low-carbon energy transition, as well as global economic growth. Despite its hostile environment, the Arctic is a region with historic and existing mineral production. This paper assesses the potential of the Arctic to make a...