Summary In this paper, we analyze oil price impacts on unemployment for Germany. Firstly, we survey theoretical and empirical literature on the oil-unemployment relationship and relate them to the German case. Secondly, we illustrate this issue within the framework of a vector autoregression...

Abstract This article looks at the impacts of climate policy on international competitiveness and Carbon Leakage and the role of environmental tariffs. More specifically, it analyzes the current climate debate and illustrates potential future challenges in implementing environmental tariffs. It...