Europe 2020 is the EU's growth strategy for the coming decade, pushing the EU to become a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. Under the Europe 2020 strategy the flagship initiative for a resource-efficient Europe points the way towards sustainable growth and supports a shift towards a...

This paper presents findings of a study of the economic impacts of climate change adaptation. To estimate these impacts on the German economy and its individual sectors we follow a two-step approach: firstly, we estimate the damages resulting from recurring flood events and heat waves, based on...

Der Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien wird derzeit aufgrund des Anstiegs der EEG-Umlage in den Jahren 2013 und 2014 umfassend diskutiert im Hinblick auf die sozialen Verteilungswirkungen steigender Strompreise. In dieser Studie, die eine aktualisierte und ergänzte Fassung von Lehr & Drosdowski...

The increasing use of energy from renewable sources (RE) for the generation of heat and electricity in Germany has also led to an increasingly intensive debate on its advantages and disadvantages. The discussion mostly centers on the cost effects, because beneficial effects often are harder to...

Der vorliegende Beitrag ist eine Kurzfassung zur Studie I im Rahmen des Projektes „Eckpunkte eines ökologisch tragfähigen Wohlfahrtskonzepts als Grundlage für umweltpolitische Innovations- und Transformationsprozesse“ für das Bundesumweltministerium (BMU). Die Auswertung hatte zum Ziel,...

The reflections presented here are directly related to the shortcomings concerning welfare and "green" growth concepts identified in the course of the research project “Cornerstones of an ecologically sustainable welfare concept as a basis for eco-political innovation and transformation...

This paper is part of the research project “Cornerstones of an ecologically sustainable welfare concept as a basis for eco-political innovation and transformation processes” funded by the German Ministry of Environment. The main aim is to identify differentiated and exemplary starting points...

The current state budget crisis in the EU and the numerous futile efforts to solve the problem has brought back the fraction of people that argument in favour of an exit strategy of Germany from the European monetary union (EMU) or even the break-up of the EMU in total. This paper investigates...

The ageing process of populations due to demographic change affects the economy in various ways. The study at hand focuses on the reallocation of income and changes in consumption expenses caused by demographic change. Local disparities on NUTS 3 level are of special interest as the demographic...

Science-based policy analysis becomes increasingly important in the globalised world. Complex economic and social structures need to be thoroughly analysed and direct and indirect effects of policy measures should be identified and, if possible, quantified. Economic policy modelling has a long...