Die Versorgung mit Energie ist die Basis unseres Wohlstands. Eine unbeschränkte Nutzung bisheriger Energieträger, ob zur Strom- und Wärmeerzeugung oder auch für den Verkehr, trägt aber zugleich wesentlich zum Klimawandel bei. Der Beschluss, alle deutschen Kernkraftwerke bis 2022 still zu...

It is a well-known result in economics that land value taxation is efficient since it does not distort the supply of the tax base. Considering only efficiency, land value should thus be fully taxed. Using optimal taxation theory with heterogeneous households, we show that it may be optimal not...

Novel Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) technologies have seen a first wave of deployment, driven by investments through voluntary carbon markets and by specific support policies. To sustain the momentum, a credible long-term policy path is urgently needed to lead removal technologies through the...

The European Union's plan for climate neutrality by 2050 reopens the question of the role carbon pricing can and should play. Carbon pricing should not - and ultimately cannot - only be an enforcement tool or backstop that ensures targets are met, while the heavy-lifting of decarbonisation comes...