Linking of two or more cap-and-trade systems promises gains in cost effectiveness and signals a strong commitment to carbon policy. Linking is also seen as one possible way of converging from regional climate policy initiatives toward a global climate policy architecture. Moreover, linking may...

Die Elektromobilität wird in Deutschland in erster Linie durch eine Kaufprämie gefördert. Diese hat ein Volumen von etwa fünf Milliarden Euro bis zum Jahr 2025. Wie dieser Wochenbericht zeigt, kommt es auf dem deutschen Automobilmarkt seit der Einführung hoher Kaufprämien für Elektroautos...

The Paris Agreement calls on countries to pursue efforts to limit global average temperature rise to 1.5°C. We derive a 2016–2050 emission budget for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) based on cost-effectiveness criteria aimed at achieving the 1.5°C target with a 50%–66%...

We examine the impact of a disclosure mandate for greenhouse gas emissions on firms’ subsequent emission levels and financial operating performance. For UK-incorporated listed firms a carbon disclosure mandate was adopted in 2013. Our difference-in-differences design shows that firms affected...

We evaluate German purchase subsidies for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) using data on new vehicle registrations in Germany during 2015-2022. We account for confounding time trends and interacting EU-level CO2 standards using neighboring countries...

The German economy continues to recover, and will grow by 2.2 percent in 2015 and by 1.9 percent in 2016. The unemployment rate will further decline, to 6.4 percent this year and 6.1percent in 2016. Inflation, which averages 0.5 percent this year, will be substantially dampened by the slump in...

Die deutsche Wirtschaft erholt sich weiter und wird in diesem Jahr wohl um 2,2 Prozent wachsen. Bei etwas schwächeren Zuwächsen beträgt das Plus im kommenden Jahr 1,9 Prozent. Im Zuge der günstigen konjunkturellen Entwicklung wird die Arbeitslosenquote weiter sinken, auf 6,4 Prozent in...

Carbon leakage is an issue of major interest in both academic and policy debates about the effectiveness of unilateral climate policy addressing global externalities. The debate is particularly salient in Europe, where the EU Emissions TradingSystem (EU ETS) covers emissions of many traded...