This dissertation deals with the complex and multifaceted issue of climate change and climate policy. Since the problem touches upon many disciplines and also subfields within economics, the present study tries to bridge the gaps between different areas and dimensions of economic analysis....

This volume was prepared by Julian Dieler while he was working with the Center for Energy, Climate and exhaustible Resources at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. At the latest since the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 climate policies are permanently on the international policy...

This dissertation was written by Johannes Pfeiffer while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in November 2016 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the department of economics of the University Regensburg in December 2016. The thesis studies unintended...

Jahre nach Einführung der sogenannten CO2-Bepreisung fossiler Brenn- und Kraftstoffe zum Zwecke des Klimaschutzes hat die Politik das Versprechen zur Rückverteilung der CO2-Preiseinnahmen noch immer nicht umgesetzt. Vor diesem Hintergrund untersucht dieser Beitrag die sozialen Auswirkungen der...

Fiscal policy choices have a particularly significant impact on economic performance in oil-exporting countries, owing to the importance of the oil sector in the economy and the fact that in most countries oil revenues accrue to the government. At the same time, fiscal policy in oil-centred...

Diese Studie liefert auf Basis von Befragungsergebnissen aus dem IW-Zukunftspanel erstmalig Erkenntnisse zur Relevanz der Digitalisierung bei Maßnahmen zur Steigerung der Materialeffizienz. Bisher dominieren im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe eher klassische effizienzsteigernde Maßnahmen, die die...

Dieses Diskussionspapier beleuchtet die PRME-Verpflichtung der Hochschule Pforzheim und die daraus resultierenden Probleme (Abschnitt 2) aus vier Perspektiven: der erkenntnistheoretischen (Abschnitt 3), der erfahrungswissenschaftlichen (Abschnitt 4), der juristischen (Abschnitt 5) und einer...

This paper describes the introduction of biophysical constraints into a disaggregated dynamic New Keynesian (DYNK) model using the example of different resource use scenarios for Europe, derived from global UNEP scenarios. The DYNK model covers 59 industries and five income groups of households...

The agricultural sector in Kazakhstan experienced declining output throughout the 1990s, partly because relative prices shifted from being distorted in favor of farmers to being distorted against them. After the end of the decade public policy shifted towards support for (or less discrimination...

This study seeks to answer two questions first, which countries and industries within the EU-15 group of countries are most vulnerable to possible supply shocks with respect to crude oil and with respect to natural gas and, second, what is the current state of the EU's debate on Europe's energy...