Predicting long-run growth effects of decarbonization is subject to high uncertainty. Awareness of limitations of growth forecasts should be raised. Scientific communication should aim at forecasts being misused in the political debate. Comparative analysis of growth effects can have value for...

The paper aims at extending the debate on Environmental Kuznets Curves to the case of non-renewable resources and to discuss the driving forces that might give rise to EKC's in this case. The paper at hand deviates from the standard EKC analysis in two ways: First, mostly EKC's are analyzed for...

Aktuellen Schätzungen zufolge könnte die EU ihr Klimaziel von 30% Emissionsminderung bis 2020 erreichen. Um allerdings Treibhausgasneutralität bis 2050 zu erreichen, müssen weitere Maßnahmen ergriffen werden. Notwendig ist eine umfassende Bepreisung von Treibhausgasemissionen der bisher...

Zeit zum Ausruhen ist für die Bundespolitik nach der Verabschiedung des Bundesklimaschutzgesetzes Ende Juni 2021 nicht. Im Gegenteil, die größten Herausforderungen stehen erst an. Für alle volkswirtschaftlichen Sektoren ist unklar, wie die teils massiven Zielerhöhungen erreicht werden...

In many countries the government supports individuals' and companies' donations dedicated to charity organizations or { more general { to public goods. Yet the effects of governmental support with respect to the provision of public goods has been and still is subject to an extensive debate in...

In this paper we analyze the importance of recycling in the strive for sustainable development. In contrast to former approaches we emphasize the role of the waste stock as a source of valuable inputs. We enhance a Romer (1990) type endogenous growth model by a material balance condition that...