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Estimating a consumer demand system of energy, mobility and leisure: A microdata approach for Germany

Beznoska, Martin - 2014

This paper investigates empirically the consumer demand of environmentally relevant goods for Germany, as well as their relationship to the demand for leisure. Higher prices for energy goods like gas, electricity or fuel oil due to higher indirect taxation amongst others may have serious welfare...

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Two price zones for the German electricity market: Market implications and distributional effects

Egerer, Jonas; Weibezahn, Jens; Hermann, Hauke - 2015

We discuss the implications of two price zones, i.e. one northern and southern bidding area, on the German electricity market. In the northern zone, continuous capacity additions with low variable costs cause large regional supply surpluses in the market dispatch while conventional capacity...

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Market power rents and climate change mitigation: A rationale for coal taxes?

Richter, Philipp M.; Mendelevitch, Roman; Jotzo, Frank - 2015

In this paper we investigate the introduction of an export tax on steam coal levied by an individual country (Australia), or a group of major exporting countries. The policy motivation would be twofold: generating tax revenues against the background of improved terms-of-trade, while CO2...

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Lifting the US crude oil export ban: A numerical partial-equilibrium analysis

Langer, Lissy; Huppmann, Daniel; Holz, Franziska - 2016

The upheaval in global crude oil markets and the boom in oil production from shale plays in North America have brought scrutiny on the export ban for crude oil in the United States. This paper examines the global flows and strategic refinery adjustments in a spatial, game-theoretic...

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Understanding energy savings in a crisis: The role of prices and non-monetary factors

Behr, Sophie M.; Köveker, Till; Kücük, Merve - 2025

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was accompanied by a significant reduction of its gas supply to Europe, causing sharp energy price surges and prompting governments to respond with public appeals and programs aimed at reducing consumption. This paper investigates the effects of price...

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Prioritize to decarbonize: Thermal retrofits, carbon prices, and energy inequality

Behr, Sophie M.; Kucuk, Merve; Longmuir, Maximilian; … - 2025

The energy crisis following Russia's invasion of Ukraine exposed the heightened vulnerability of low-income households to rising heating costs, particularly those in energy inefficient buildings. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this study examines the distributional...

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Does consumption decline at retirement? Evidence from repeated cross-section data for Germany

Beznoska, Martin; Steiner, Viktor - 2012

The life-cycle hypothesis implies that consumption would not decline at retirement. However, several studies found relevant declines in food consumption after retirement for the United States. Others concluded that this contradiction of the life-cycle hypothesis is solved by allowing for broader...

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Environmental damage and price taking behaviour by firms and consumers

Houba, Harold; Kremers, Hans - 2009

Integrated assessment models lack a microeconomic foundation in modelling environmental damages to the economy. To overcome this, damage coefficients are incorporated in standard microeconomic models. Firms and consumers take both damages and prices as given. Demand, supply, profit and...

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Inform me when it matters: Cost salience, energy consumption, and efficiency investments

Singhal, Puja - 2020

why the timing of utility bills leads to salience bias in heat energy consumption. In Germany, the 12-month billing period … varies across buildings with a significant share of buildings receiving bills during the summer months, when the salience of … to identify the salience effect of costs on energy consumption and the underlying heterogeneity in the average treatment …

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A Greenfield model to evaluate long-run power storage requirements for high shares of renewables

Zerrahn, Alexander; Schill, Wolf-Peter - 2015

We develop a dispatch and investment model to study the role of power storage and other flexibility options in a greenfield setting with high shares of renewables. The model captures multiple system values of power storage related to arbitrage, dispatchable capacity, and reserves. In a baseline...

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