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Dekarbonisierung bis zum Jahr 2050? : klimapolitische Maßnahmen und Energieprognosen für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz

Frondel, Manuel; Thomas, Tobias - 2020

präsentiert dieser Beitrag Prognosen des Energiebedarfs und der Energiemixe für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz für das … gravierende Unterschiede: Während Deutschland bislang vorwiegend auf die massive Subventionierung alternativer … des Energiebedarfs der drei Länder deuten darauf hin, dass vor allem Deutschland und Österreich mit einer Fortführung der …

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Assessing voluntary commitments : monitoring is not enough!

Böhringer, Christoph; Frondel, Manuel - 2002

This paper deals with a special type of voluntary approach to protect the environment, for example, that we would like to term voluntary commitment. Its major characteristic is that it represents a unilateral declaration without a decisively active role of regulators. In other words, voluntary...

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Driving for fun? : a comparison of weekdays and weekend travel

Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2009

Focusing on individual motorists in car-owning households in Germany, this paper econometrically investigates the determinants of automobile travel with the specific aim of quantifying the effects of fuel prices and person-level attributes on travel conducted over a five-day week and weekend....

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Economic impacts from the promotion of renewable energy technologies : the German experience

Frondel, Manuel; Ritter, Nolan; Schmidt, Christoph M.; … - 2009

The allure of an environmentally benign, abundant, and cost-effective energy source has led an increasing number of industrialized countries to back public financing of renewable energies. Germany's experience with renewable energy promotion is often cited as a model to be replicated elsewhere,...

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Germany's solar cell promotion : an unfolding disaster

Frondel, Manuel; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Vance, Colin - 2012

This article revisits an analysis by Frondel, Ritter and Schmidt (2008) of Germany's Renewable Energy Act, which legislates a system of feed-in tariff s to promote the use of renewable energies. As in the original article, we argue that Germany's support scheme subsidizes renewable energy...

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Rarely enjoyed? : A count data analysis of ridership in Germany's public transport

Frondel, Manuel; Vance, Colin - 2010

Focusing on adult members of German households, this paper investigates the determinants of public transit ridership with the aim of quantifying the effects of fuel prices, fares, person-level attributes, and characteristics of the transit system on transport counts over a five-day week. The...

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Die Kosten des Klimaschutzes am Beispiel der Strompreise

Frondel, Manuel; Ritter, Nolan; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2011

Die Strompreise kennen seit Anfang des neuen Jahrtausends in Deutschland nur eine Richtung: nach oben. Die Hauptursache …

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Germany's solar cell promotion : dark clouds on the horizon

Frondel, Manuel (contributor); Ritter, Nolan (contributor); … - 2008

This article demonstrates that the large feed-in tariffs currently guaranteed for solar electricity in Germany constitute a subsidization regime that, if extended to 2020, threatens to reach a level comparable to that of German hard coal production, a notoriously outstanding example of misguided...

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Do high oil prices matter? : evidence on the mobility behavior of German households

Frondel, Manuel (contributor); Vance, Colin (contributor) - 2008

Focusing on travel survey data from Germany, this paper investigates the determinants of automobile travel, with the specific aim of quantifying the effects of fuel prices and fuel economy. The analysis is predicated on the notion that car mileage is a two-stage decision process, comprising the...

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Reducing vehicle cold start emissions through carbon pricing : evidence from Germany

Frondel, Manuel; Marggraf, Clemens; Sommer, Stephan; … - 2021

A large proportion of local pollutants originating from the road transport sector is generated during the so-called cold-start phase of driving, that is, the first few minutes of driving after a car has stood inactive for several hours. Drawing on data from the German Mobility Panel (MOP), this...

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