Eine der Voraussetzungen, die dem von den Autoren entwickelten Szenario zugrunde liegen, die Ratifizierung der Klimaschutzziele von Kyoto, wurde inzwischen auf dem politischen Altar bereits wieder geopfert. Um so wichtiger erscheint es daher, dem Leser eine leicht zu lesende, umfassende...

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,...

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...