Household specific consumption behavior is of interest for various social and economic problems. The “Poverty Report” of the Federal government of Germany for example uses the information on consumption expenditures by different household types in the context of social participation. Other...

EXIOPOL (A New Environmental Accounting Framework Using Externality Data and Input-Output Tools for Policy Analysis) was a European Union (EU)-funded project creating a detailed, global, multiregional environmentally extended Supply and Use table (MR EE SUT) of 43 countries, 129 sectors, 80...

This paper presents findings of a study of the economic impacts of climate change adaptation. To estimate these impacts on the German economy and its individual sectors we follow a two-step approach: firstly, we estimate the damages resulting from recurring flood events and heat waves, based on...

Der Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien wird derzeit aufgrund des Anstiegs der EEG-Umlage in den Jahren 2013 und 2014 umfassend diskutiert im Hinblick auf die sozialen Verteilungswirkungen steigender Strompreise. In dieser Studie, die eine aktualisierte und ergänzte Fassung von Lehr & Drosdowski...

Although climate change is a global challenge, its effects occur locally and differ by region. A feasible adaptation strategy needs to assess regional damages and their socio-economic effects. For Germany, the largest threat comes from extreme weather events, which will impact residential and...

Die Berechnung der EEG-Umlage für das Jahr 2013 durch die Netzbetreiber hat zu einer breiten Diskussion über die sozialen Auswirkungen steigender Strompreise geführt. In der vorliegenden Studie werden modellgestützt Verteilungswirkungen bei einem Vergleich verschiedener Entwicklungspfade der...