Adaptation to climate change is becoming increasingly important in the political and scientific debate. The reason for this is that climate change impacts are visible already today and will intensify in the next decades. Furthermore, the prospects for an effective international agreement on...

Given the ubiquitous scarcity of resources an economic approach is necessary in order to determine an optimal strategy of adaptation to climate change. In this paper we develop an economic framework for the study of adaptation which allows us to distinguish between decentralized adaptation by...

Auch in Deutschland kam es in den letzten Jahren vermehrt zu Hochwasserereignissen mit erheblichen ökonomischen Schäden. Die privaten Haushalte sind auf derartige Katastrophen oft schlecht vorbereitet, da ihnen gar nicht bekannt ist, dass ihre Wohngebäude- oder Hausratversicherung in solchen...

Die vorliegende Arbeit hat die übergeordnete Zielsetzung, Maßnahmenvorschläge im Bereich der Finanzierungs- und Anreizstrukturen für die Umsetzung der nationalen Anpassungsstrategie der Bundesregierung zu machen. Dazu wird der aktuelle Forschungsstand zur Ökonomie des Klimawandels und der...

We analyze the productivity effects of environmental (green) investment as well as of environmental expenditures and energy expenditures. For this purpose, we follow a production function approach where we account for these investment and expenditure categories as inputs. Based on a panel...

We analyze the productivity effects of environmental (green) investment as well as of environmental expenditures and energy expenditures. For this purpose, we follow a production function approach where we account for these investment and expenditure categories as inputs. Based on a panel...