Swiss targets for climate policy require significant reductions of emissions by 2050. While such reductions can be achieved in a cost-efficient manner by employing taxes on greenhouse gas emissions, such taxes tend to lead to a regressive distribution of policy cost among households. To...

On aggregate, the energy system related impact of Brexit on EU citizens and companies will be limited. With or without the UK, the EU will be able to pursue its energy and climate policy goals relatively unaltered. - An immense number of very important details will need to be resolved in a short...

This study provided by Policy Department A at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) shows that the energy-system related impact of Brexit on EU citizens and companies will be limited. The EU will be able to complete its market, achieve its...

This study provided by Policy Department A at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) shows that the energy-system related impact of Brexit on EU citizens and companies will be limited. The EU will be able to complete its market, achieve its...

On aggregate, the energy system related impact of Brexit on EU citizens and companies will be limited. With or without the UK, the EU will be able to pursue its energy and climate policy goals relatively unaltered. - An immense number of very important details will need to be resolved in a short...

In meiner Doktorarbeit analysiere ich in welchem Ausmass Modellierungsresultate von Entscheidungen abhängen, wie Teile der Ökonomie oder der physischen Welt in einem Modell dargestellt werden. Der erste Teil der Arbeit dreht sich um die Darstellung von Produktionssektoren im Allgemeinen und...

Over the last decade Germany has boosted renewable energy in power production by means of massive subsidies. The flip side are very high electricity prices which raises concerns that the transition cost towards a renewable energy system will be mainly borne by poor households. In this paper, we...

Over the last decade Germany has boosted renewable energy in power production by means of massive subsidies. The flip side are very high electricity prices which raises concerns that the transition cost towards a renewable energy system will be mainly borne by poor households. In this paper, we...

We examine the distributional and efficiency impacts of climate policy in the context of fiscal consolidation in a dynamic general-equilibrium overlapping generations model of the US economy. The model includes a disaggregated production structure, including energy sector detail and advanced...