Computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling has provided a number of important insights about the interplay between environmental tax policy and the pre-existing tax system. In this paper, we emphasize that a labor market policy of recycling tax revenues from an environmental tax to lower...

We investigate technology as a source of product differentiation and its impact on strategic behavior and wealth distribution in the German day-ahead market. We compare the performance of our model to a benchmark, using elasticity-adjusted markups and without bid data. We represent uncertainty...

International climate policy has assigned the leading role in emissions abatement to the industrialized countries while developing countries remain uncommitted to binding emission reduction targets. However, cooperation between the industrialized and the developing world through joint...

Germany has committed itself to reducing its carbon emissions by 25 percent in 2005 as compared to 1990 emission levels. To achieve this goal, the government has recently launched an environmental tax reform which entails a continuous increase in energy taxes in conjunction with a...

Im Oktober 2011 bestellte die Bundesregierung eine unabhängige Expertenkommission aus vier Energiewissenschaftlern, die das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie (BMWi) und das Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (BMU) bei der Erarbeitung des...

In this paper we discuss what needs to be done in a number of key policy areas. Certainly, the EU should focus on fields where benefits for all of Europe can be produced, and should withdraw from policy areas where this is not the case. Furthermore, deeper economic and political integration is...

Das vorliegende Dokument ist die Stellungnahme zum ersten Fortschrittsbericht und zum jährlichen Monitoring-Bericht der Bundesregierung. Im Fortschrittsbericht 2014 soll im Unterschied zu den rein faktenbasierten und vergangenheitsbezogenen Monitoring-Berichten eine weitreichendere Beurteilung...

Das vorliegende Dokument ist die Stellungnahme zum zweiten Monitoring-Bericht der Bundesregierung zur Energiewende. Zur Begleitung des Monitoring-Prozesses "Energie der Zukunft" wurde von der Bundesregierung eine Kommission aus unabhängigen Energieexperten berufen. Die Expertenkommission...