Predicting long-run growth effects of decarbonization is subject to high uncertainty. Awareness of limitations of growth forecasts should be raised. Scientific communication should aim at forecasts being misused in the political debate. Comparative analysis of growth effects can have value for...

Der Umbau des deutschen Energiesystems im Zuge der Energiewende wirkt sich in vielfältiger Weise auf die Ziele des energiepolitischen Zieldreiecks - Wirtschaftlichkeit, Umweltverträglichkeit und Versorgungssicherheit - aus. Diese Auswirkungen werden in der politischen und wissenschaftlichen...

The paper aims at extending the debate on Environmental Kuznets Curves to the case of non-renewable resources and to discuss the driving forces that might give rise to EKC's in this case. The paper at hand deviates from the standard EKC analysis in two ways: First, mostly EKC's are analyzed for...