Climate Change and Environmental Policy
We investigate how economic activities influence and, in turn, are influenced, by the natural environment and we formulate policy recommendations to balance economic use and long-term conservation of ecosystem functions and services efficiently. The specific issues include:
- How can tax/subsidy schemes be designed and applied to foster the adoption of clean technologies?
- How can global refunding schemes be designed to produce an efficient global climate policy?
- How can or should global climate treaties be drafted?
- How can efficiency and equity objectives be combined in global climate policy?
Publications
- Double Free-Riding in Innovation and Abatement: A Rules Treaty Solution, Environmental & Resource Economics, 73(2), 2019, 449-483
(Hans Gersbach, Quirin Oberpriller, and Martin Scheffel)
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- A Development-Compatible Refunding Scheme for a Climate Treaty, Resource and Energy Economics, 2016.
(Hans Gersbach and Noemi Hummel)
Download Working Paper Version - Global Refunding and Climate Change, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 36(11), 2012, 1775–1795.
(Hans Gersbach and Ralph Winkler)
Download Working Paper Version - International Emission Permit Markets with Refunding, European Economic Review, 55(6), 2011, 759-773.
(Hans Gersbach and Ralph Winkler)
Download Working Paper Version - A New Way to Address Climate Change: A Global Refunding System, The Economists' Voice, 5(4), 2008, Article 2.
(Hans Gersbach)
Download PDF Download - Emission Taxes and Optimal Refunding Schemes, Journal of Public Economics, 88, 2004, 713-725.
(Hans Gersbach and Till Requate)
Download PDF Download - How to Get Firms to Invest: A Simple Solution to the Hold-up Problem in Regulation, Review of Economic Design, 7(1), 2002, 45-56.
(Hans Gersbach)
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Working Papers
- Download Permit Markets, Carbon Prices and the Creation of Innovation Clusters
(Hans Gersbach and Marie-Catherine Riekhof) - Download Technology Treaties and Climate Change
(Hans Gersbach and Marie-Catherine Riekhof)
- Download Rules vs. Targets: Climate Treaties under Uncertainty
(Hans Gersbach and Quirin Oberpriller)
- Download Sustainable Climate Treaties (PDF, 1.2 MB)
(Hans Gersbach, Noemi Hummel and Ralph Winkler)
Team Members
Cooperation Partner
- external page Ralph Winkler (University of Bern)
- external page Marie-Catherine Riekhof (University Kiel)