Methods and documentation for Nature and the environment
Articles, analysis, and publications
2022
- Policies for electrification of the car fleet in the short and long run – subsidizing electric vehicles or subsidizing charging stations? Article 10 May
Abatement can be performed by measures that have an impact on present emissions, but no lasting effect, and by long-lived infrastructure investments.
2021
- Green technology policies versus carbon pricing Article 19 October
Technology policy is the most widespread form of climate policy and is often preferred over seemingly efficient carbon pricing.
- Endogenous preferences and environmental policy Article 5 October
This paper investigates environmental policy in the presence of endogenous preferences. The optimal time trajectory is achieved if and only if the consumer is perfectly time-consistent.