Focus of research

The team at the Professorship for Environmental Economics contributes to the following fields of research:

• The European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS)
  
  • Market stability reserve
  • Interaction with climate policy (e.g.  subsidies for renewables,  phase-out of incandescent light bulbs)
• Intrinsic motivation for environmental protection contribution
  
  • Basic motivation for environmental-protective behavior
  • Interaction with regulatory intervention (labels, taxes, standards, recommendations)
• Development and diffusion of abatement technologies
  
  • Interaction between environmental regulation and patent protection
  • Linkage between stringency of environmental regulation and investment incentives
• Measurement of life satisfaction
  • Measuring levels or changes
  • Habit formation especially with respect to absolute and relative income