Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW),  Germany
Contact: Christoph Böhringer
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Description:The main focuses of ZEW's research are the Kyoto Protocol, possible alternatives concerning future international climate policies, and ways of implementing them on national and European levels.

Publications: Böhringer, Christoph und Thomas F. Rutherford (2004), Who should pay how much? Compensation for International Spillovers from Carbon Abatement Policies to Developing Countries - A Global CGE Assessment, Computational Economics 23 (1), 71-103.

Böhringer, Christoph and H. Welsch (2004), C&C - Contraction and Convergence of Carbon Emissions: The Implications of Permit Trading, Journal of Policy Modeling 26 (1), 21-39.

Böhringer, Christoph und Carsten Vogt (2004), The dismantling of a breakthrough: the Kyoto Protocol as symbolic policy, European Journal of Political Economy 20(3), 597-617. 

Böhringer, Christoph und Andreas Löschel (2003), "Climate Policy Beyond Kyoto: Quo Vadis? A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis Based on Expert Judgements", ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-09, Mannheim. 

Andreas Lange,  Carsten Vogt,  (2003),  Cooperation in International Environmental Negotiations due to a Preference for Equity,  Journal of Public Economics  Bd. 87,  2049–2067.

Lange, Andreas und Christoph Böhringer (2003), On the Design of Optimal Grandfathering Schemes for Emission Allowances, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-08, Mannheim. 

Böhringer, Christoph und Andreas Lange (2003), "Economic Implications of Alternative Allocation Schemes for Emission Allowances", ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-22, Mannheim.

Böhringer, Christoph (2003), The Kyoto Protocol: A Review and Perspectives, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-61, Mannheim. 

Christoph Böhringer,  Manuel Frondel,  (2002),  "Assessing Voluntary Commitments: Monitoring is Not Enough!", ZEW Discussion  Paper No.  02-62, Mannheim  Download

Böhringer, Christoph und Andreas Löschel (2002), Economic Impacts of Carbon Abatement Strategies, in: C. Böhringer, M. Finus and C.Vogt, Controlling Gobal Warming, Perspectives from Economics, Game Theory and Public Choice, New Horizons in Environmental Economics Cheltenham, 98-172.

Christoph Böhringer,  Heinz Welsch,  (2001),  Contraction of Global Carbon Emissions: How Acceptable Are Alternative Emission Entitlement Schemes?, ZEW Discussion Paper No.  01-65, Mannheim

Christoph Böhringer,  Thomas F. Rutherford,  (2000), "Decomposing the Cost of Kyoto. A Global CGE Analysis of Multilateral Policy Impacts", ZEW Discussion Paper No.  00-11, Mannheim 

Böhringer, Christoph (2000), Shaping Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategies - Policy Issues and Quantitative Insights, in: K.L. Brockmann and M. Stronzik, Flexible Mechanisms for an Efficient Climate Policy, ZEW Economic Studies, Bd. 11, Heidelberg, 19-30.

Böhringer, Christoph (2000), Cooling Down Hot Air - A Global CGE Analysis of Post-Kyoto Carbon Abatement Strategies, Energy Policy 28, 779-789. 

Böhringer, Christoph, J. Jensen und T.F. Rutherford (2000), Energy Market Projections and Differentiated Carbon Abatement in the European Union, in: C. Carraro, Efficiency and Equity of Climate Change Policy, 199-220. 

Christoph Böhringer,  H. Welsch,  (1999),  C&C - Contraction and Convergence of Carbon Emissions: The Economic Implications of Permit Trading, ZEW  Discussion  Paper  No.  99-13, Mannheim  Download

Böhringer, Christoph, A. Pahlke und T.F. Rutherford (1999), Carbon Abatement, Revenue Recycling and Intergenerational Burden Sharing, in: P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, The Theory of Markets, Amsterdam, 305-326. 

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Phone: +49 (0)621 1235-200
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E-mail: boehringer@zew.de
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