33 Publications
2025 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 58473
Osberghaus, D., Botzen, W., & Kesternich, M. (2025). The intention-behavior gap in climate change adaptation: Evidence from longitudinal survey data. Ecological Economics .
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2025 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 57139
Chlond, B., Goeschl , T., & Kesternich, M. (2025). More money or better procedures? Evidence from an Energy Efficiency Assistance Program . Journal of Environmental Economics and Management .
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2024 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 47099
Bartels, L., Kesternich, M., & Löschel, A. (2024). The Demand for Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal – Experimental Evidence from an Afforestation Project in Germany. Land Economics . https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3979837
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2024 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 56494 |

Kesternich, M., Chlond , B., Goeschl, T., & Werthschulte, M. (2024). Transporting behavioral insights to low-income households: A field experiment on energy efficiency investments. AWI Discussion Paper Series No. 755.
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2024 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 57603
Chlond, B., Goeschl, T., Kesternich, M., & Werthschulte, M. (2024). Zielgruppengerichtete Ausgestaltung von Förderprogrammen führt zum Erfolg: Was uns das Beispiel „Energieeffizienz für alle“ lehrt. ZEW Policy Brief 24-21.
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2023 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 47093
Alt, M., Kesternich, M., Gallier, C., & Sturm, B. (2023). Collective Minimum Contributions to Counteract the Ratchet Effect in the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4288327
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2023 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 47102
Gallier, C., Goeschl, T., Kesternich, M., Lohse, J., Reif, C., & Römer, D. (2023). Inter-Charity Competition under Spatial Differentiation: Sorting, Crowding, and Spillovers. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 216, 457–468. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3466679
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2023 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47078
Frick, M., Foese, D., Von Graevenitz, K., Kesternich, M., & Wagner, U. (2023). Die Doppelwirkung von Information für klimafreundliches Handeln (pp. 44–50). Ökologisches Wirtschaften 38(1). https://doi.org/10.14512/oew380144
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2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47094
Bartels, L., & Kesternich, M. (2022). Motivate the Crowd or Crowd-Them Out? The Impact of Local Government Spending on the Voluntary Provision of a Green Public Good. ZEW Discussion Paper 22-040. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4251592
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2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47096
Chlond, B., Goeschl, T., & Kesternich, M. (2022). More Money or Better Procedures? Evidence From an Energy Efficiency Assistance Program. ZEW Discussion Paper 22-020. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4151557
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2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47092
Kesternich, M., Osberghaus, D., & Botzen, W. J. W. (2022). The Intention-Behavior Gap in Climate Change Adaptation. ZEW Discussion Paper 22-055. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4288341
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2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47080
Kesternich, M., & von Graevenitz, K. (2022). Gas- statt Preisbremse: Wie die Umsetzung von Unterstützungsprogrammen zum Gassparen für Haushalte und Unternehmen gelingen kann. ifo Schnelldienst 11/2022, 21-24.
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2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47097
Chlond, B., Goeschl, T., & Kesternich, M. (2022). Wie lässt sich die Energieeffizienz in einkommensschwachen Haushalten steigern? ZEW Policy Brief 22-01.
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2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47095
Kesternich, M., Will, U., & Manger-Nestler, C. (2022). Pariser Klimaschutzabkommen – Berichtsstandards und Begleitanalysen nationaler Klimaschutzbeiträge stärken. ZEW Policy Brief 22-04.
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2021 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47098
Alt, M., Gallier, C., Sturm, B., & Kesternich, M. (2021). Ausblick auf die COP26 in Glasgow, Eine schrittweise Erhöhung der Klimaschutzbeiträge reicht nicht – ein Klimaklub sollte mitgedacht werden. ZEW Policy Brief 21-09.
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2021 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47100
Frick, M., Conzelmann, A., von Graevenitz, K., Kesternich, M., Wagner, U., & Rausch, S. (2021). Transparente Klimabilanzen - Information für klimafreundliches Handeln.
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2021 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45587
Habla, W., Huwe, V., & Kesternich, M. (2021). Electric and conventional vehicle usage in private and car sharing fleets in Germany. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 93, Article 102729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102729
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2020 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45586
Kesternich, M., Löschel, A., & Ziegler, A. (2020). Negotiating weights for burden sharing rules in international climate negotiations: an empirical analysis. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 23(2), 309–331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-020-00289-0
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2019 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47083
Habla, W., Huwe, V., & Kesternich, M. (2019). Tempolimits und Grenzwerte: für eine evidenzbasierte verkehrspolitische Debatte: Vol. 99(5) (pp. 330–334). Wirtschaftsdienst 99(5), 330-334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10273-019-2452-6
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2019 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47081
Kesternich, M. (2019). Eine City-Maut ist Diesel-Fahrverboten in Städten klar überlegen. MRN: E-Mobilität in der Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar.
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2019 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45585
Gallier, C., Goeschl, T., Kesternich, M., Lohse, J., Reif, C., & Römer, D. (2019). Leveling up? An inter-neighborhood experiment on parochialism and the efficiency of multi-level public goods provision. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 164, 500–517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.05.028
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2019 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45588
Kesternich, M., Römer, D., & Flues, F. (2019). The power of active choice: Field experimental evidence on repeated contribution decisions to a carbon offsetting program. European Economic Review, 114, 76–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.02.001
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2018 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47090
Kesternich, M. (2018). Bottom-up climate mitigation efforts (Vol. 1, pp. 19–22). EAERE Magazine 1, 19-22.
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2017 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47103
Gallier, C., Kesternich, M., Löschel, A., & Waichmann, I. (2017). Ratchet Up or Down? An Experimental Investigation of Global Public Good Provision in the United Nations Youth Associations Network (Vols. 17–071). ZEW Discussion Paper 17-071. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3091619
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2017 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45589
Kesternich, M., Lange, A., & Sturm, B. (2017). On the performance of rule-based contribution schemes under endowment heterogeneity. Experimental Economics, 21(1), 180–204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-017-9535-2
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2017 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45590
Kesternich, M., Reif, C., & Rübbelke, D. (2017). Recent Trends in Behavioral Environmental Economics. Environmental and Resource Economics, 67(3), 403–411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0162-3
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2016 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45592
Kesternich, M., Löschel, A., & Römer, D. (2016). The long-term impact of matching and rebate subsidies when public goods are impure: Field experimental evidence from the carbon offsetting market. Journal of Public Economics, 137, 70–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.01.004
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2016 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45591
Gallier, C., Kesternich, M., & Sturm, B. (2016). Voting for Burden Sharing Rules in Public Goods Games. Environmental and Resource Economics, 67(3), 535–557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-016-0022-6
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2015 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45593
Kesternich, M. (2015). Minimum participation rules in international environmental agreements: empirical evidence from a survey among delegates in international climate negotiations. Applied Economics, 48(12), 1047–1065. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2015.1093082
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2015 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45594
Dai, J., Kesternich, M., Löschel, A., & Ziegler, A. (2015). Extreme weather experiences and climate change beliefs in China: An econometric analysis. Ecological Economics, 116, 310–321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.05.001
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2014 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45595
Kesternich, M., Lange, A., & Sturm, B. (2014). The impact of burden sharing rules on the voluntary provision of public goods. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 105, 107–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.04.024
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2012 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47104
Kesternich, M. (2012). What Drives WTP for Energy Efficiency When Moving? Evidence from a Germany-Wide Household Survey (Vols. 11–004). ZEW Working Paper 11-004. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1759404
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2011 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47091
Löschel, A., Reif, C., Kesternich, M., Koesler, S., Osberghaus, D., & Korioth, S. (2011). Versteigerungserlöse aus CO2-Zertifikaten im Spannungsfeld zwischen Bund und Ländern: Vol. 91(10) (pp. 712–716). Wirtschaftsdienst 91(10), 712-716. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10273-011-1289-4
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33 Publications
2025 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 58473
Osberghaus, D., Botzen, W., & Kesternich, M. (2025). The intention-behavior gap in climate change adaptation: Evidence from longitudinal survey data. Ecological Economics .
LibreCat
2025 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 57139
Chlond, B., Goeschl , T., & Kesternich, M. (2025). More money or better procedures? Evidence from an Energy Efficiency Assistance Program . Journal of Environmental Economics and Management .
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2024 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 47099
Bartels, L., Kesternich, M., & Löschel, A. (2024). The Demand for Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal – Experimental Evidence from an Afforestation Project in Germany. Land Economics . https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3979837
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| DOI
2024 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 56494 |

Kesternich, M., Chlond , B., Goeschl, T., & Werthschulte, M. (2024). Transporting behavioral insights to low-income households: A field experiment on energy efficiency investments. AWI Discussion Paper Series No. 755.
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2024 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 57603
Chlond, B., Goeschl, T., Kesternich, M., & Werthschulte, M. (2024). Zielgruppengerichtete Ausgestaltung von Förderprogrammen führt zum Erfolg: Was uns das Beispiel „Energieeffizienz für alle“ lehrt. ZEW Policy Brief 24-21.
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2023 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 47093
Alt, M., Kesternich, M., Gallier, C., & Sturm, B. (2023). Collective Minimum Contributions to Counteract the Ratchet Effect in the Voluntary Provision of Public Goods. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4288327
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2023 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 47102
Gallier, C., Goeschl, T., Kesternich, M., Lohse, J., Reif, C., & Römer, D. (2023). Inter-Charity Competition under Spatial Differentiation: Sorting, Crowding, and Spillovers. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 216, 457–468. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3466679
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2023 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47078
Frick, M., Foese, D., Von Graevenitz, K., Kesternich, M., & Wagner, U. (2023). Die Doppelwirkung von Information für klimafreundliches Handeln (pp. 44–50). Ökologisches Wirtschaften 38(1). https://doi.org/10.14512/oew380144
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2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47094
Bartels, L., & Kesternich, M. (2022). Motivate the Crowd or Crowd-Them Out? The Impact of Local Government Spending on the Voluntary Provision of a Green Public Good. ZEW Discussion Paper 22-040. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4251592
LibreCat
| DOI
2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47096
Chlond, B., Goeschl, T., & Kesternich, M. (2022). More Money or Better Procedures? Evidence From an Energy Efficiency Assistance Program. ZEW Discussion Paper 22-020. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4151557
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| DOI
2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47092
Kesternich, M., Osberghaus, D., & Botzen, W. J. W. (2022). The Intention-Behavior Gap in Climate Change Adaptation. ZEW Discussion Paper 22-055. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4288341
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2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47080
Kesternich, M., & von Graevenitz, K. (2022). Gas- statt Preisbremse: Wie die Umsetzung von Unterstützungsprogrammen zum Gassparen für Haushalte und Unternehmen gelingen kann. ifo Schnelldienst 11/2022, 21-24.
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2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47097
Chlond, B., Goeschl, T., & Kesternich, M. (2022). Wie lässt sich die Energieeffizienz in einkommensschwachen Haushalten steigern? ZEW Policy Brief 22-01.
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2022 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47095
Kesternich, M., Will, U., & Manger-Nestler, C. (2022). Pariser Klimaschutzabkommen – Berichtsstandards und Begleitanalysen nationaler Klimaschutzbeiträge stärken. ZEW Policy Brief 22-04.
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2021 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47098
Alt, M., Gallier, C., Sturm, B., & Kesternich, M. (2021). Ausblick auf die COP26 in Glasgow, Eine schrittweise Erhöhung der Klimaschutzbeiträge reicht nicht – ein Klimaklub sollte mitgedacht werden. ZEW Policy Brief 21-09.
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2021 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47100
Frick, M., Conzelmann, A., von Graevenitz, K., Kesternich, M., Wagner, U., & Rausch, S. (2021). Transparente Klimabilanzen - Information für klimafreundliches Handeln.
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2021 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45587
Habla, W., Huwe, V., & Kesternich, M. (2021). Electric and conventional vehicle usage in private and car sharing fleets in Germany. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 93, Article 102729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102729
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2020 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45586
Kesternich, M., Löschel, A., & Ziegler, A. (2020). Negotiating weights for burden sharing rules in international climate negotiations: an empirical analysis. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 23(2), 309–331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-020-00289-0
LibreCat
| DOI
2019 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47083
Habla, W., Huwe, V., & Kesternich, M. (2019). Tempolimits und Grenzwerte: für eine evidenzbasierte verkehrspolitische Debatte: Vol. 99(5) (pp. 330–334). Wirtschaftsdienst 99(5), 330-334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10273-019-2452-6
LibreCat
| DOI
2019 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47081
Kesternich, M. (2019). Eine City-Maut ist Diesel-Fahrverboten in Städten klar überlegen. MRN: E-Mobilität in der Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar.
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2019 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45585
Gallier, C., Goeschl, T., Kesternich, M., Lohse, J., Reif, C., & Römer, D. (2019). Leveling up? An inter-neighborhood experiment on parochialism and the efficiency of multi-level public goods provision. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 164, 500–517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.05.028
LibreCat
| DOI
2019 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45588
Kesternich, M., Römer, D., & Flues, F. (2019). The power of active choice: Field experimental evidence on repeated contribution decisions to a carbon offsetting program. European Economic Review, 114, 76–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.02.001
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| DOI
2018 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47090
Kesternich, M. (2018). Bottom-up climate mitigation efforts (Vol. 1, pp. 19–22). EAERE Magazine 1, 19-22.
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2017 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47103
Gallier, C., Kesternich, M., Löschel, A., & Waichmann, I. (2017). Ratchet Up or Down? An Experimental Investigation of Global Public Good Provision in the United Nations Youth Associations Network (Vols. 17–071). ZEW Discussion Paper 17-071. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3091619
LibreCat
| DOI
2017 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45589
Kesternich, M., Lange, A., & Sturm, B. (2017). On the performance of rule-based contribution schemes under endowment heterogeneity. Experimental Economics, 21(1), 180–204. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-017-9535-2
LibreCat
| DOI
2017 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45590
Kesternich, M., Reif, C., & Rübbelke, D. (2017). Recent Trends in Behavioral Environmental Economics. Environmental and Resource Economics, 67(3), 403–411. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-017-0162-3
LibreCat
| DOI
2016 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45592
Kesternich, M., Löschel, A., & Römer, D. (2016). The long-term impact of matching and rebate subsidies when public goods are impure: Field experimental evidence from the carbon offsetting market. Journal of Public Economics, 137, 70–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2016.01.004
LibreCat
| DOI
2016 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45591
Gallier, C., Kesternich, M., & Sturm, B. (2016). Voting for Burden Sharing Rules in Public Goods Games. Environmental and Resource Economics, 67(3), 535–557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-016-0022-6
LibreCat
| DOI
2015 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45593
Kesternich, M. (2015). Minimum participation rules in international environmental agreements: empirical evidence from a survey among delegates in international climate negotiations. Applied Economics, 48(12), 1047–1065. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2015.1093082
LibreCat
| DOI
2015 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45594
Dai, J., Kesternich, M., Löschel, A., & Ziegler, A. (2015). Extreme weather experiences and climate change beliefs in China: An econometric analysis. Ecological Economics, 116, 310–321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.05.001
LibreCat
| DOI
2014 | Journal Article | LibreCat-ID: 45595
Kesternich, M., Lange, A., & Sturm, B. (2014). The impact of burden sharing rules on the voluntary provision of public goods. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 105, 107–123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.04.024
LibreCat
| DOI
2012 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47104
Kesternich, M. (2012). What Drives WTP for Energy Efficiency When Moving? Evidence from a Germany-Wide Household Survey (Vols. 11–004). ZEW Working Paper 11-004. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1759404
LibreCat
| DOI
2011 | Working Paper | LibreCat-ID: 47091
Löschel, A., Reif, C., Kesternich, M., Koesler, S., Osberghaus, D., & Korioth, S. (2011). Versteigerungserlöse aus CO2-Zertifikaten im Spannungsfeld zwischen Bund und Ländern: Vol. 91(10) (pp. 712–716). Wirtschaftsdienst 91(10), 712-716. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10273-011-1289-4
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