• openAccess   Did the Kyoto Protocol fail? An evaluation of the effect of the Kyoto Protocol on CO2 emissions 

      Grunewald, Nicole; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada Cambridge University Press (2016-02)
      In this paper, we empirically investigate the impact of the Kyoto Protocol on CO2 emissions using a sample of 170 countries over the period 1992-2009. We propose the use of a difference-in-differences estimator with matching ...
    • openAccess   Feasible mitigation actions in developing countries 

      Jakob, Michael; Steckel, Jan Christoph; Lay, Jann; Grunewald, Nicole; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Renner, Sebastian; Edenhofer, Ottmar Nature Publishing Group (2014)
      Energy use is not only crucial for economic development, but is also the main driver of greenhouse-gas emissions. Developing countries can reduce emissions and thrive only if economic growth is disentangled from energy-related ...
    • openAccess   The Trade-off Between Income Inequality and Carbon Dioxide Emissions 

      Grunewald, Nicole; Klasen, Stephan; Martinez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Muris, Chris Elsevier (2017-12)
      Based on a substantially larger data set (in both regional and temporal coverage) than the existing literature, we investigate the theoretically ambiguous link between income inequality and per capita emissions using ...