Kai Lessmann

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

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14412 Potsdam, Brandenburg

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Renewable Energy Subsidies: Second-Best Policy or Fatal Aberration for Mitigation?

FEEM Working Paper No. 48.2011
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Jun 2011
Matthias Kalkuhl, Ottmar Edenhofer and Kai Lessmann
University of Bonn - Center for Development Research (ZEF), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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Feed-in-Tariff, Carbon Trust, Carbon Pricing, Supply-Side Dynamics, Green Paradox, Climate Policy

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Mitigation Strategies and Costs of Climate Protection: The Effects of Etc in the Hybrid Model Mind

FEEM Working Paper No. 150.05
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Jan 2006
Ottmar Edenhofer, Kai Lessmann and Nico Bauer
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)
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Endogenous technological change, Climate change mitigation costs, Integrated assessment, Growth model, Energy sector, Integrated assessment

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The Role of Carbon Capture and Sequestration Policies for Climate Change Mitigation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3834
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Jun 2012
Matthias Kalkuhl, Ottmar Edenhofer and Kai Lessmann
University of Bonn - Center for Development Research (ZEF), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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renewable energy subsidy, supply-side dynamics, green paradox, carbon pricing, global warming, CCS

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Learning or Lock-In: Optimal Technology Policies to Support Mitigation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3422
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Apr 2011
Matthias Kalkuhl, Ottmar Edenhofer and Kai Lessmann
University of Bonn - Center for Development Research (ZEF), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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renewable energy subsidy, renewable portfolio standard, feed-in-tariffs, carbon pricing

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Why Finance Ministers Favor Carbon Taxes, Even If They Do Not Take Climate Change into Account

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Apr 2015
Max Franks, Ottmar Edenhofer and Kai Lessmann
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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Carbon pricing, Green paradox, Infrastructure, Optimal taxation, Strategic instrument choice, Supply-side dynamics, Tax competition

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Infrastructure and Inequality: Insights from Incorporating Key Economic Facts About Household Heterogeneity

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4972
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Oct 2014
David Klenert, Linus Mattauch, Ottmar Edenhofer and Kai Lessmann
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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The Stability and Effectiveness of Climate Coalitions: A Comparative Analysis of Multiple Integrated Assessment Models

FEEM Working Paper 5.2014, CMCC Research Paper No. RP0229
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 07 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2017
Kai Lessmann, Ulrike Kornek, Valentina Bosetti, Rob Dellink, Hans-Peter Weikard, Johannes Emmerling, Johan Eyckmans, Miyuki Nagashima and Zili Yang
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Bocconi University, Wageningen UR - Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group, Wageningen UR - School of Social Sciences, CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici - European Institute onEconomy and the Environment (EIEE), Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - Center for Economic Studies, Wageningen University and State University of New York at Binghamton
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Coalition Stability, International Environmental Agreements, Numerical modeling, Transfers

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Hedging and the Temporal Permit Issuance in Cap-and-Trade Programs: The Market Stability Reserve Under Risk Aversion

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 02 Oct 2019
Oliver Tietjen, Kai Lessmann and Michael Pahle
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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cap-and-trade, emission trading system, risk aversion, hedging, EU ETS, Market Stability Reserve

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Technology Beats Capital - Sharing the Carbon Price Burden in Federal Europe

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Mar 2020
Christina Roolfs, Beatriz Gaitan, Ottmar Edenhofer and Kai Lessmann
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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Emission Regulation, Federalism, Unanimity, Transfers, Pareto-improving policy, European Union

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Influence of Distributional Shape of Substance Parameters on Exposure Model Output

Risk Analysis, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 1137-1145, October 2005
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 07 Nov 2006
Kai Lessmann, Andreas Beyer, Jörg Klasmeier and Michael Matthies
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), European Central Bank (ECB), University of Osnabruck - Institute of Environmental Systems Research and University of Osnabruck - Institute of Environmental Systems Research
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The Link between Short-Termism and Risk: Barriers to Investment in Long-Term Infrastructure Projects

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Apr 2020
Boyan Yanovski, Kai Lessmann and Ibrahim Tahri
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and The New School - Department of Economics
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short-termism, discounting, systematic risk, decreasing absolute risk-aversion, long-term projects, illiquid assets, optimal portfolio

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Leadership in Climate Change Mitigation: Consequences and Incentives

Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 32, Issue 2, pp. 491-517, 2018
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Mar 2018
Gregor Schwerhoff, Ulrike Kornek, Kai Lessmann and Michael Pahle
Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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Game theory, Leadership, Unilateral climate policy

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Emissions Trading with Non‐Signatories in a Climate Agreement - An Analysis of Coalition Stability

The Manchester School, Vol. 82, pp. 82-109, 2014
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Dec 2014
Kai Lessmann, Robert Marschinski, Ulrike Kornek, Michael Finus and Ottmar Edenhofer
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), University of Bath and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
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Self-Enforcing Strategies to Deter Free-Riding in the Climate Change Mitigation Game and Other Repeated Public Good Games

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Vol. 108, pp. 15739-15744, 2011
Posted: 21 Sep 2011
Jobst Heitzig, Kai Lessmann and Yong Zou
Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK)

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global warming, international climate agreement, renegotiation proofness