Research

Karl W. Steininger


Publications

Books

Cogoy, M. and K.W. Steininger (eds.), The Economics of Global Environmental Change: International Cooperation for Sustainability, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007


Steininger, K.W., C. Steinreiber und C. Ritz (Hrsg.), Extreme Wetterereignisse und ihre wirtschaftlichen Folgen, Heidelberg: Springer, 2005, 246 S.


Köppl, A. und K.W. Steininger (Hrsg.), Reform umweltkontraproduktiver Förderungen in Österreich. Energie und Verkehr. Graz: Leykam, 2004, 204 S.


Steininger, K.W. and H. Weck-Hanemann (eds.), Global Environmental Change in Alpine Regions: Recognition, Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2002, 271 pp.


Steininger, K.W., International Trade and Transport. Spatial Structure and Environmental Quality in a Global Economy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2001, 160 pp.


Steininger, K.W., Trade and Environment, The Regulatory Controversy and a Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of Unilateral Environmental Action. Heidelberg: Physica, 1995, 219 p.

Journal Articles

Books

 Wolkinger, B., Steininger, K.W., Damm, A., Schleicher, S., Grossmann, W., Türk, A., Tatzber, F., Steiner, D., Implementing Europe’s climate targets at the regional level, Climate Policy (in press)

Steininger, K.W., Schmid, C., Tobin, A.,  Regional and climate mitigation impacts of expanding the heavy duty vehicle charge to the secondary road network: A quantitative analysis for Austria, Empirica (forthcoming)

Grossmann, W., Steininger, K.W., Schmid, C., Grossmann, I., Investment and Employment from Large-Scale Photovoltaics up to 2050, Empirica (in press)

Steininger, Karl W. and Wojan, Tim, Economic Impact of Bioenergy Development Some evidence from Europe and the US Incidence, Eurochoices, Vol 10 Issue 3, December 2011, pages 31–37, Article first published online: DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-692X.2011.00214.x

Bednar-Friedl, B., Koland, O., and K.W. Steininger, Urban Sprawl and Policy Responses: A General Equilibrium Analysis of Residential Choice, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 54(1), January 2011, 145-168, doi:10.1080/09640568.2010.502766,

Munoz, P, Steininger, K.W., Austria´s CO2 responsibility and the carbon content of its international trade, forthcoming in Ecological Economics, 69(10), 2003-2019, doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.05.017, 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.05.017.

Trink, T., Schmid, C., Schinko, T., Steininger, K.W., Kettner, C., Loibnegger, T., Pack, A., Töglhofer, C., Regional Economic Impacts of Biomass Based Energy Service Use: A Comparison Across Crops and Technologies for East Styria, Austria, forthcoming in Energy Policy, 38(10), 5912-5926, 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2010.05.045.

Grossmann, W.D., Grossmann, I., and K.W. Steininger, Indicators to determine winning renewable energy technologies with an application to photovoltaics, forthcoming in Environmental Science and Technology, 44(13), 4849–4855, doi:10.1021/es903434q, 2010 http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es903434q

Kalinowska, D. and K.W. Steininger, Distributional impacts of car road pricing: Settlement structures determine divergence across countries, Ecological Economics , 68 (2009): 2890-2896 Download Paper

Grossmann, W.D., Steininger, K.W., Grossmann, I., and L. Magaard, Indicators on Economic Risk from Global Climate Change, Environmental Science and Technology, 43(16) (2009): 6421–6426 Link to Journal / Download Paper

Steininger, K.W., B. Friedl and B. Gebetsroither, Sustainability Impacts of Car Road Pricing: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis for Austria, Ecological Economics, 63 (2007): 59-69 Download Paper, Download Appendix

Steininger, K.W. and H. Voraberger, Exploiting the Medium-term Biomass Energy Potentials in Austria: A Comparison of Costs and Macroeconomic Impact. Environmental and Resource Economics 24 (2003): 359-377.

Steininger, K.W., The Foreign Trade and Sectoral Impact of Truck Road Pricing for Cross-Border Trade: A CGE Analysis for a Small Open Economy, Environmental and Resource Economics 23 (2002): 213-253.

Friedl, B. and K.W. Steininger, Environmentally Sustainable Transport: Definition and Long-Term Economic Impacts for Austria, Empirica 29 (2002): 163-180.

Steininger, K.W., Transport, Access and Economic Growth, World Economics 3 (2002): 75-91.

Prettenthaler, F. and K.W. Steininger, From Ownership to Service Use Lifestyle: The Potential of Car Sharing, Ecological Economics 28 (1999): 443-453.

Farmer, K. and K.W. Steininger, Reducing CO2-Emissions Under Fiscal Retrenchment: A Multi-Cohort CGE-model for Austria, Environmental and Resource Economics 13 (1999): 309-340.

Steininger, K.W., Spatial Discounting: An Empirical Investigation into Human Preferences, Indian Journal of Applied Economics 7 (1998): 253-268.

Breuss, F. and K.W. Steininger, Biomass Energy Use to Reduce Climate Change: A General Equilibrium Analysis for Austria, Journal of Policy Modeling 20 (1998): 513-535.

Schwarz, E. and K.W. Steininger, Implementing Nature´s Lesson: The Industrial Recycling Network Enhancing Regional Development, Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 5, No. 1-2 (Special Issue: Industrial Ecology) 1997: 47-56.

Steininger, K.W., C. Vogl and R. Zettl, Car-sharing organizations: The size of the market segment and revealed change in mobility behavior, Transport Policy, 3 (1996) No.4: 177-185.

Steininger, K.W., Illusion in the Depletion of Common Property Resources, Int. Journal of Environment and Pollution, Vol. 4 (1994), No.3: 267-282.

Steininger, K.W., Reconciling Trade and Environment: Towards a Comparative Advantage for Long Term Policy Goals, Ecological Economics, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Special Issue: Trade and the Environment), January 1994: 23-42.



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