Introduction

This book contains the proceedings of an international workshop “Empirical Modeling of the Economy and the Environment” held at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW, Mannheim) in June 2001. The workshop was organized on occasion of ZEW’s 10th anniversary and in honor of the 60th birthday of Klaus Conrad (University of Mannheim) who has been affiliated with the Centre since its foundation. The papers presented by internationally reputed experts in the field of environmental economics cover a wide spectrum of issues in environmental regulation.