Individuelles Entscheidungsverhalten im Emissionszertifikatehandel

Fuel emissions in the heating and transport sectors will be covered by a national emissions trading system in Germany from 2021. The European certificate trading system EU ETS will also be further tightened for the fourth trading phase from 2021 to 2030. Under unknown framework conditions and uncertainty regarding the development of certificate prices, the actors involved will have to make a variety of decisions: How many emission rights are to be acquired and when? Are investments in new technologies or fuels worthwhile? This laboratory experiment on emissions trading examined which patterns and strategies can be identified in the individual decision-making behaviour of the actors. The paper was awarded the Dr. Tyczka Energy Prize in 2018.