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Caterina Gennaioli
Former Research Officer
Caterina joined the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment in October 2011. She worked on topics at the intersection between political economy, environment and development economics. In particular she was interested in studying how institutions influence environmental outcomes and the effectiveness of environmental policy. Her countries of expertise included Indonesia, Brazil and Ethiopia. Caterina moved on to become a Lecturer in Economics at the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University, London, in August 2016.
Background
Caterina holds an MSc in Economics from Universitat Pompeu Fabra and a PhD in Economics from Bocconi University. During her PhD, she was visiting the University of Chicago. Before joining the LSE, she worked for one year as a Post Doctoral Researcher at FEEM, Milan.
Research interests
- Political economy;
- Development;
- Applied-Microeconometrics;
- Corruption.
Clean or dirty energy: evidence of corruption in the renewable energy sector
This paper studies the link between public policy and corruption for the case of wind energy. We show that publicly subsidized renewable energy can attract criminal appetites and favor the … read more »
2015
Public goods and ethnic diversity: evidence from deforestation in Indonesia
This paper shows that the level of deforestation in Indonesia is positively related to the degree of ethnic fractionalization at the district level. To identify a casual relation we exploit … read more »
Searching for carbon leaks in multinational companies
This paper examines whether the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has led companies to shift the location of production, thereby creating carbon leakage. read more »
The political economy of passing climate change legislation: evidence from a survey
This paper reviews the main domestic factors that drive legislation on climate change. read more »
Are corporate carbon management practices reducing corporate carbon emissions?
This paper is the first large scale, quantitative study of the impact of corporate carbon management practices on corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Using data for 2009 and 2010 from the Carbon Disclosure Project survey, we find little compelling evidence that commonly adopted management practices are reducing emissions. read more »
Do international factors influence the passage of climate change legislation?
The number of climate change laws in major economies has grown from less than 40 in 1997 to almost 500 at the end of 2013. The passage of these laws is influenced by both domestic and international factors. This paper reviews the main international factors, drawing on a powerful new dataset of climate legislation in 66 national jurisdictions. We find that the propensity to legislate on climate change is heavily influenced by the passage of similar laws elsewhere, suggesting a strong and so far under-appreciated role for international policy diffusion. read more »
2014
Domestic dynamics and international influence: What explains the passage of climate change legislation?
This paper analyses national and international factors that drive the adoption of legislation on climate change. Our unique dataset of climate laws identifies 419 pieces of … read more »
2013
Using micro data to examine causal effects of climate policy
Reference Gennaioli, C., Martin, R., Muuls, M. 2013. Using micro data to examine causal effects of climate policy. In: Handbook on Energy and Climate Change (Roger Fouquet [ed.]), Edwards Elgar … read more »
Unearthing toxic waste dumping in the Horn of Africa
In this seminar, Caterina Gennaioli uses extensive data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and GPS data to analyse the relationship between recently-built roads and the health status of households. read more »
2015
Grantham Workshop | Caterina Gennaioli "Toxic roads: unearthing hazardous waste dumping"
Caterina Gennaioli, a Research Officer at the Grantham Research Institute, will be the speaker for this seminar
2014
GLOBE Climate legislation study
A review of climate legislation in 66 countries: findings from the 4th edition and outlook to the 5th edition read more »
Ethnic Diversity and Deforestation: Evidence from Indonesia
Grantham Workshop seminar series Speaker: Caterina Gennaioli
2012
'Clean' or 'dirty' energy: evidence on a renewable energy resource curse
The above paper, written by Caterina Gennaioli and Massimo Tavoni, will be presented. Taking a political economy approach, the link between public support schemes for renewable energy and the potential … read more »
