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Damien Dussaux
Visiting Fellow
Damien was previously a Research Officer at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment from October 2015 until September 2017.
Background
Damien completed his PhD at MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, CERNA – Center of Industrial Economics (Paris – France). His PhD thesis is entitled ”The effects of environmental regulations on waste trade, clean innovation, and competitiveness in a globalized world”. Previously, Damien graduated as an Environmental Science Engineer from AgroParisTech and has a master’s degree in Environmental and Energy Economics obtained at AgroParisTech (Paris – France).
Research interests
- competitiveness impacts of environmental policies
- environmental impacts of international trade
- innovation in clean technologies
- international technology diffusion
International and sectoral variation in industrial energy prices 1995–2015
Energy price rises for industry are a major political concern. Access to cheap energy is often considered a key factor for the competitiveness of industry. To enable international comparisons, and … read more »
Intellectual property rights protection and the international transfer of low-carbon technologies
This study provides empirical evidence of the impact of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) on low-carbon technology transfer in OECD and non-OECD countries. read more »
2017
Methods for strengthening a weak instrument in the case of a persistent treatment
When evaluating policy treatments that are persistent and endogenous, available instrumental variables often exhibit more variation over time than the treatment variable. This leads to a weak instrumental variable problem, … read more »
2015
International and sectoral variation in energy prices 1995-2011: how does it relate to emissions policy stringency?
New research analsying major trends in global energy prices and the extent to which energy prices are a good proxy for emissions policy stringency. New dataset available. read more »
2017
UK needs free trade with the European Union in low-carbon technologies
The cost of climate change mitigation in the UK will increase without a free trade agreement in low-carbon equipment with the European Union say Maria Carvalho and Damien Dussaux in this commentary article. read more »
2016
Grantham Workshop | Damien Dussaux
Damien Dussaux, a Research Officer at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, will be the speaker for this seminar. Abstract I examine the impact of Chinese … read more »
2015
International and sectoral variation in energy prices 1995-2011: how does it relate to emissions policy stringency?
New research analsying major trends in global energy prices and the extent to which energy prices are a good proxy for emissions policy stringency. New dataset available. read more »
