Publications
On welfare frameworks and catastrophic climate risks
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Recent theoretical work in the economics of climate change has suggested that climate policy is highly sensitive to ‘fat-tailed’ risks of catastrophic outcomes (Weitzman, 2009). read more »
Declining discount rates and the Fisher Effect: inflated past, discounted future?
Uncertain, yet persistent, real rates of return to capital underpin one argument for using a declining schedule of social discount rates. Yet persistency is only present … read more »
The role of insurance risk transfer in encouraging climate investment in developing countries
In: Dupuy, P-M., Viñuales, J. E. (eds.) Harnessing foreign investment to promote environmental protection. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 228-250.
Flutversicherung – Wie der Staat und die Versicherer zusammenkommen können
Reference Suminski, S. 2014. Flutversicherung – Wie der Staat und die Versicherer zusammenkommen können, Zeitschrift fuer das Versicherungswesen ZfV 04/2014.
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 »
Vulnerability to weather disasters: the choice of coping strategies in rural Uganda
When a natural disaster hits, the affected households try to cope with its impacts. A variety of coping strategies, from reducing current consumption to disposing of productive assets, may … read more »
Economic instruments for climate change
Reference Meckling, J., and Hepburn, C. 2013. Economic instruments for climate change. In: The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy (Falkner, R. [ed.]). Wiley-Blackwell.
A preliminary assessment of the impact of climate change on non-life insurance demand in the BRICS economies
Over the past decade, the increase in insurance demand in the BRICS has been a key driver of global non-life premium growth. Current forecasts suggest that these markets will … read more »
Experimental comparison between markets on dynamic permit trading and investment in irreversible abatement with and without non-regulated companies
This paper examines the investment strategies of compliance companies in irreversible abatement technologies and the environmental achievements of the system in an inter-temporal cap-and-trade market using laboratory experiments. The … read more »
How can transportation policies affect growth? A theoretical analysis of the long-term effects of alternative mobility systems
External link to full article Abstract We present an example of how public policies affect the evolution of the economy by influencing consumption habits, life styles and work attitudes. In … read more »
