Publications

Book Review: Regulation Theory and Sustainable Development: Business Leaders and Ecological Modernization
Nachmany, Michal, 2014. Environmental Values 23(3), pp. 371-372.

Uncertainty and decision making in climate change economics
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. Uncertainty is intrinsic to climate change: we know that the climate is changing but not precisely how fast or in what ways. read more »

Technology and learning in a global MAC curve: evidence from the phase-out of ozone depleting substances
I estimate a marginal abatement cost (MAC) curve using detailed, project-level data from the global phase-out of ozone depleting substances (ODSs) across 145 low-income countries, including … read more »

Robustness of norm-driven cooperation in the commons to environmental variability
Growing empirical evidence points to the importance of social norms for achieving sustainable use of common pool resources (CPR). Social norms can facilitate the cooperation and … read more »

Network economics and the environment: insights and perspectives
Recent research in the field of network economics has shown how explicitly modelling the network structure of social and economic relations can provide significant theoretical insights, … read more »

Flood insurance in England – an assessment of the current and newly proposed insurance scheme in the context of rising flood risk
Flooding is the largest natural disaster risk in England and it is expected to rise even further as we experience a changing climate and continue putting … read more »

The effect of environmental decentralization on polluting industries in India
This paper examines the unintended effects of the 2006 reform of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process in India using firm-level data for the period 1998-2012. … read more »

Adaptation to climate change and economic growth in developing countries
Published in: Environment and Development Economics. Vol 20, Issue 03, June 2015, pp 380 – 406. DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X14000692, Published online: 25 November 2014. Abstract Developing countries are vulnerable to the … read more »

System responsiveness and the European Union Emissions Trading System
This paper argues in favour of a reform of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) that makes the system more responsive to unexpected price shocks. The paper proposed … read more »

Large trees drive forest aboveground biomass variation in moist lowland forests across the tropics
Large trees (d.b.h. ≥ 70 cm) store large amounts of biomass. Several studies suggest that large trees may be vulnerable to changing climate, potentially leading to declining forest biomass storage. Here we … read more »


