Publications
A new approach to an age-old problem: solving externalities by incenting workers directly
Understanding motivations in the workplace remains of utmost import as economies around the world rely on increases in labor productivity to foster sustainable economic growth. This study makes use … read more »
Strengthening insurance partnerships in the face of climate change – insights from an agent-based model of flood insurance in the UK
This paper investigates how partnerships can incentivise flood risk reduction by focusing on the UK public-private partnership on flood insurance. read more »
The importance of looking forward to manage risks: submission to the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
Submission made to the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, which was set up in December 2015 by the Financial Stability Board to “develop voluntary, consistent climate-related financial risk disclosures … read more »
Economic growth and agricultural land conversion under uncertain productivity improvements in agriculture
We study how stochasticity in the evolution of agricultural productivity interacts with economic and population growth, and the associated demand for food. We use a two-sector Schumpeterian model of growth, … read more »
The expansion of modern agriculture and global biodiversity decline: an integrated assessment
Modern agriculture relies on a small number of highly productive crops and its continued expansion has led to a significant loss of biodiversity. In this paper we consider the macroeconomic … read more »
Inclusion of Consumption of carbon intensive materials in emissions trading – An option for carbon pricing post-2020
A project led jointly by Climate Strategies and DIW Berlin has been exploring whether inclusion of domestic sales of selected energy intensive commodities (e.g. steel) in domestic emission trading schemes … read more »
Geography, institutions and development: a review of the long-run impacts of climate change
The links among climate change, economic growth and economic development have gained increasing attention over recent years in both the academic and policy literature. However, most of the existing literature … read more »
Tipping points and loss aversion in international environmental agreements
We study the impact of loss-aversion and the threat of catastrophic damages, which we jointly call threshold concerns, on international environmental agreements. We aim to understand whether a threshold for … read more »
Tipping and reference points in climate change games
We live in a world characterized by discontinuities, where thresholds for abrupt and irreversible change are omnipresent, both in economic and ecological dynamics. Such thresholds, often referred to as tipping … read more »
Multinational and large national corporations and climate adaptation: are we asking the right questions? A review of current knowledge and a new research perspective
Adapting to climate change requires the engagement of all actors in society. Until recently, the predominant research focus has been on governments, communities, and the third sector as key actors … read more »
