Gregor Singer
Gregor Singer is a Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. He joined the Institute in January 2021. Gregor’s research is on issues in environmental and energy economics, empirical industrial organization and development.
Background
Before joining the Grantham Research Institute, Gregor worked at the University of California, San Diego as a Postdoctoral Researcher. He received a PhD in Environmental Economics from the London School of Economics in 2019. Gregor also holds a MSc in Environmental Economics and Climate Change from LSE and a BSc in Economics from Maastricht University. He previously worked as a consultant at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Global Green Growth Institute.
Research interests
- Environmental and energy economics
- Development economics
- Empirical industrial organization
Research
Research - 2024
This working paper shows that lower electricity prices can serve both environmental and developmental goals by improving electricity productivity and labour productivity in firms. Read more
Research - 2023
This paper shows that the Clean Air Act in the United States substantially reduced air pollution in regulated regions in recent years, but that accounting for pre-existing trends is vital to obtaining accurate estimates. Read more
Using instrumental variables based on changing wind direction, the authors of this paper show that increased levels of contemporaneous pollution increase influenza hospitalizations. Read more
This paper explores how changes in air quality in the US have affected ethnic disparities in housing wealth, finding that air quality improvement positively affects house prices for White homeowners much more than for Black homeowners - with a ‘capitalization rate’ that is 63% higher. Read more
Research - 2021
The findings of this paper suggest that seemingly disparate policy actions of air pollution control and vaccination campaigns – in this case, for flu – jointly provide greater returns than those implied by addressing either problem in isolation. Read more
Research - 2018
This paper is the first to quantitatively compare the power of subjective and objective resilience measures to predict future wellbeing in the face of socio-environmental shocks and stressors. It uses data from rural Kyrgyzstan. Read more
– External link to paper – External link to data Energy price rises for industry are a major political concern.... Read more
Research - 2015
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
Policy
Policy - 2015
Headline issue Since developing countries typically have large agricultural sectors, the implementation of green agricultural policies can play a key... Read more
Data
Data - 2015
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