Simon Quemin
Simon is a Visiting Senior Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute. He is also a Researcher in energy and climate economics in the Research & Development Department of Électricité de France (EDF Lab Paris-Saclay), a Visiting Researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and an Associate Researcher at the Climate Economics Chair (Paris-Dauphine University, PSL).
Background
Simon worked at the Institute as a Research Officer (postdoc) from October 2018 to September 2020. In 2017 he completed his PhD in economics at the Climate Economics Chair, Paris-Dauphine University (PSL Research University) and then served as an associate lecturer and researcher at Paris-Dauphine for one year. He also holds a MRes in environmental and energy economics from ENPC ParisTech and a MEng in energy and fluid mechanics from ENSTA ParisTech.
Research interests
- Carbon pricing and climate policy;
- Energy economics and markets;
- Environmental and resource economics;
- Decision theory and game theory
Research
Research - 2023
The authors of this paper critically review the literature assessing the performance of the MSR against several policy objectives. Read more
Research - 2022
The authors of this paper develop preliminary elements of a diagnostic toolbox to assess the scale and impacts of speculation and apply it to the EU emissions trading system. Read more
The author of this paper provides a quantitative assessment of policy options to inform the 2021 review of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and raise climate ambition. They use a permit trading model in which firms utilize rolling finite planning horizons, which replicates historical price and banking developments well compared to an in- finite horizon. Read more
Research - 2020
The authors of this paper develop a theoretical model of emissions trading in the presence of transaction costs, calibrating the model to annual transactions and compliance data in the European Union emissions trading scheme over its second phase. Read more
Following reform of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) in 2018 further regulatory amendments are on the horizon as part of the 2021 review. This paper evaluates and compares the impacts of realistic regulatory changes within the ETS to inform the 2021 review and raise ambition, examining two main policy levers: the linear reduction factor and the market stability reserve. Read more
Research - 2019
We formally study the determinants, magnitude and distribution of efficiency gains generated in multilateral linkages between permit markets. We provide... Read more
The authors of this paper develop a model to evaluate first, the market developments in the European Union emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) over 2008–2017 ex-post and second, the performances of main features of the EU ETS reforms that took place in 2018, ex-ante. Read more
This paper develops a novel theoretical tool with which a jurisdiction can evaluate the economic gains it can expect to obtain by linking its emissions trading system (ETS) to one, two or many ETSs at the same time, and proposes a reason why the global market remains a distant dream. Read more
Linkages between Emissions Trading Systems are deemed an important element of the future climate policy landscape. They are, however, difficult... Read more
Events
News
News - 2020
The Market Stability Reserve aims to provide carbon price stability for the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) but serious questions are being asked about how much stability – if any – it provides, say Michael Pahle and Simon Quemin. Read more