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In this seminar, we will study how to empirically evaluate climate policy and environmental policy. Focus will be on state-of-the art econometric techniques to identify causal effects of policies on key outcome variables (e.g. emissions, costs, prices, welfare). Examples of policies studied are carbon prices, fuel efficiency standards, or information policies, among others. Students read and present academic papers, discuss them in class and finally develop a short research design for an empirical policy impact analysis.
Bruegge, C., Deryugina, T., & Myers, E. (2019). The Distributional Effects of Building Energy Codes. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 6(S1), S95-S127.
Jacobsen, G. D., & Kotchen, M. J. (2013). Are building codes effective at saving energy? Evidence from residential billing data in Florida. Review of Economics and Statistics, 95(1), 34-49.
Allcott, H., & Wozny, N. (2014). Gasoline Prices, Fuel Economy, and the Energy Paradox. Review of Economics and Statistics, 96(5), 779–795.
Allcott, H., & Taubinsky, D. (2015). Evaluating behaviorally motivated policy: Experimental evidence from the lightbulb market. American Economic Review, 105(8), 2501-38.
Davis, L. W., & Knittel, C. R. (2019). Are Fuel Economy Standards Regressive? Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 6(S1), S37–S63.
Reynaert, M. (2019). Abatement strategies and the cost of environmental regulation: Emission standards on the European car market. R&R (2nd round) at Review of Economic Studies
Gillingham, K., & Munk-Nielsen, A. (2019). A Tale Of two tails: Commuting and the fuel price response in driving. Journal of Urban Economics, 109, 27–40.
Li, S., Linn, J., & Muehlegger, E. (2014). Gasoline taxes and consumer behavior. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 6(4), 302-42.
Andersson, J. J. (2019). Carbon Taxes and CO 2 Emissions: Sweden as a Case Study. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 11(4), 1-30.
Severen, C., & Van Benthem, A. (2019). Formative Experiences and the Price of Gasoline. National Bureau of Economic Research WP No. W26091
Gillingham, K., Houde, S., & Van Benthem, A. (2019). Consumer myopia in vehicle purchases: evidence from a natural experiment. National Bureau of Economic Research WP No. W25845.
Muehlegger, E., & Rapson, D. S. (2018). Subsidizing mass adoption of electric vehicles: Quasi-experimental evidence from california. National Bureau of Economic Research WP No. W25359.
Springel, K. (2019). Network externality and subsidy structure in two-sided markets: Evidence from electric vehicle incentives. R&R at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Durrmeyer, I. (2018). Winners and Losers: The Distributional Effects of the French Feebate on the Automobile Market. TSE Working Papers 18-950.
The link for the first ZOOM-Seminar on 19 April, 14:15 - 15:45 is:
https://uni-potsdam.zoom.us/j/67827928412
Meeting-ID: 678 2792 8412 Kenncode: 30305752
Advanced Microeconometrics
1 Presentation + 2 discussion inputs (June) + term paper (End of August)
The seminar will start with three introductory sessions that introduce key concepts and methods. There will be two larger block seminar sessions (whole day) in June - either in virtual format or in presence format, depending on the overall pandemic situation.
Students are supposed to contribute to the seminar as follows:
The grading will consist of the grades from the presentations and the written proposal (term paper).
Master students with economics and statistical knowledge
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