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The Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy
The aim of this seminar is to familiarize students with the state of the art approach to quantitative empirical research on the distributional effects of climate policy. Learning is designed around the discussion of a specific empirical paper published in a leading economics journal and shall facilitate (i) conducting own research in the master thesis and (ii) understanding and judging other peoples’ research. Topics include
Borenstein, S., & Davis, L. W. (2016). The distributional effects of US clean energy tax credits. Tax Policy and the Economy, 30(1), 191-234.
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), 95-127.
Davis, L. W., & Knittel, C. R. (2019). Are Fuel Economy Standards Regressive? Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 6(S1), 37–63.
Douenne, T. (2020). The vertical and horizontal distributive effects of energy taxes: A case study of a french policy. The Energy Journal, 41(3).
Douenne, T., & Fabre, A. (2022). Yellow vests, pessimistic beliefs, and carbon tax aversion. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(1), 81-110.
Hernandez-Cortes, D., & Meng, K. C. (2021). Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice? Evidence from California’s Carbon Market. National Bureau of Economic Research WP No. 27205.
Holland, S. P., Mansur, E. T., Muller, N. Z., & Yates, A. J. (2019). Distributional effects of air pollution from electric vehicle adoption. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 6(S1), 65-94.
Kallbekken, S., Kroll, S., & Cherry, T. L. (2011). Do you not like Pigou, or do you not understand him? Tax aversion and revenue recycling in the lab. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 62(1), 53-64.
Mildenberger, M., Lachapelle, E., Harrison, K., & Stadelmann-Steffen, I. (2022). Limited impacts of carbon tax rebate programmes on public support for carbon pricing. Nature Climate Change, 1-7.
Sallee, J. M. (2019). Pigou creates losers: On the implausibility of achieving pareto improvements from efficiency-enhancing policies. National Bureau of Economic Research WP No. w25831.
West, S. E., & Williams III, R. C. (2004). Estimates from a consumer demand system: implications for the incidence of environmental taxes. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 47(3), 535-558.
The seminar consists of three introductory sessions and two 8-hour blocks with presentations and discussions. Date and time of the blocks will be discussed in the first seminar session and might be changed if needed.
Presentation and term paper (paper submission end of August 2022)
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