Working paper alert! I generalize discounted utilitarianism to endogenous population settings and avoid most drawbacks of existing welfare criteria. Read more here: www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo.... Comments are welcome!

🌍📈 Paper “The Economics of Inequality and the Environment” out today in the Journal of Economic Literature @aeajournals.bsky.social, joint with Jasper Meya, Lutz Sager & Ulrike Kornek. See short summary and PM by PIK linked below, and the paper here 👉 pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

Germany's eco-tax reform led to sizable reductions not only in carbon emissions but also in harmful local air pollutants. Benefits accrued disproportionately to lower-income and more polluted areas. Piero Basaglia, Sophie Behr, @moritzdrupp.bsky.social cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

ETH Zurich is seeking to hire an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Decision Sciences. D-MTEC Contact person: Torbjørn Netland Details and Application: ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

How much does carbon pollution really cost society? In the latest Science Sessions episode, Frances Moore discusses new research suggesting the social cost of carbon is higher than previously estimated. Listen now: www.pnas.org/post/podcast...

Check out this great paper by @felixschaumann.bsky.social with @edualastrue.bsky.social out now in @pnas.org that integrates climate science with climate economics to study the social cost of carbon implications of reduced AMOC weakening. Super impressive work for a first PhD chapter👇

"Intergenerational Discounting and Inequality" (joint with @pgpiacquadio.bsky.social) is now out as a working paper! We study all theories of justice that disentangle intergenerational discounting and intergenerational inequality, and I am amazed by the results! www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...

Two environmental economics contributions among the 10 featured AEA charts 2024 @frikknesje.bsky.social @eyalfrank.bsky.social happy holidays everyone 🎄🎄

Christian Traeger @ctraeger.bsky.social has joined BlueSky. Follow him for great work on • Environmental, Resource & Climate Economics • Economic Dynamics • Risk, Uncertainty, & Decision Theory Among others, Christian has developed a whole model world: the Analytic Climate Economy (ACE)

Check out this thread by @climatefran.bsky.social on our new paper in @pnas.org out today providing most comprehensive (i.e. still incomplete) evidence on the social cost of CO2 (SCC), with a meta-analysis + expert survey & a combination of elements of both to generate a “synthetic SCC” (mean≈$280)👇

We are advertising a PostDoc position in the Sustainability Economics Group at ETH Zurich (1-6 yrs, >$100K salary), offering excellent conditions to pursue innovative research projects & prepare for a professorship. Please spread the word to interested candidates: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Thrilled to see “The Economics of Inequality and the Environment” out in the Journal of Economic Literature @aeajournals.bsky.social, joint review with U.Kornek, J.Meya & L.Sager Environmental loss & economic inequality are two key challenges of our time, but how do both relate & interact?

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Call for papers: CESifo / ifo Junior Workshop on Energy and Climate Economics (13 March 2025)! Submit until 16 Dec!!! www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...

Many thanks to @aeajournals.bsky.social for highlighting our research providing a first systematic account of expert recommendations on carbon prices (globally & across almost 40 countries), and to all respondents for lending us their time & expertise 🙏 @frikknesje.bsky.social @cenunihh.bsky.social

New @aeajournals.bsky.social paper with @moritzdrupp.bsky.social & Robert Schmidt studies carbon price recommendations by >400 experts. We find a clear consensus on higher carbon prices, which help meet climate goals & reduce reliance on autocrats. See what experts can(not) agree on. #EconSky

"Pricing carbon: Evidence from expert recommendations", with Moritz Drupp and Robert Schmidt. In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy @aeajournals.bsky.social www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...