In our research group, we study the design of optimal environmental policies. A list of recent publications on that topic is provided below:
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Gerster, A., and Lamp, S. (2024). Energy Tax Exemptions and Industrial Production. The Economic Journal, 134(663), 2803-2834. DOI
Gerster, A., and Kramm, M. (2024). Optimal Internality Taxation of Product Attributes. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 16(3), 394-419. DOI
Andor, M. A., Gerster, A., and Peters, J. (2022). Information campaigns for residential energy conservation. European Economic Review, 144, 104094-104094. DOI
Andor, M. A., Gerster, A., Gillingham, K. T., and Horvath, M. (2020). Running a car costs much more than people think — stalling the uptake of green travel. Nature, 580(7804), 453-455. DOI
Andor, M. A., Gerster, A., and Sommer, S. (2020). Consumer Inattention, Heuristic Thinking and the Role of Energy Labels. The Energy Journal, 41(1), 83-112. DOI
Frondel, M., Gerster, A., and Vance, C. (2020). The Power of Mandatory Quality Disclosure: Evidence from the German Housing Market. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 7(1), 181-208. DOI
Andor, M. A., Frondel, M., Gerster, A., and Sommer, S. (2019). Cognitive reflection and the valuation of energy efficiency. Energy Economics, 84, 104527-104527. DOI
Gerster, A. (2016). Negative price spikes at power markets: the role of energy policy. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 50(3), 271-289. DOI