Moritz Drupp

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...

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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...

Many congratulations to @pbasaglia.bsky.social & @fpavanello.bsky.social & big thanks to @auffhammer.bsky.social & @waldomarz.bsky.social as well as the whole @cesifo.org team for organizing yet another great workshop!!

Many congratulations, Leonie 🎉

Very glad to be visiting this week and looking forward to the discussions!

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 We study all theories of justice that disentangle ethical views on intergenerational discounting and intergenerational inequality. Each “modular” social welfare function is uniquely identified by a ti...

"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!

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Don’t have a particular insight into the ruling, but the product has protected my head very well when I got hit by a truck on the bike, so it’s very sad to see this discontinued.

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)

I'd say there is a strong case to be made that more philosophising is needed in SCC-work. @paulkelleher.net, we had a structural extension category "Alternative Ethical Approaches", which didn't make it into our featured categories due to low N & is also rarely coupled with other extensions (Fig S4)

😅 this was also the most difficult survey yet to answer that I've sent out - but I had a hunch that you'd enjoy some of the qualitative comments 😀 I think a combination of what determines what we call the "SCC wedge" plus qual-comments is a useful indication for where SCC research may be headed

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)👇

Many congratulations, Christina, sounds like a great project!

With our teaching, we seek to stir students’ enthusiasm for the possibilities in which economic theories & empirical methods can help to better understand and manage sustainability challenges. We furthermore actively contribute to the societal debate & help to improve public policy.

We publish our work in general economics journals (e.g. AEJ: Policy, JEL @aeajournals.bsky.social), field journals (e.g. JEEM @jeem-econ.bsky.social), & interdisciplinary journals (e.g. PNAS @pnas.org, Science @science.org).

We draw on a diversity of methods, including theory, modelling & empirical approaches (surveys, experiments, quasi-experimental designs), often in international, interdisciplinary & transdisciplinary cooperation.

(iii) analysing fundamental preferences and sustainability-relevant behaviours, &
(iv) accounting for the limited substitutability of nature when measuring & managing sustainable development.

Our group seeks to inform & support the transition to sustainable futures. We currently focus on 4 areas:
(i) studying the efficacy and distributional effects of environmental policies,
(ii) exploring concepts of intergenerational justice, such as to improve estimates of the social cost of carbon,

If, in line with @ethzurich.bsky.social principles, you also seek to drive innovation, act responsibly, live inclusively, nurture well-being, build bridges and enable people to support the transition to sustainable futures, then the Sustainability Economics Group might be the right place for you!

You have strong analytical and communication skills & excellent methodological expertise in one or more of the following areas: econometric analysis of observational data, surveys and economic experiments, applied theory, or integrated environmental-economic modelling?

You have a PhD (or close to completion) in Environmental & Resource Econ, or related fields, & you are passionate about pursuing innovative research on sustainability challenges? You are also excited about sharing your expertise with students, decision-makers & society more broadly?

Postdoctoral Position in the Sustainability Economics Group

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...

I have learned a lot in the process & hope that the paper will be a source of inspirations for those interested in the environment, inequality & beyond!

Many thanks for helpful comments i.a. to @ariklevinson.bsky.social, @linusmattauch.bsky.social, @frikknesje.bsky.social

The 3 channels determine how both environmental quality & economic inequality matter for policy appraisal. We argue that it is crucial to consider inequality-environment linkages in economic research & policy design, as neither issue can be fully understood in isolation.

(1) We describe how environmental benefits vary with household income.
(2) we discuss how the cost of environmental policy is distributed across households.
(3) we consider how income inequality & redistribution shape environmental outcomes.

In this paper, we synthesize conceptual mechanisms that underpin inequality-environment linkages and take stock of the relevant empirical evidence. We hereby consider 3 channels of interaction:

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?

Don’t be afraid… at the end of the storm… you’ll never walk alone!

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