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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a significant energy price shock across Europe. A new Working Paper studies how households adjust their behavior—across energy consumption, labor supply, financial distress, and broader consumption—when faced with price hikes:
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A new Research Commentary from a team led by Brian Deese analyzes first-of-a-kind comprehensive and rigorously sourced data on public subsidies for EVs and batteries in the world’s three largest EV markets: China, Europe, and the United States. Check out the full commentary here:
ceepr.link/GCIM
An efficient and resilient supply of critical raw materials is essential to ensure supply chain stability and advance energy transition goals. A new paper assess how cost, technology, and policy factors drive fluctuations in marginal cost of metal production:
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A new CEEPR Working paper by a team of researchers including @knittelmit.bsky.social examines the global oil market, where OPEC’s market power affects oil production and carbon intensity. Download the full paper here:
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Listen to the latest episode of @mit.edu's climate change podcast, TILclimate, where Joshua Hodge, MIT CEEPR's Executive Director, joins the show to break down what we stand to gain from a bigger, better transmission system, and how we might make it happen.
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Our colleagues at the Global Climate Policy Project (a joint Harvard-MIT initiative), including @cwolfram.bsky.social ky.social, released an interim report on climate coalitions today. Check out the full report here:
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This commentary addresses the following questions: How does the FPFA’s proposed fee structure impact domestic production and prices? How does the proposed fee structure impact imports and exports? What are the revenue impacts of the FPFA?
17.06.2025 18:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The bill levies a tariff on imports in certain industrial sectors, proportional to the carbon emitted when the good was produced abroad. The co-sponsors of the bill present it as a way to level the playing field for
US manufacturing...
Check out this commentary by @kclausing.bsky.social @allanhsiao.bsky.social @gibmetcalf.bsky.social Marilyn Pereboom, and @cwolfram.bsky.social that analyzes the Foreign Pollution Fee Act's potential impacts on several economic and environmental outcomes:
ceepr.link/FPFA
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Western governments imposed a price ceiling on Russian seaborne oil exports using Western services. To sell above that ceiling, Russia developed a “shadow fleet” which uses no such services. This working paper assesses the effect of various sanctions.
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In September 2021, the city of Bogotá introduced a major market-based reform to its odd-even driving restriction, known as Pico y Placa. In this paper, the authors find that while the reform increased traffic, it brought overall benefits. Check out the full paper here:
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On a recent episode of the @mitenergy.bsky.social podcast "What if it Works?", CEEPR faculty member Professor Namrata Kala discusses the economics of clean energy. Check out the full episode at the link below:
energy.mit.edu/podcast/the-...
Cover of the working paper showing a oil tanker docked at a terminal.
A new CEEPR Working paper studies how the Jones Act—a 100-year-old U.S. regulation that constrains domestic waterborne shipping—affects U.S. markets for crude oil and petroleum products. Download the full paper here:
ceepr.link/43FKQHa
Faculty director @knittelmit.bsky.social spoke with @marketplace.org about the reasons some policymakers are reluctant to eliminate the IRA entirely.
“The world is switching to electric vehicles, the world is switching to solar and wind...”
On May 30, join MIT's newest class of journalism fellows in a webinar hosted by the MIT Climate Project to discuss their work reporting on the under-covered climate challenges of the food, agriculture and waste sector. Register below:
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Hydrogen storage containers
The transition towards a sustainable energy system requires alternative energy carriers that reduce carbon emissions while meeting global demands. This paper by @knittelmit.bsky.social provides an overview of hydrogen production pathways and their economic & environmental impacts
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Cover of Working Paper: Good Spillover, Bad Spillover: Industrial Policy, Trade, and the Political Economy of Decarbonization
As a growing number of countries adopt trade restrictions to advance policy priorities, they risk creating spillover effects that increase the cost and time horizon of decarbonization. Careful policy design and strategic cooperation can help manage such spillover effects.
Link: ceepr.link/42jOsNg
Leveraging input from stakeholders across the EV ecosystem, a team of @harvardsalata.bsky.social and MIT CEEPR researchers recommends how to speed deployment of new charging technology to rapidly expand the EV market.
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If you're interested in the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), see below. Sloan did a really nice job capturing the main issues for a non-technical audience.
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A recording of a recent webinar held jointly with Harvard University is available online that includes a conversation with three early adopter cities as they share insights into the successes and challenges they’ve faced while building their EV charging programs.
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Faculty member @cwolfram.bsky.social was featured this month by
@mitofficial.bsky.social News, highlighting her journey to become a leading energy economist through original studies that can inform our global climate response.
Hello, world~!
On a recent episode of the “What If It Works?” podcast, MIT CEEPR director and economist @knittelmit.bsky.social offered a few early predictions on the potential short- and long-term climate and energy impacts of the second Trump presidency.
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