Professor of Economics
University of Mannheim
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University of Bern
National Bureau of Economic Research
Does Pricing Carbon Mitigate Climate Change? Firm-Level Evidence from the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
(with Jonathan Colmer, Ralf Martin and Mirabelle Muûls). February 2023. Resubmitted to Review of Economic Studies
Support for Renewable Energy: The Case of Wind Power
(with Robert Germeshausen and Sven Heim). CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper No. 390, January 2023. Revise & resubmit to Journal of Public Economics
Management Practices and Climate Policy in China
(with S.K. Yong, P. Shen, L. de Preux, M. Muûls, R. Martin, J. Cao). June 2022. Revise & resubmit to Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Can Social Comparisons and Moral Appeals Increase Public Transport Ridership and Decrease Car Use?
(with Johannes Gessner and Wolfgang Habla), ZEW Discussion Paper No. 23-003, January 2023.
Urban Air Quality and Sick Leaves: Evidence from Social Security Data
(with Felix Holub and Laura Hospido), August 2021.
The Effect of Climate Policy on Productivity and Cost pass-through in the German Manufacturing Sector
(joint with Beat Hintermann, Corrado Di Maria, Maja Žarković), CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper No. 249. December 2020.
Carbon Footprints of European Manufacturing Jobs: Stylized Facts and Implications for Climate Policy
(lead author, joint with A. Gerster, J. Jaraite-Kazukauske, D. Kassem, M. Klemetsen, M. Laukkanen, J. Leisner, R. Martin, Jakob R. Munch, M. Muûls, August E.T. Nielsen, L. de Preux, K. E. Rosendahl, S. Schusser). CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper No. 250. December 2020.
Sources of PM2.5-Associated Health Risks in Europe and Corresponding Emission-Induced Changes During 2005–2015.
Gu, Y., D.K. Henze, M.O. Nawaz, H. Cao, and U.J. Wagner (2023). GeoHealth, 7 (3).
Strategic Uncertainty, Indeterminacy, and the Formation of International Environmental Agreements.
Narita, D. and U.J. Wagner (2017). Oxford Economic Papers, 69 (2): 432-452.
Estimating Strategic Models of International Treaty Formation.
Wagner, U.J. (2016). Review of Economic Studies, 83(4): 1741-1778.
The Impact of the EU Emissions Trading System on Regulated Firms: What is the Evidence after Ten Years?
Martin, R., M. Muûls, and U.J. Wagner (2016). Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 10(1): 129-148.
On the Empirical Content of Carbon Leakage Criteria in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Martin, R., M. Muûls, L.B. de Preux, and U.J. Wagner (2014). Ecological Economics, 105:78-88.
Industry Compensation Under Relocation Risk: A Firm-level Analysis of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Martin, R., M. Muûls, L.B. de Preux, and U.J. Wagner (2014). American Economic Review, 104(8): 2482-2508.
Editor’s Choice, Science (2014) Vol. 344 No. 6180.
Winner of the Erik Kempe Award in Environmental and Resource Economics 2015.
Reprinted as Chapter 39 of “The Economics of Environmental Policy: Behavioral and Political Dimensions”, Thomas Sterner and Jessica Coria (eds.), Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 2016.
The Impact of a Carbon Tax on Manufacturing: Evidence from Microdata.
Martin, R., L.B. de Preux, and U.J. Wagner (2014). Journal of Public Economics, 117:1-14.
Anatomy of a Paradox: Management Practices, Organizational Structure and Energy Efficiency.
Martin, R., M. Muûls, L.B. de Preux, and U.J. Wagner (2012). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 63(2): 208-223.
Energy Use Patterns in German Industry: Evidence from Plant-level Data.
Petrick, S., K. Rehdanz and U.J. Wagner (2011). Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 231(3): 379-414.
Agglomeration Effects in Foreign Direct Investment and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis.
Wagner, U.J., and C. Timmins (2009). Environmental and Resource Economics, 43(2): 231-256.
Reprinted as chapter 16 of “Recent Developments in Trade and the Environment”, Brian R. Copeland (ed.), Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 2014.
The Voluntary Provision of a Pure Public Good? Another Look at CFC Emissions and the Montreal Protocol.
Wagner, U.J. (2009). Oxford Economic Papers, 61(1): 183-196.
The Design of Stable International Environmental Agreements: Economic Theory and Political Economy.
Wagner, U.J. (2001). Journal of Economic Surveys, 15(3): 377-411.
Reprinted as Chapter 5 of “Current Issues in Environmental Economics”, Nick Hanley and Colin J. Roberts (eds.), Blackwell Publishing, 2002.
Campus TV report on ECR-Grant (German)
Interview on energy efficiency and climate policy
Austrian radio station Ö1 interview on international climate policy. Aired on the 18th of October 2022 (German).
Deutschlandfunk interview on carbon pricing. Aired on the 25th of October 2021 (German)
Radio Regenbogen Interview: Feature on ERC-Grant (German)
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