In view of the challenges posed by climate change and the increasingly ambitious climate
targets around the world, the search for effective climate policy instruments is gaining …

We examine how a European carbon price will affect citizens by studying its incidence on
households in 23 countries of the EU. At the national level, the distributional impact before …

Chapter 3 takes a long-term perspective on climate change mitigation pathways. Its focus is
on the implications of long-term targets for the required short-and medium-term system …

This paper studies the economic impacts of carbon pricing. Exploiting institutional features of
the European carbon market and high-frequency data, I document that a tighter carbon …

Understanding who would be affected in which way by carbon pricing is pivotal for effective
and socially equitable policy design, addressing climate change and reducing inequality …

We explore the macroeconomic and distributional impacts of unilateral carbon pricing in
Austrian economic sectors, which are not covered by the EU emission trading scheme ETS …

Addressing the total energy cost burden of elderly people is essential for designing
equitable and effective energy policies, especially in responding to energy crisis in an aging …

The yellow vest movement in France was triggered by a fuel tax increase. The increase was
designed to reduce petrol consumption and hence emissions. However, the costs of this …

The distributional consequences of environmental policies are a major issue for the public
acceptability of energy transitions, as the Yellow-vest demonstrations highlighted. Our …