Monthly Archives: January 2023

Thesis – Essays in experimental and development economics

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Experimental economics offers the possibility to study the behavior of economic agents in ideal conditions, as it allows for the complete control of the environment of participants. This thesis presents results from several field experiments, as well as their contributions to the literature.

Power Sector Regulation and Private Sector Participation in Africa

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This paper is now published inside the thesis “Electrification, environnement et développement économique dans les pays en développement”.

 

Energy consumption and energy poverty in lower income countries: drivers for a solar transition

Access to EnergyMaria Eugenia SaninPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsWorking papersComments Off on Energy consumption and energy poverty in lower income countries: drivers for a solar transition

This paper studies energy demand determinants and energy poverty in Morocco and assess to which extent the adoption of PV panels could help achieve a just energy transition.

Electrification and Deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire: a spatial econometric analysis

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Read the full thesis “Electrification, environnement et développement économique dans les pays en développement”

Too green to be true? Forging a climate consensus at the European Central Bank

Financial regulation and innovative financingJérôme DeyrisPublicationsPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsComments Off on Too green to be true? Forging a climate consensus at the European Central Bank

In its 2021 strategy review, the European Central Bank’s Governing Council unanimously decided to make climate change one of its priorities for the coming years. In this article, we try to understand how this change was achieved.

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The Capitalocene in light of history: Or why an early Anthropocene makes more sense

Macro-economical and societal challengesPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsVictor CourtWorking papersComments Off on The Capitalocene in light of history: Or why an early Anthropocene makes more sense

Several researchers argue that the root cause of today’s ecological disaster is not the anthropos, but the way we have been organizing the global economy through capitalism. It follows that we would be living in the Capitalocene rather than the Anthropocene. In this article, we demonstrate that the Capitalocene concept suffers from four intrinsic flaws

Social Preferences and the Distribution of Rewards

This paper analyzes the optimal reward scheme in an organization involving agents with social preferences whose tasks are complementary.