Research Fellows

Prioritising Renewable Hydrogen End-Uses: A Merit-Order Framework

Albin KasserMaryam SadighiPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsSectoral PoliciesWorking papersComments Off on Prioritising Renewable Hydrogen End-Uses: A Merit-Order Framework

Renewable hydrogen remains costly and its availability is constrained. Only 10% of planned global clean hydrogen capacity for 2030 has identified buyers. This raises the question of which end-use sectors should be prioritised as deployment progresses.The paper examines how learning subsidies, targeted demand-side support and production incentives linked to end-use commitments can improve hydrogen allocation.

Closing the Emission Gap: EU CO2 Standards and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles

 Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) occupy a particular position in European CO2 regulation. Their certified emissions depend on a regulatory Utility Factor, which determines the assumed share of driving performed in electric mode. Evidence from real-world driving has shown that this share was substantially overestimated, leading European regulators to revise the UF from 2025 onward. This reform changes the compliance role of PHEV for car manufacturers facing the EU emission standards. This paper quantifies the market, environmental and welfare consequences of this reform.

Technology Neutrality vs. Policy Discrimination: Optimal Policy Design for Competing Green Technologies

Albin KasserGuy MeunierPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsSectoral PoliciesWorking papersComments Off on Technology Neutrality vs. Policy Discrimination: Optimal Policy Design for Competing Green Technologies

The deployment of clean technologies in hard-to-abate sectors is often hindered by high costs and investment risks. Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfDs) have emerged to mitigate these risks, yet their design raises a central question: should support for competing clean technologies be technology-neutral or technology-specific?

Banques publiques, un levier clé de la transition écologique en Europe : vers une stratégie progressiste européenne

Dominique PlihonResearch FellowsSandra RigotComments Off on Banques publiques, un levier clé de la transition écologique en Europe : vers une stratégie progressiste européenne

Le séminaire prendra appui sur l’article Public Banks and the Ecological Transition: A Euro Proposal rédigé par Robert Guttmann, Dominique Plihon, Sandra Rigot

Corporate Strategy for the Green Transition: Are Executive Incentives Effective?

Cécile CézanneFinancial regulation and innovative financingPublicationsPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsSandra RigotComments Off on Corporate Strategy for the Green Transition: Are Executive Incentives Effective?

This paper examines whether green incentives embedded in executive compensation schemes are associated with a reorientation of firms’ innovative activities toward environmentally sustainable technologies. Overall, the findings suggest that executive green incentives are associated with the direction, and not merely the volume, of firms’ innovative activities, highlighting the role of internal governance mechanisms in sustainability transitions while recognising the limits of causal inference in observational data.

Première application de la directive CSRD : pressions institutionnelles et pratiques isomorphiques des grandes entreprises françaises

Books & Official ReportsFinancial regulation and innovative financingPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsSamira DemariaSandra RigotComments Off on Première application de la directive CSRD : pressions institutionnelles et pratiques isomorphiques des grandes entreprises françaises

Parties de L’information comptable et extra-comptable relative aux immatériels, sous la direction de Bessieux-Ollier C., Blum V. et Walliser E., Editions Pearson (2026). L’ouvrage propose...  

International Review of Financial Analysis

This study tests if CMP by large firms are linked to higher financial performance.

Most CMP show no impact on Tobin’s Q, suggesting investor indifference to climate action.

EMS certification is linked to lower CFP, possibly due to cost or greenwashing concerns.
GHG targets show a nonlinear link: only very ambitious targets are associated with CFP.
The absence of impact suggests credibility gaps and short-termism hinder market pricing.

From a Bipolar World to the Revival of Multilateralism: Difficult but Necessary Paths of Adjustment.

Jacques MazierPublicationsResearch FellowsWorking papersComments Off on From a Bipolar World to the Revival of Multilateralism: Difficult but Necessary Paths of Adjustment.

Euromemo Conference 10-12 September 2026, Oxford Abstract The world has moved from a unipolar one dominated by American power to a bipolar world in...  

Distributional incidence of car feebates with spillovers to the second-hand market.

PublicationsPublicationsQuentin HoarauResearch FellowsComments Off on Distributional incidence of car feebates with spillovers to the second-hand market.

Published in Transportation Research – nov 2026 –  Part A: Policy and Practice – Volume 213 Feebates applied to new vehicles are widely used to reduce...  

Séminaire “Titrisation, risques financiers et investissements stratégiques”

Jézabel Couppey-SoubeyranResearch FellowsComments Off on Séminaire “Titrisation, risques financiers et investissements stratégiques”

Deuxième séance du cycle « Financer les investissements stratégiques », organisé par l’Institut Veblen et la Chaire Energie &Prospérité, dans le cadre du projet “New...