Publications related to EfD by Thomas Sterner
Thomas Sterner is a professor of environmental economics in Gothenburg and a university fellow at RFF. He is also the Chair of EfD Research Committee. Thomas Sterner has initiated the unit for environmental economics in Gothenburg and participated in its build-up since 1990. He is currently President of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. Thomas Sterner’s main research interests lie in the design of policy instruments. He has written a large number of books and articles on different applications ranging from energy and climate, through natural resource management such as fisheries to issues relating to industrial and transport pollution. His work covers institutions in different kinds of economies, market, planned and developing. Thomas Sterner teaches PhD and undergraduate courses in environmental and resource economics and is also active in a number of boards and networks such as CEEPA, LACEEP, SANDEE, and AERC.
Expertise/Research area:
Environmental Economics
Resource Economics
Development Economics
Peer reviewed
- Climate Policy, Uncertainty, and the Role of Technological Innovation Fischer, C and T Sterner, 2012, "Climate Policy, Uncertainty, and the Role of Technological Innovation", Journal of Public Economic Theory, Vol 14 Iss 2 (pp285–309)
- Agricultural-Risk Management through Community-Based Wildlife Conservation in Zimbabwe Muchapondwa, E. and T. Sterner (2012). “Agricultural-Risk Management through Community-Based Wildlife Conservation in Zimbabwe”. Forthcoming in Journal of Agribusiness in Developing & Emerging Economies.
- The Fossil Endgame: Strategic Oil Price Discrimination and Carbon Taxation Wei, J., D Johansson, M Hennlock and T Sterner, (2012) “The Fossil Endgame: Strategic Oil Price Discrimination and Carbon Taxation”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy
- Are experienced people affected by a pre-set default option—Results from a field experiment Löfgren, Å P Martinsson, M Hennlock, T Sterner, “Are experienced people affected by a pre-set default option—Results from a field experiment”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Volume 63, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 66-72
- How Should Support for Climate-Friendly Technologies Be Designed? Fischer, A Torvanger, M K Shrivastava, T Sterner, P Stigson (2012), “How should support for Climate-friendly Technologies be designed”, Ambio 41 PP 33-45
- Short-Run Allocation of Emissions Allowances and Long-Term Goals for Climate Policy Zetterberg, M Wråke, T Sterner, C Fischer, D Burtraw, (2012), “Short-Run Allocation of Emissions Allowances and Long-Term Goals for Climate Policy”, Ambio 41 PP 23-32
- Green Growth in the Post-Copenhagen Climate Energy Policy Sterner, T. and M. Damon (2011), “Green Growth in the Post-Copenhagen Climate Energy Policy”, Energy Policy, 39(11), 7165-7173
- To trade or Not to Trade: A Firm-Level Analysis of Emissions Trading in Santiago, Chile Coria, J., Å. Löfgren and T. Sterner. (2010): "To Trade or Not to Trade: An Analysis of Trading Schemes at the Firm Level, Journal of Environmental Management 91, pp 2126-2133.
- Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study Fredrik Carlsson, Mitesh Kataria, Alan Krupnick, Elina Lampi, Åsa Lofgren, Ping Qin, Susie Chung, and Thomas Sterner, 2011, “Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study”, Accepted for publication in Land Economics
- Is fairness blind?—The effect of framing on preferences for effort-sharing rules Fredrik Carlsson, Mitesh Kataria, Elina Lampia, Åsa Löfgren, and Thomas Sterner, 2011, "Is fairness blind?—The effect of framing on preferences for effort-sharing rules", Accepted for publication in Ecological Economics.
- Environmental Fiscal Reform in East and Southern Africa and its Effects on Income Distribution Daniel Slunge and Thomas Sterner, 2010, "Environmental Fiscal Reform in East and Southern Africa and its Effects on Income Distribution", Rivista di Politica Economica, July-September 2009 ( VII-IX ) s. 91-120
- A Bioeconomic Model of Community Incentives for Wildlife Management Before and After CAMPFIRE Fischer, C., Muchapondwa, E. and T. Sterner (2011). “A Bio-Economic Model of Community Incentives for Wildlife Management under CAMPFIRE”. Environmental & Resource Economics, Vol. 48 No. 2. pp 303-319
- To trade or Not to Trade: A Firm-Level Analysis of Emissions Trading in Santiago, Chile Coria, J., Löfgren, A., and Sterner, T. “To Trade or Not to Trade: Firm-Level Analysis of Emissions Trading in Santiago, Chile”, Journal of Environmental Management 91(11), November, 2126-2133, 2010.
- Tradable Permits in Developing Countries: Evidence from Air Pollution in Santiago, Chile Coria, J. and T. Sterner “Tradable Permits in Developing Countries: Evidence from Air Pollution in Santiago, Chile”, Journal of Environment and Development 19(2), 145-170, 2010.
- Consequences of Subpopulation Structure on Fisheries Management: Cod (Gadus morhua) in the Kattegat and Öresund (North Sea) Svedäng, H., Stål, J., Sterner, T. and Cardinale, M. “Consequences of Subpopulation Structure on Fisheries Management: Cod (Gadus morhua) in the Kattegat and Öresund (North Sea)”, Reviews in Fisheries Science, 18(2), 139-150, 2010.
- Corporate Environmental Management in Transition Economies: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe Garcia, J H., R Bluffstone, T Sterner (2009): "Corporate Environmental Management in Transition Economies: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe", Czech Journal of Economics and Finance, 59(5):410-425.
- An even Sterner Review, Introducing Relative Prices into the Discounting Debate Sterner, T., and M. Persson. 2008. "An Even Sterner Review: Introducing relative Prices into the Discounting Debate". Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, vol 2, issue 1.
- Which Firms are More Sensitive to Public Disclosure Schemes for Pollution Control? Evidence from Indonesia’s PROPER Program Jorge H Garcia, Shakeb Afsah and Thomas Sterner, “Which Firms are More Sensitive to Public Disclosure Schemes for Pollution Control? Evidence from Indonesia’s PROPER Program”, Environmental Resource Economics, Volume 42, Issue2 (2009), Page 151.
- Innovation and diffusion of Environmental Technology: Industrial NOX abatement in Sweden under Refunded Emission Payments Sterner,T. B Turnheim, (2009), “Innovation and diffusion of Environmental Technology: Industrial NOX abatement in Sweden under Refunded Emission Payments”, Ecological Economics,
- Lake Victoria Fish Stocks and the Effects of Water Hyacinth Kateregga, E. and T. Sterner (2009), Lake Victoria Fish Stocks and the Effects of Water Hyacinth" Journal of Environment and Development, March, Vol 18:1 pp 62-78.
- Comments on Simon Dietz and Nicholas Stern's Why Economic Analysis Supports Strong Action on Climate Change: A Response to the Stern Review's Critics Mendelsohn R, T Sterner, M Persson and J P Weyant, “Comments on Simon Dietz and Nicholas Stern's Why Economic Analysis Supports Strong Action on Climate Change: A Response to the Stern Review's Critics”, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Vol 2:2 pp 309-313
- Are demand elasticities affected by politically determined tax levels? Flood, L., N Islam and T Sterner Are demand elasticities affected by politically determined tax levels?, Applied Economics Letters, Accepted October 2007.
- Public disclosure of industrial pollution. The PROPER approach for Indonesia? Garcia, J., T. Sterner, and S. Afsah. 2007. "Public Disclosure of Industrial Pollution, The PROPER approach for Indonesia?". Environment and Development Economics 12(6): 739-756.
- Discounting and relative prices Hoel, M., and T. Sterner. 2007. "Discounting and relative prices". Climatic Change 84(3-4): 265-280.
- Fuel taxes: An important instrument for climate policy Sterner, T. 2007. "Fuel Taxes: An important instrument for climate policy". Energy Policy 35(6): 3194–3202.
- Indicators for an invasive species: Water Hyacinths in Lake Victoria Kateregga, E., and T. Sterner. 2007. "Indicators for an invasive species: Water Hyacinths in Lake Victoria". Ecological Indicators 7(2): 362-370.
- Unobserved Diversity, Depletion and Irreversibility: The Importance of Subpopulations for Manangement of Cod Stocks Sterner, T. 2007. "Unobserved Diversity, Depletion and Irreversibility, The importance of subpopulations for Manangement of cod stocks". Ecological Economics 61(2-3): 566-574.
- Explaining Environmental Management in Central and Eastern Europe Bluffstone, R., and T. Sterner. 2006. "Explaining Environmental Management in Central and Eastern Europe". Comparative Economic Studies 48(4): 619-640.
- Quick fixes for environmental problems: part of the solution, or part of the problem? Sterner, T., M. Troell, J. Vincent, S. Aniyar, S. Barrett, W. Brock, S. Carpenter, K. Chopra, P. Ehrlich, M. Hoel, S. Levin, K-G Mäler, J. Norberg, L. Pihl, T. Söderqvist, J. Wilen, and A. Xepapadeas. 2006. "Quick fixes for environmental problems: part oft he solution, or part of the problem?". Environment 48(10): 20-27.
- Monitoring and Enforcement: Is Two-Tier Regulation Robust? – A case study of Ankleshwar, India Katuria, V., and T. Sterner. 2006. "Monitoring and Enforcement: Is Two-Tier Regulation Robust?". Ecological Economics 57(3): 477-93.
- Refunded emission payments theory, distribution of costs, and Swedish experience of NOx abatement Sterner, T., and L. H. Isaksson. 2006. "Refunded Emission Payments - a hybrid instrument with some attractive properties". Ecological Economics 57(1): 93-106.
- Environmental Taxes in Europe Sterner, T., and G. Köhlin. 2003. "Environmental Taxes in Europe". Public Finance and Management 3(1): 117-142.
EfD Discussion Papers
- What Kinds of Firms Are More Sensitive to Public Disclosure Programs for Pollution Control? The Case of Indonesia’s PROPER Program Jorge H. García, Shakeb Afsah, and Thomas Sterner, "What Kinds of Firms Are More Sensitive to Public Disclosure Programs for Pollution Control? The Case of Indonesia’s PROPER Program", EfD Discussion Paper 08-12, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. March 2008.
- Lake Victoria Fish Stocks and the Effects of Water Hyacinths on the Catchability of Fish Eseza Kateregga, and Thomas Sterner, "Lake Victoria Fish Stocks and the Effects of Water Hyacinths on the Catchability of Fish", EfD Discussion Paper 08-05, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. March 2008.
- Tradable Permits in Developing Countries: Evidence from Air Pollution in Santiago, Chile Jessica Coria and Thomas Sterner, 2008, "Tradable Permits in Developing Countries: Evidence from Air Pollution in Santiago, Chile", EfD Discussion Paper 08-34, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. December 2008.
- Production Function Analysis of Soil Properties and Soil Conservation Investments in Tropical Agriculture Anders Ekbom, and Thomas Sterner, “Production Function Analysis of Soil Properties and Soil Conservation Investments in Tropical Agriculture”, EfD Discussion Paper 08-20, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. June 2008.
- To trade or Not to Trade: A Firm-Level Analysis of Emissions Trading in Santiago, Chile Coria, Jessica, Åsa Löfgren, and Thomas Sterner (2009), "To Trade or Not to Trade: Firm-Level Analysis of Emissions Trading in Santiago, Chile", EfD Discussion Paper 09-25, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, November 2009.
- Social Capital and Institutions in Rural Kenya: Is Machakos Unique Wilfred Nyangena, and Thomas Sterner, "Social Capital and Institutions in Rural Kenya: Is Machakos Unique". EfD Discussion Paper 08-01, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. March 2008.
Discussion Papers
- The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth: A Multiple-Country Test of an Oath Script Carlsson, Fredrik, Mitesh Kataria, Alan Krupnick, Elina Lampi, Åsa Löfgren, Ping Qin, Thomas Sterner and Susie Chung, 2010, “The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth: A Multiple-Country Test of an Oath Script”, Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series, 2010, EfD DP 10-24.
- Decoupling: Is there a Separate Contribution from Environmental Taxation Muller, Adrian; Löfgren, Åsa; Sterner, Thomas (2011) "Decoupling: Is there a Separate Contribution from Environmental Taxation", University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 486
- Natural Resource Management: Challenges and Policy Options Jessica Coria and Thomas Sterner (2011) "Natural Resource Management: Challenges and Policy Options", University of Gotheburg, Working Papers in Economics 480
- Are demand elasticities affected by politically determined tax levels? Simultaneous estimates of gasoline demand and price Sterner, Thomas (2009) "Are demand elasticities affected by politically determined tax levels? Simultaneous estimates of gasoline demand and price " Working Papers in Economics with number 274
- Agricultural Risk Management through Community-Based Wildlife Conservation in Rural Zimbabwe Edwin Muchapondwa and Thomas Sterner,2009,“Agricultural Risk Management through Community-Based Wildlife Conservation in Rural Zimbabwe”. ERSA Working Paper No. 126 (April).
- An even Sterner Review, Introducing Relative Prices into the Discounting Debate Sterner, T., and M. Persson. 2007. "An Even Sterner Review: Introducing relative Prices into the Discounting Debate".RFF Discussion Paper 07-37.
- Have Countries with Lax Environmental Regulations a Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries? Miguel Quiroga, Thomas Sterner, and Martin Persson, "Have Countries with Lax Environmental Regulations a Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries?" April 2007 RFF Working Paper DP 07-08
- Output and Abatement Effects of Allocation Readjustment in Permit Trade Sterner, T., and A. Muller. 2006. "Output and Abatement Effects of Allocation Readjustment in Permit Trade". RFF DP 06-49.
- Corporate environmental management in transition economies: The case of Central and Eastern Europe Garcia, J., R. Bluffstone, and T. Sterner. 2006. "Corporate environmental management in transition economies: The case of Central and Eastern Europe".
Books
- In defence of sensible economics Sterner,T (2009),“In defence of sensible economics”, in Solow, R. & JP Touffut eds, Changing Climate, Changing Economy, Cournot Centre for Economic Studies, Edward Elgar, 2009
- Climate Change Abatement: Not "Stern" Enough? Sterner,T and D Burtraw, “Climate Change Abatement: Not "Stern" Enough?”, in Parry and Day, eds. “100 Policy Commentaries on Environmental, Energy, Urban and Public Health Problems: Volume 1”, RFF Press, forthcoming.
Reports
Other
- Is fairness blind? – The effect of framing on preferences for effort-sharing rules Carlsson F., Kataria M., Lampi E., Löfgren Å., Sterner T. 2011. Is fairness blind? – The effect of framing on preferences for effort-sharing rules, Ecological Economics 70, 1529-1535
- Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management Sterner, Thomas, Jessica Coria, Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management(2011). Routledge. Published by RFF Press.
- Fuel Taxes and the Poor Fuel Taxes and the Poor, The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy (2011) Published by RFF Press with Environment for Development initiative. Edited By Thomas Sterner.
Researchers
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