What Economics Can Contribute to a Healthier Planet
If you care about the planet, there’s no better way to make your feelings known than to study up on your economics.
Writing
My columns, essays, books, as well as research and teaching materials like case studies.
Going Green but Getting Nowhere
Don’t stop recycling. Don’t stop buying local. But add mastering some basic economics to your to-do list.
Climate Policy: Hard Problem, Soft Thinking
by Gernot Wagner and Richard J. Zeckhauser
Carbon trading grows up
When someone robs a bank, nobody challenges the legitimacy of banks. They suggest instead that the bank find better security. Why should carbon markets be any different?
Austrian Rail Lines
Warum sollte die AUA nicht Züge von Linz nach Wien Schwechat anbieten?
Energy Content of World Trade
by Gernot Wagner
Sectoral Crediting: Getting governance right from the beginning
by Gernot Wagner, Nathaniel O. Keohane, and Annie Petsonk
Docking into a global carbon market
Clean Investment Budgets to finance low-carbon economic development
Steady-State Growth in a Hotelling Model of Resource Extraction
by C-Y. Cynthia Lin and Gernot Wagner
Harvard Magazine: "End Legacy Admissions"
by Gernot Wagner & Siripanth Nippita
Interpreting Sustainability in Economic Terms
by Robert N. Stavins, Alexander F. Wagner, and Gernot Wagner
