Public and Environmental Economics

Organization profile

Organisation profile

We have a rich portfolio of research in public and environmental economics. We are interested, for example, in: climate change; corruption; health; international environmental treaties; social disorder; social norms; wage discrimination; waste disposal and recycling.

Members of the group publish in leading economics journals, such as the Journal of Public Economics, the Economic Journal, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Some of our recent working papers and publications are listed in the sections below.

We contribute to numerous externally-funded international research projects, in collaboration with scholars across Europe.

Our professional activities also include: editorial membership, policy reports and consultancy work for major public sector organisations.

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    Profiles

    Photo of Alistair Hunt

    Alistair Hunt

    Person: Research & Teaching, Researcher

    20002020
    Photo of Philip Jones

    Philip Jones

    Person: Honorary / Visiting Staff

    19972019
    Photo of Thanos Mergoupis

    Thanos Mergoupis

    Person: Research & Teaching

    19972019

    Projects

    NextGen - Towards a next generation of water systems and services for the circular economy

    Hunt, A.

    EU - Horizon 2020

    1/07/18 → 30/06/22

    Project: EU Commission

    Waste Food-Energy-Water Urban Living Labs - Mapping and Reducing Waste in the Food-Energy-Water Nexus

    Hunt, A.

    Innovate UK

    1/06/18 → 31/12/20

    Project: Central government, health and local authorities

    Evidence Base for Local Industrial Strategy Swindon Wiltshire

    Schneider, M., Hunt, A. & Papps, K.

    1/07/19 → 31/12/19

    Project: Central government, health and local authorities

    Research Output

    Global competition dynamics of fossil fuels and renewable energy under climate policies and peak oil: A behavioural model

    Zeppini, P. & van den Bergh, J. C. J. M., 1 Jan 2020, In : Energy Policy. 136, 110907.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    2 Citations (Scopus)

    Measures to enhance the effectiveness of international climate agreements: The case of border carbon adjustments

    Al Khourdajie, A. & Finus, M., 31 May 2020, In : European Economic Review. 124, 103405.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    1 Citation (Scopus)

    Public good agreements under the weakest-link technology

    Caparrós, A. & Finus, M., 11 Feb 2020, In : Journal of Public Economic Theory.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access