Welcome!
I work as a Professor of Environmental Microeconomics at the University of Mainz. I am also a CESifo research affiliate and a member of the Committee on Environmental & Resource Economics of the German Economic Association (AURÖ).
My research focus lies on environmental economics and public economics. In particular, I work on informational and market-based climate policy instruments. I also investigate how to optimally tax or subsidize behaviorally biased consumers.
Curriculum Vitae (January 2025)
Contact details:
University of Mainz, Department of EconomicsJakob-Welder-Weg 4 – Room 01-141Phone: +49 621 181-1791Email: agerster at uni-mainz.de
+++ News +++
+ Very excited to have joined the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz as a Professor in Environmental Microeconomics in January 2025.
+ After 10 years of work, the paper "Energy Tax Exemptions and Industrial Production" is finally out at The Economic Journal! It is published under an open access licence, so check it out.
+ Raphael and I have revised our working paper on Willful Ignorance and Moral Behavior. It now includes novel results on treatment effect dynamics and underlying mechanisms. Have a look here.