Research & Policy

Policy Work

"Accelerating climate adaptation: A framework for assessing and addressing adaptation needs and priorities" with Mauro Pisu, Helia Costa, Yannick Hemmerlé, Tobias Kruse, Luisa Lutz

"Aiming better: Government support for households and firms during the energy crisis" with Yannick Hemmerlé, Cassandra Castle, Giuliana Sarcina, Enes Sunel, Tobias Kruse, David Haugh, Alvaro Pina, Mauro Pisu

"A Framework to Decarbonise the Economy" with Mauro Pisu, Ilai Levin, Alessia Pagani, and Åsa Johansson.  OECD page; Vox.EU article; Brochure for policymakers

"Towards Net Zero Emissions in Denmark" with Andrew Barker, Hélène Blake and Patrick Lenain

Working Papers and OECD Working Papers

"The effects of climate policies on emissions. Evidence from a comprehensive and systematic review of the ex-post empirical literature" with Tobias Kruse and Mauro Pisu

"Approaches to linking models to assess the impacts of climate change mitigation actions on greenhouse gas emissions" with Jean Cheateau and Toon Vandyck

"Carbon prices, emissions and international trade in sectors at risk of carbon leakage: Evidence from 140 countries" with Jonas Teusch, Tobias Kruse, and Mauro Pisu

"Estimating the CO2 emission and revenue effects of carbon pricing. New evidence from a large cross-country dataset" with Mauro Pisu, Anasuja Raj, and Kurt van Dender

"Environmental policy stringency and CO2 emissions: Evidence from cross-country sector-level data" with Erik Frohm, Tobias Kruse, Mauro Pisu, and Urban Sila

"The Impact of the European Carbon Market on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Italian Manufacturing Firms" with Sara Calligaris and Giulia Pavan 

"Social Structure and Preferences in a Common Pool Resource Experiment" with George Joseph, Gautam Gupta, Barry Sopher, and Quentin Wodon

Publications

"The effect of climate policies on firm financing and investment through the banking channel" with Tobias Kruse, Mauro Pisu, and Marco Tomasi, 2025, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 387. VoxEU CEPR blog 

"Environmental Policy and Investment Location: The Risk of Carbon Leakage in the EU ETS" with Marzio Galeotti, 2025, Energy Policy, Volume 202

"The Climate Actions and Policies Measurement Framework: A Database to Monitor and Assess Countries’ Mitigation Action" with Daniel Nachtigall, Luisa Lutz, Miguel Cardenas Rodriguez, Tobias Kruse, Ivan Haščič, Rodrigo Pizarro, 2024, Environmental and Resource Economics 87, 191–217. OECD page, Data

"Identifying and tracking climate change mitigation strategies with a cluster-based assessment" with Tobias Kruse, and Mauro Pisu, 2024, npj Clim. Action, 3, 86 

"A discussion of the market and policy failures associated with the adoption of herbicide-tolerant crops" with Marion Desquilbet and David Bullock, 2019, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 1: 1-12 

 "The Effect of Audit Activity on Tax Declaration: Evidence on Small Businesses in Italy. with Elena D’Agosto, Marco Manzo, and Stefano Pisani, Public Finance Review, Vol 46, Issue 1, 2018

"Housing rent and road pricing in Milan: Evidence from a geographical discontinuity approach" with Marco Percoco, Transport Policy, 2015, 44: 108-116