Research

Selected Publications

• "Do Carbon Offsets Offset Carbon?", with Raphael Calel, Jonathan Colmer, and Antoine Dechezleprêtre, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2025. Paper

• "Invention and Global Diffusion of Technologies for Climate Change: A Patent Analysis" with Simon Touboul, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Sam Fankhauser, and Jana Stoever. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2023, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.1086/725365.

• "Global Trends in the Innovation and Diffusion of Climate Change Mitigation Technologies" with Benedict Probst, Simon Touboul, and Antoine Dechezleprêtre. Nature Energy, 2021, 6: 1077-1086. Paper

• "Induced innovation in energy technologies and systems: a review of evidence and potential implications for CO2 mitigation.", with Michael Grubb et al. Environmental Research Letters, 2021. DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abde07. Paper.

• "Consumer myopia, imperfect competition, and the energy efficiency gap: Evidence from the UK refrigerator market", with François Cohen and Magnus Soderberg. European Economic Review, 2017, 93: 1-23. Paper.

• "Incentives for quality in friendly and hostile informational environments", with Pierre  Fleckinger and Gabrielle Moineville. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2017, 9(1): 242-274. Paper.

• "Invention and transfer of climate change mitigation technologies: A global analysis", with Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Ivan·Hascic, Nick Johnstone, Yann Ménière, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy; 2011, 5(1): 109-130. DOI: 10.1093/reep/req023. Paper

• ""Negotiating a voluntary agreement when firms self regulate", with Pierre Fleckinger, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2011, 62(1), pp 41-52. Paper.

• "The organization of Extended Product Responsibility in waste policy with product differentiation", with Pierre Fleckinger, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2010, 59(1), pp 57-66. doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2009.06.002. Paper.

• "Non-Binding Voluntary Agreements", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2007, 54(1), pp 32-48. Paper.

Other publications

• "The Autonomous Adaptation of US Homes to Changing Temperatures", with François Cohen and Magnus Söderberg . Journal of Economic Geography, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbaf030.

• “The Intellectual Property Rights Protection o Low-Carbon Trade and Foreign Direct Investments” (with Damien Dussaux et Antoine Dechezleprêtre. Energy Policy, 2022, 171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113269.

• “Implicit Yardstick Competition between Heating Monopolies in Urban Areas: Theory and Evidence from Sweden “ with Petyo Bonev et Magnus Soderberg. Energy Economics, 20221, 09, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.105927.

• “Selling and Saving Energy: Energy Efficiency Obligations in Liberalized Energy Markets”with Louis-Gaëtan Giraudet and Jean-Philippe Nicolai ,The Energy Journal, 2020. doi: 10.5547/01956574.41.SI1.lgir.

• “Testing the regulatory threat hypothesis:Evidence from Sweden“ , with Petyo Bonev, and Magnus Soderberg, Resource and Energy Economics, 2020, 62. doi: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2020.101182.

• “Energy Performance Certificates and Investments in Building Energy efficiency: A Theoretical Analysis“, with Pierre Fleckinger and Paul-Hervé Tamokoué Kamga, Energy Economics, 2019) 84(1): 104604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104604

• “How much does recyling reduce imports? Evidence from metallic raw materials”, with Damien Dussaux, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2019, 8(2): 128-146. doi: 10.1080/21606544.2018.1520650.

• “Monopoly regulation when consumers need to make sunk investments: Theory and evidence from the Swedish district heating sector", with Darryl Biggar and Magnus Söderberg, Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2018, 54(1): 14-40.

• “The incentives to North-South transfer of climate-mitigation technologies with trade in polluting goods”, with Julie Ing and Jean-Philippe Nicolai, Environmental and Resource Economics, 2017, 66: 435-456. doi:10.1007/s10640-016-0087-2.

• “The impact of energy prices on product innovation: Evidence from UK the refrigerator market”, with François Cohen and Magnus Söderberg, Energy Economics, 2017, 68(1): 81-88.

• “What role for climate negotiations on technology transfer?” with Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Climate Policy, 2016. doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2016.1222257.

• "Does foreign environmental policy influence domestic innovation? Evidence from the wind industry", with Antoine Dechezleprêtre, Environmental and Resource Economics (2014) 58: 391 - 413.

• "Predicting the costs of photovoltaic solar modules in 2020 using experience curve models", with Arnaud de la Tour, Yann Ménière, Energy, 2013, 62: 341-348. doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.09.037

• "Technology diffusion with learning spillovers: Patent versus free access", with Yann Ménière, The Manchester School, 2013, 81(5): 683-711.

• "What drives the international transfer of climate change mitigation technologies? Empirical evidence from patent data", with Antoine Dechezleprêtre and Yann Ménière, Environmental and Resource Economics, 2013, 54(2): 161-178.

• "Projets mechanisms and technology diffusion in climate policy Glachant", with Yann Ménière, Environmental and Resources Economics, 2011, 49(3): 405-423.

• "Distributional effects of public transport policies in the Paris Region" (with Benjamin Bureau) Transport Policy, 2011, 18(5): 745-754.

• "Innovation and international technology transfer: The case of the Chinese photovoltaic industry", with Arnaud De la Tour and Yann Ménière. Energy Policy, 2011, 39: 761-770.

• "Technology transfer by CDM projects: a comparison of Brazil, China, India and Mexico", with Antoine Dechezleprêtre and Yann Ménière, Energy Policy, 2009, 37(2): 703-711.

• "Distributional effects of road pricing: Assessment of nine scenarios for Paris" (with Benjamin Bureau) Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2008, 42(7): 994-1007.

•  "The Clean Development Mechanism and the international diffusion of technologies: An empirical study", with Antoine Dechezleprêtre and Yann Ménière, Energy Policy, 2008, 36(4): 1273-1283.

•  “Companies’ participation in EMAS: the influence of the public regulator” (with Simone Schucht, Alexandra Bültmann, and Franck Wätzold) Business Strategy  and the Environment (2002) 11(4): 254-66.

• “The political economy of water effluent charges in France: why are rates kept low?" European  Journal of Law and Economics, 2002,14(1): 27-43.

•  “The need for adaptability in EU environmental policy design and implementation” European  Environment, 2001, 11(5): 239-249.

• "Is there a room for self regulation in the mining sector ?" (with Olivier Bomsel, Peter Borkey and François Lévêque) Resources Policy, 1996, 22(1/2).

• "Voluntary Agreements between the Government and Industry : Bargaining and Efficiency" Business Strategy and the Environment, 1994, 3(2): 43-49