Prof. Dr. Grischa Perino

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Professor for Environmental Economics
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Grischa Perino’s research interests include several areas in environmental economics, especially instrument choice, environmental innovations, intrinsic motivation to protect the environment and the valuation of urban ecosystem services. His focus is on applied microeconomic theory but he has also run experiments (lab and field) and worked empirically.
You can find further information on his Homepage here.
Working papers
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Meating conflict: Toward a model of ambivalence-motivated meat reduction (with Shiva Pauer, Matthew Ruby, Bastiaan Rutjens and Frenk van Harreveld), September 2020
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Self-Signaling in Moral Voting (with Lydia Mechtenberg, Nicolas Treich, Jean-Robert Tyran and Stephanie Wang), CEPR Discussion Paper DP15645, January 2021
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Overlapping climate policies, (with Robert Ritz and Arthur van Benthem), NBER Working Paper 25643 (updated Nov. 2020)
- The Rise of a Movement: The Hidden Strategic Nature of Climate Protest (with Johannes Jarke-Neuert and Henrike Schwickert) presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, June 2020
- The Role of Autonomy and Reactance for Nudging - Experimentally Comparing Defaults to Recommendations and Mandates (with Hendrik Bruns), August 2019
- Meaty arguments and fishy associations: Field experimental evidence on the impact of reasons to reduce meat consumption on intentions, behavior and satisfaction, (with Claudia Schwirplies), presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Manchester, June 2019
- Understanding overlapping policies: Internal carbon leakage and the punctured waterbed, (with Robert Ritz and Arthur van Benthem), EPRG Working Paper 1910 and NBER Working Paper 25643, March 2019
- Point at, Nudge, or Push Private Provisions to a Public Good? Field Experimental Evidence for Experts, Politicians, and Nobodies (with Hendrik Bruns), June 2018
- For 'better' or 'worse': a direct approach to elicit preference rankings from life-satisfaction data (with Sonja Köke), WiSo-HH Working Paper Series, No. 43, August 2017
- Regulation Based Price Discrimination (with Jascha Tutt), mimeo
- EU ETS stability mechanism needs new design (with Michael Pahle, Fabian Pause, Simon Quemin, Hannah Scheuing and Maximilian Willner), February 2021
Education
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Practice, University of East Anglia, 2012
- Dr. rer. pol. (equ. PhD in Economics), Universität Heidelberg, 2007
- Diplom-Volkswirt (equ. M.Sc. in Economics), Universität Freiburg, 2004
- M.Sc. in Environmental and Resource Economics (distinction), University College London, 2003
- Vordiplom VWL (equ. B.Sc. in Economics), Universität Bonn, 2001
Academic career
- Professor for Environmental Economics, Department of Socioeconomics, Universität Hamburg, since April 2013
- Senior Lecturer, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, 2012-2013
- Lecturer, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, 2008-2012
- Research associate, Chair of Environmental Economics (Prof. Timo Goeschl, Ph.D.), Heidelberg University, 2005-2008
Academic and scientific activities
Universität Hamburg (current)
- Member of the Board, Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), since 2020
- Member of the Departmental Council for Social Economics, since 10/2020
- Deputy member of faculty board, since fall 2019
- Member of executive committee, International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling, since 2014
- Member of "Center for Sustainable Society Research" (CSS), since 2016
- Principal Investigator and Co-Chair of 'Dynamics of Climate Governance: Norms, Contestation, and Policies', Cluster of Excellence 'Climate, Climate Change and Society (CliCCS)
Universität Hamburg (past)
- Fellow, Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability: Modernization, Transformation, Control”, 03-09/2020
- Coordinator (with Dr. Christine Zöllner) of the project "Open University Access" in the Department of Socioeconomics, 2015 - 2019
- Chairman examinations board B.A. Socioeconomics, November 2015 - November 2019Member of the reform committee B.A. Socioeconomics, Jan. 2014 - Jan. 2016
- Deputy member, faculty board of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences , May 2014 - October 2015
- Jury, Studentische Initiativen Fördern, Universitätskolleg, 2015/2016
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Co-editor, Environmental and Resource Economics, since 2020
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Member, Sustainable Future Policy Lab, since 2020
- Member, Ausschuss für Umwelt- und Ressourcenökonomie (AURÖ), Verein für Socialpolitik, since 2013
In the media
Selected articles in the media on the research work of Prof. Perino
- The EU ETS needs a new autopilot: a proposed reform for the MSR, LIFE DICET Blog, 19.03.2021
- Solaranlagen: Photovoltaikanlagen werden zur Pflicht, Deutschlandfunk (ab 4:30min), 20.07.2020
- Wo Markt auf Moral trifft - CO2-Emissionshandel behindert freiwilligen Klimaschutz, KlimaSocial – vom Wissen zum Handeln, Riff Reporter, 10.07.2020
- Schildbürgerstreich Kohleausstieg: Teuer und mit ungewisser Klimawirkung, Tagesspiegel Background, 12.03.2020
- Kein bisschen Frieden - Der Kohlekompromiss ist teuer und stiftet keinen Frieden, DER SPIEGEL vom 25.1.2020, S. 66
- Klimaplan: Warum ein Experte gegen die Solar-Pflicht ist, Interview, Hamburger Abendblatt, 04.12.2019
- Zu Fuß gehen ist besser, Interview zu E-Scootern, taz, 03.08.2019
- Fürs Klima: Fliegen verbieten?, Live-Experte (ab 17:30min) bei stern.de DISKUTHEK, 18.07.2019
- Verzicht ist nicht die Lösung, Kolumne, Tagesspiegel Causa, 15.6.2019
- Klimagerecht, Gastkommentar, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 14.6.2019
- Klimaschutz und Kopfzerbrechen, WELT AM SONNTAG, 11.3.2019
- 100 Fragen des Lebens: Können wir das Klima beherrschen?, Hamburger Abendblatt, 17.11.2018
- Klimanationalisten im Wasserbett: Ist forcierter Klimaschutz – zum Beispiel ein deutscher Kohleausstieg – sinnlos?, RiffReporter, 30.10.2018
- Die Reform des EU-Emissionshandels hat auch Nachteile, Editorial, Deutsches Klima Konsortium, 12.4.2018
- Studie: EEG könnte Treibhausgas-Ausstoß erhöhen statt senken, EurActiv.de, 16.02.2017
- Reform des Emissionshandels ist kontraproduktiv, Editorial, Deutsches Klima Konsortium, November 2016
- Licht aus? Bringt nix!, Interview, DRadio Wissen, 17.11.2015
- Stromsparen bringt nichts fürs Klima, Interview, Technology Review, 02.11.2015
- Marktstabilitätsreserve gefährdet Investitionsanreize und Preisstabilität, TradeNews Emissions, 09.09.2015
- Manchmal kann Klimaschutz dem Klima auch schaden, Der Standard, 15.08.2015
- EU farm subsidies should be used to open up countryside, The Telegraph, 05.07.2013
- UK farming subsidies shortchange the public, study says, The Guardian, 04.07.2013
- Should we stop worrying about the environmental impact of flying?, The Guardian, 31.01.2013
- Why flying could produce less carbon than taking the bus, The Telegraph, 30.01.2013
Selected News and Press Releases of the University of Hamburg
- Essen für den Erhalt der Erde, 10.10.2018
- Emissionshandel: „Ein machtvolles Instrument, aber inzwischen viel zu kompliziert“, 16.04.2018
- UN-Klimakonferenz COP23: Weniger Emissionen in Straßenverkehr und Landwirtschaft bringen mehr als der Kohleausstieg. Interview mit Volkswirt Prof. Dr. Grischa Perino, 14.11.2017
- Wie viel Klimaschutz steckt im EEG?, 14.02.2017 (Video)
- Reform des EU-Emissionshandels ist kontraproduktiv, 19.10.2016