Matthias Kalkuhl is head of the working group Economic Growth and Human Development. He is professor on Climate Change, Development and Economic Growth at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Potsdam. His research focuses on the impact of climate, environment and environmental fiscal policies on economic growth and sustainable development. His works include empirical analyses as well as theoretical works on dynamic equilibrium models. Previously, Matthias Kalkuhl worked on agricultural and development economic issues at the Center for Development Research, University of Bonn. He coordinated European and international research projects with partners in the US, Ghana, Ethiopia, India and China. He advised the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development and International Organizations and contributed to the IPCC’s Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources.
Detailed CV with list of publications
Work in progress
- The Impact of Climate Conditions on Economic Production. Evidence from a Global Panel of Regions (with Leonie Wenz)
- Can land taxes foster sustainable development? An assessment of fiscal, distributional and implementation issues
- Carbon price uncertainty, expectations and stranded assets
- Agricultural risk management and land ownership (with Gregor Schwerhoff and Katharina Waha)
- Knowing the Damages is not Enough: The General Equilibrium Impacts of Climate Change. With Ottmar Edenhofer. CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5862
News
- Combating poverty and promoting development with land taxes: News, Report and Policy Brief
- Blog article (German only): Von der Chimäre BIP und normativen Blindflügen [MCC News; postwachstum.de]
- Food For Thought on Hunger. Article at Deutsche Welle on food security and globalized agricultural markets.
- Land taxes can protect forests. Short information on our new article in International Tax and Public Finance (doi: 10.1007/s10797-016-9403-6)
- Book (open access): Food Price Volatility and its Implications for Food Security and Policy by M. Kalkuhl, J. von Braun and M. Torero. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319281995
Teaching (University of Potsdam)
- Summer term 2017: Research papers in environmental economics (Seminar)
- Winter term 2017/2018: Economics of Climate Change (Lecture)
- Summer term 2018: The demographic transition and the environment (Seminar)
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