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. Additionally, he is co-lead of the PIK-MCC future lab "Public Economics and Climate Finance" (with Kai Lessmann).
His research focuses on carbon pricing, fiscal and tax policies as well as macroeconomic and distributional aspects of climate policy.
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Contributions to Policy Debates
- NEW: Increasing energy prices and social policy options. MCC analysis on potential distributional effects and policy options of an embargo against Russian energy (15 March 2022)
- Social Cost of Carbon
- The impact of climate conditions on economic production. Evidence from a global panel of regions (JEEM) and Press release
- Portrait of Matthias Kalkuhl in the University Magazin „Portal Wissen“ 01/2021
- ARD alpha Campus Talks (Video): Die ökonomischen Kosten des Klimawandels (German)
- Ringvorlesung Klimakrise (Video-Aufzeichnung) - 22.6.2021: Dem Klimawandel einen Preis geben: Die sozialen Kosten des CO2 (German)
- Environmental Tax Reforms
- Reformoptionen für ein nachhaltiges Steuer- und Abgabensystem. Wie Lenkungssteuern effektiv und gerecht für den Klima- und Umweltschutz ausgestaltet werden können. ARIADNE Kurzdossier
- On the 100th Anniversary of the Pigouvian Tax („The Economics of Welfare“ by Arthur Pigou) Scientific Paper (ITAX) and Press release
- Carbon Pricing in Germany (in German)
- Interaktiver CO2-Preis-Rechner: Wer trägt die Kosten der CO2-Bepreisung? Wie können diese durch verschiedene Rückerstattungmaßnahmen kompensiert werden?
- CO2-Bepreisung: Mehr Klimaschutz mit mehr Gerechtigkeit (MCC Arbeitspapier zu Rückerstattungsoptionen; 2021)
- Ordnungsrecht oder Preisinstrumente? Zur Verteilungswirkung von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen im Verkehr. (Ifo Schnelldiest 06/2021)
- WDR Quarks & CO: CO2-Bepreisung und Klimageld (Video) (Excel zur Berechnung)
- Optionen für eine CO2-Preisreform (PDF) Expertise für die „Wirtschaftsweisen“ und das Klimakabinett 2019
- CO2-Bepreisung und Verteilungswirkungen (Kurzvideo)
Current Research Projects
- ARIADNE (BMBF)
- CLEANUP (DFG) - The Public Economics of Carbon Dioxide Removal
- Green Recovery (VW Stiftung) - Aligning Short-term Stimuli with Long-term Climate Goals
- ROCHADE (BMBF)
Work in progress
- Optimal Carbon Prices for Carbon Dioxide Removal (with M. Franks and K. Lessmann)
- Optimal Carbon Taxation andHorizontal Equity: A Welfare-Theoretic Approach with Application to German Household Data (with M. Hänsel, M. Franks and O. Edenhofer) CESifo Working Paper No. 8931
- Climate finance intermediation: interest spread effects in a climate policy model (with K. Lessmann)
- Climate Actions and Stranded Assets: The Role of Financial Regulation and Monetary Policy (with F. Diluiso, B. Annicchiarico and J. Minx)
- Climate policy and endogenous economic growth with poor substitution possibilities. EAERE 2019 Conference Paper.
- Coal and Economic Development - An econometric analysis (with L. Montrone and J. Steckel)
- Climate change, local resource, and the slow demographic transition in stagnant Africa (with T. Dao)
Teaching (University of Potsdam)
- Winter term 2021/2022: Economics of Climate Change (Lecture; Master program)
- Winter term 2021/2022: Economics of Global Commons Climate Change (Lecture; Bachelor program, formerly "Internationale Wirtschaftspolitik II")
- Summer term 2021: Environmental Policy (Seminar)
- For internships and writing Master theses, see additional information.
