Dr. Nicolas Koch

Leiter des Policy Evaluation Lab und Senior Researcher

Dr. Nicolas Koch

Dr. Nicolas Koch leitet das Policy Evaluation Lab. Er ist ein Umweltökonom mit Interesse an den Bereichen Stadt- und Verkehrsökonomie, Gesundheitsökonomie und angewandte Mikroökonomie. Seine Forschung kombiniert Methoden der Kausalwirkungs- und Wohlfahrtsanalyse mit dem Potential von Big Data, um neue Evidenz zu drängenden umweltpolitischen Herausforderungen zu schaffen. Zu seinen spezifischen Forschungsthemen gehören die Funktionsweise des EU-Emissionshandelssystems, die Kosten der Luftverschmutzung, Straßenbenutzungsgebühren, das Zusammenspiel von Umwelt und Unternehmensproduktivität, sowie die Waldschutzpolitik. Er ist Research Fellow des IZA und RWI.

Nicolas Koch studierte Volkswirtschaftslehre in Marburg, Kiel, Hamburg und Paris. Vor seiner Zeit am MCC arbeitete er vier Jahre lang als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Universität Hamburg, wo er 2013 seine Promotion abschloss. Zudem war er Gastwissenschaftler der University of East Anglia und Gastdozent an der BEM Bordeaux Management School. Er ist Autor und Co-Autor verschiedener Publikationen in wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften, unter anderem in AEJ: Economic Policy, Science, PNAS, Nature Climate Change, Nature Energy, JAERE, JEEM und JUE.


Lebenslauf

Ausführlicher CV mit Publikationsliste

 


Beiträge zu aktuellen Debatten

Klimaschädliche Subventionen im Verkehr

Verteilungswirkung von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen im Verkehr

Wirkung eines Verbrenner-Neuzulassungsverbots von Pkw in Deutschland

 


Ausgewählte Publikationen

Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades
with Annika Stechemesser, Ebba Mark, Patick Klösel, Daniel Nachtigall, Felix Pretis, Nolan Ritter, Moritz Schwarz et al.
Science (2024)
[Published Paper][Preprint][Data and code][Interactiv web dashboard]
Media: [New York Times][Financial Times][Wall Street Journal][Washington Post][NewScientist][Associated Press][CNN][CBC][The Economist][The Times][El Mundo][Le Monde][L’Express][France Culture][ORF][Der Standard][Spiegel][Zeit][FAZ][SZ][zdf][Deutschlandfunk][Nature News]

Killing Prescriptions Softly: Low Emission Zones and Child Health from Birth to School
with Hannah Klauber, Felix Holub, Nico Pestel, Nolan Ritter, and Alexander Rohlf
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (2024)
[Published Paper][IZA Discussion Paper][Data and code]
Media: [Spiegel][Focus][ÄrzteZeitung]

Systematic review and meta-analysis of ex-post evaluations on the effectiveness of carbon pricing
with Niklas Döbbeling-Hildebrandt, Klaas Miersch, Tarun M. Khanna et al.
Nature Communications (2024)
[Published Paper][Data and code]

The Welfare Costs of Job Loss and Decarbonization– Evidence from Germany's Coal Phase Out
with Luke Haywood, and Markus Janser
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2024)
[Published Paper][IZA Discussion Paper][Data and code]; related paper on early retirement program in [Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik] (German only)
Media: [IZA Newsroom][WiWo][klimareporter][Bertelsmann Stiftung][Makronom]

Spillovers to manufacturing plants from multi-million dollar plantations: evidence from the Indonesian palm oil boom
with Sebastian Kraus, and Robert Heilmayr
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2024)
[Published Paper][Working Paper][Data and code]

The Effects of Cash for Clunkers on Local Air Quality
with Ines Helm, Alexander Rohlf
Journal of Urban Economics (2023)
[Published Paper][CESifo Working Paper] [IZA Discussion Paper]

Attributing agnostically-detected large reductions in road CO2 emissions to policy mixes
with Lennard Naumann, Felix Pretis, Nolan Ritter, and Moritz Schwarz
Nature Energy (2022)
[Published Paper][Preprint][Data and code]
Media: [Deutschlandfunk] [WDR] [Bild der Wissenschaft] [Der Standard] [Morning News]

No aggregate deforestation reductions from rollout of community land titles in Indonesia yet
with Sebastian Kraus, Jacqueline Liu, and Sabine Fuss
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021) 
[Published Paper][Data and code]
Media: [Mongabay] [Sina.com](Chinese)

Provisional COVID-19 infrastructure induces large, rapid increases in cycling
with Sebastian Kraus
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021) 
[Published Paper][Preprint][Data and code]
Media: [NYT][Süddeutsche][Forbes][Video]

Adjust urban and rural road pricing for fair mobility
with Felix Creutzig, Aneeque Javaid Brigitte Knopf, Giulio Mattioli, and Ottmar Edenhofer 
Nature Climate Change (2020)
[Published Paper] [Blog Post]

Politics matters: Regulatory events as catalysts for price formation under cap-and-trade
with Godefroy Grosjean, Sabine Fuss, and Ottmar Edenhofer
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2016)
[Published Paper]
Media: [Carbon Pulse]



Aktuelle Arbeitspapiere

Determinants of Heat Risk in an Aging Population: A Machine Learning Approach
with Hannah Klauber
[IZA Discussion Paper] [related Published Paper (German only)] [Interactive Web-Tool]
Media: [Deutschlandfunk] [Zeit (article)] [Zeit (visualization)] [FAZ] [Tagesspiegel] [Ärztezeitung]

Heat increases experienced racial segregation in the United States
with Till Baldenius, Hannah Klauber, Nadja Klein
[Working Paper]

Machine Learning from Big GPS Data about the Heterogeneous Costs of Congestion
with Nolan Ritter, Alexander Rohlf, and Ben Thies
[Working Paper]

The Welfare Impact of Using Second-Best Uniform Taxes to Address Traffic Congestion
with Johanna Arlinghaus
[Working Paper]

Gasoline Price and the Effectiveness of Interventions Targeting Healthier Transport Modes: A Meta-Analysis
with Guillaume Chevance, Baptiste Andrieu, Cathryn Tonne, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, and Paquito Bernard
[Working Paper]

What If Working from Home Will Stick? Distributional and Climate Impacts for Germany
with Marion Bachelet, Matthias Kalkuhl
[IZA Discussion Paper]
Media: IZA Newsroom, WiWo

Effects of thermal inversion induced air pollution on COVID-19
with Hannah Klauber, and Sebastian Kraus
[Working Paper][Data and code]

 

 

Aktuelle Publikationen

Edmondson, D., Flachsland, C., aus dem Moore, N., Koch, N., Koller, F., Gruhl, H., Brehm, J., 2024

Anticipatory climate policy mix pathways: a framework for ex-ante construction and assessment applied to the road transport sector

Climate Policy
Typ
Peer Review
A., Koch, N., Mark. E., Dilger, E., Klösel, P., Menicacci, L., Nachtigall, D., Pretis, F., Ritter, N., Schwarz, M., Vossen, H., Wenzel, A., 2024

Climate policies that achieved major emission reductions: Global evidence from two decades

Science
Typ
Peer Review
Döbbeling-Hildebrandt, N., Miersch, K., Khanna, T., Bachelet, M., Bruns, S., Callaghan, M., Edenhofer, O., Flachsland, C., Forster, P., Kalkuhl, M., Koch, N., Lamb, W., Ohlendorf, N., Steckel, J., Minx, J., 2024

Systematic review and meta-analysis of ex-post evaluations on the effectiveness of carbon pricing

Nature Communications
Typ
Peer Review
Klauber, H., Holub, F., Koch, N., Pestel, N., Ritter, N., Rohlf, A., 2024

Killing Prescriptions Softly: Low Emission Zones and Child Health from Birth to School

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Typ
Peer Review
Plötz, P., Koch, N., Bach, S., Haan, P., Kistinger, D., Illenseer, N., 2024

Kurzdossier: Klimaschädliche Subventionen entsprechen negativen CO2-Preisen

Ariadne Kurzdossier
Typ
Sonstige