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Chair of Energy and Public Economics

Welcome to the Joint Chair of Energy and Public Economics (ETH and USI) headed by Prof. Dr. Massimo Filippini. We are part of the CER-ETH and CEPE at the Department of MTEC.

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Research at Our Chair

From econometric analysis of energy efficiency and productivity in different sectors to evaluating economic impact of energy policy instruments...

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Project PENNY Kicks-Off!

13.10.16: The partner universities met in Zürich for the new European Commission project on Psychological, Social and Financial Barriers to Energy Efficiecny (PENNY).

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Hiking trip to the alps in Ticino

Prof. Filippini's and Prof. Rausch's chair at the 2-day hiking tour to Campo Tencia in the Ticinese alps.

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Latest News

12.05.2017 | Cooperations, People

New visiting researcher: Sébastien Houde

CEPE is pleased to welcome Sébastien Houde as a visiting researcher to Zürich. Sébastien is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Department of Agricultural and Resources Economics at University of Maryland (UMD). His areas of research interest are: Energy and Environmental Economics, Empirical Industrial Organization, Field Experiments, and Behavioral Economics. Read more

09.05.2017

Swiss households could save energy

Switzerland could easily save more electricity. (Image: iStock / eyegelb)

Energy efficiency is a pillar of Energy Strategy 2050. In the Zukunftsblog, Nina Boogen explains how to estimate household electricity-saving potential and how great it is. Read more

06.03.2017 | International, Events

Call for Papers for the 10th International EMEE Workshop (EMEE 2017)

The 10th International Workshop on Empirical Methods in Energy Economics (EMEE) will be held in Los Angeles, USA, on 22-23 June 2017. The deadline for submitting the extended abstracts is March 31st, 2017. This year's local organizer is Antonio Bento from the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Read more

Seminars

Joint CER-ETH & CEPE Lunch Seminar in Energy, Environmental & Resource Economics
(on Fridays)
CER-ETH Seminar
(on Mondays)
CER-ETH KOF Lecture
IdEP Seminar
(Lugano)

Working Papers

Information for Students

Recent Publications

Geissmann, Thomas. A probabilistic approach to the computation of the levelized cost of electricity. Energy 124 (2017): 372-381.

DOI E-Citations

Blasch, Julia, Nina Boogen, Massimo Filippini, and Nilkanth Kumar. The role of energy and investment literacy for residential electricity demand and end-use efficiency. Economics Working Paper Series 17.269 (2017)

DOI E-Citations

Boogen, Nina. Estimating the potential for electricity savings in households. Energy Economics 63 (2017): 288-300.

DOI E-Citations

Information for Researchers

Additional Information

The mission of our research group is to improve the understanding of issues in energy economics and to make critical contributions in the design and evaluation of energy policy instruments by providing analysis based on the rigorous application of econometric methods.