Publishing Institution:
Centre for International Environmental Studies, The Graduate Institute (IHEID)
The Centre is dedicated to the better understanding of the social, economic and political facets of global problems related to the environment.
Established in 2010, the Centre for International Environmental Studies (CIES) is the Graduate Institute's focal point for research on environmental issues. The centre is dedicated to the better understanding of the social, legal, economic and political facets of global problems related to the environment, with an emphasis on the international dimension and the North-South relations. The centre addresses complex problems such as climate change, biodiversity, food security, energy, natural resources and development.
The main activity of the Centre is focused around: Research, Publications, Events.
CIES' mission is to conduct high-level academic research to improve the quality of decision making in public and private spheres. This goal is achieved by creating a platform for researchers to conduct interdisciplinary research on the environment, by providing training to PhD students in specialised areas of research and by disseminating research results through outreach activities targeted to academic experts and policymakers.
CIES is part of a number of academic networks and partners with academic institutions and stakeholders worldwide. Located in the heart of International Geneva, CIES regularly hosts workshops and conferences that bring together researchers and policy-makers.
The CIES organises a seminar series in resource and development economics and interdisciplinary lunch seminars.
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Resources:
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May 12, 2023
Redressing environmental harm? A 'corporate sovereignty' problem
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Stefano Porfido
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August 09, 2022
Does environmental policy uncertainty hinder investments towards a low-carbon economy?
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Joëlle Noailly, Laura Nowzohour, Matthias Van Den Heuvel
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February 01, 2022
Cumulative Climate Shocks and Migratory Flows: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
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Salvatore Di Falco, Anna B. Kis, Martina Viarengo
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May 08, 2021
School feeding programmes, education and food security in rural Malawi
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Roxana Elena Manea
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May 08, 2021
Heterogeneous impacts of school fee elimination in Tanzania: gender and colonial infrastructure
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Roxana Elena Manea, Pedro Naso
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May 01, 2021
Can adjustment costs in research derail the transition to green growth?
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Laura Nowzohour
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April 01, 2021
Crime, inequality and subsidized housing: evidence from South Africa
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Roxana Elena Manea, Patrizio Piraino, Martina Viarengo
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November 01, 2020
The heterogeneous impact of coal prices on the location of cleaner and dirtier steel plants
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François Cohen, Giulia Valacchi
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October 01, 2020
What drives them to invest in the sustainable mobility transition ? Evidence from a conjoint experiment on European investors' policy preferences
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Eva Bortolotti
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October 01, 2020
Policy uncertainty and renewable energy investments in Romania
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Mihnea-George Filip
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September 01, 2020
What do investors in electric vehicles technologies want?
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Bettina Kast, Eva Bortolotti, Joëlle Noailly
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December 17, 2019
Darkness at noon: deforestation in the new authoritarian era
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Susanna B. Hecht
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December 17, 2019
Food security and land use in the 21st century: the return of Malthusianism
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Timothy M. Swanson
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December 17, 2019
Impacts of legal and regulatory institutions on economic development
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Pedro Naso
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December 17, 2019
Land grabs, big business and large-scale damages
By:
Christophe Gironde
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September 19, 2019
Environmental regulation in a transitional political system: delegation of regulation and perceived corruption in South Africa
By:
Pedro Naso
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March 01, 2018
Do financing constraints matter for the direction of technical change in energy R&D?
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Joëlle Noailly, Roger Smeets
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March 01, 2018
Taking stock of international law responses to resource wars
By:
Lys Kulamadayil
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March 01, 2018
The new US tax credits and carbon negative technologies
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Tim Flannery
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March 01, 2018
The perils of development aid in resource-rich countries
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Chiara Ravetti
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October 27, 2017
Can there be benefits from competing legal regimes?: the impact of legal pluralism in post-conflict Sierra Leone
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Pedro Naso, Erwin Bulte, Tim Swanson
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October 18, 2017
Discrimination and Favouritism Among Workers: Union Membership and Ethnic Identity
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Chiara Ravetti, Mare Sarr, Tim Swanson, Daniel Munene
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October 05, 2017
How Does Environmental Regulation Shape Economic Development? A Tax Competition Model of China
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Pedro Naso, Tim Swanson
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October 04, 2017
The Porter Hypothesis Goes to China: Spatial Development, Environmental Regulation and Productivity
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Pedro Naso, Yi Huang, Tim Swanson
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June 14, 2017
Driven up the wall? Role of environmental regulation in innovation along the automotive global value chain
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Suchita Srinivasan
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January 01, 2017
The Impact of Energy Prices on Product Innovation: Evidence from the UK Refrigerator Market
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François Cohen, Matthieu Glachant, Marie Söderberg
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January 01, 2017
Follow-the-Leader? Measuring the Internalisation of Law
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Shaun Larcom, Luca Panzone, Tim Swanson
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March 01, 2016
The Impact of Green Innovation on Energy Intensity: An Empirical Analysis for 14 Industrial Sectors in OECD Countries
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Jules-Daniel Wurlod, Joëlle Noailly
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January 01, 2016
Transfer of Improved Varieties in Informal Markets and the Diffusion of Embedded Innovation: Experimentation with Genetic Resources in Uganda
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Bozzola Martina, Tim Swanson, Helena Ting
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January 01, 2016
Environmental Regulations and Competitiveness: Evidence based on Chinese firm data
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Ankai Xu
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November 23, 2015
Why Give Aid to Resource-Rich Autocrats?
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Mare Sarr, Chiara Ravetti, Tim Swanson
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November 01, 2015
The value of air quality in Chinese cities: Evidence from labor and property market outcomes
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Xuan Huang, Bruno Lanz
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November 01, 2015
Chasing After the Frontier in Agricultural Productivity
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Jules-Daniel Wurlod, Derek Eaton
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August 01, 2015
Avertive expenditures, endogenous quality perception, and the demand for non-market goods: An instrumental variable approach
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Bruno Lanz
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February 01, 2015
Using discrete choice experiments to regulate the provision of water services: Do status quo choices reflect preferences?
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Bruno Lanz, Allan Provins
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January 01, 2015
Emissions Trading in the Presence of Price-Regulated Polluting Firms: How Costly Are Free Allowances?
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Bruno Lanz, Sebastian Rausch
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December 01, 2014
Multinational Firms and the Internationalization of Green R&D: A Review of the Evidence and Policy Implications
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Joëlle Noailly, David Ryfisch
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September 01, 2014
Clean substitutes and the effectiveness of carbon footprint labels vs. Pigovian subsidies: Evidence from a field experiment
By:
Bruno Lanz, Jules-Daniel Wurlod, Luca Panzone, Timothy Swanson
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August 21, 2014
Air pollution in urban Beijing: the role of government-controlled information
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Chiara Ravetti, Yana Popp Jin, Mu Quan, Zhang Shiqiu, Tim Swanson
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January 01, 2014
Resistance to the Regulation of Common Resources in Rural Tunisia
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Xiaoying Liu, Mare Sarr, Timothy M. Swanson
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January 01, 2014
Estimating the demand for tap water quality: Avertive expenditures on substitutes for hardness and aesthetic quality
By:
Bruno Lanz, Allan Provins
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January 01, 2014
Documenting Legal Dissonance: Legal Pluralism in Papua New Guinea
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Shaun Larcom, Timothy Swanson
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January 01, 2014
Directing Technical Change from Fossil-Fuel to Renewable Energy Innovation: An Application Using Firm-Level Patent Data
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Joëlle Noailly, Roger Smeets
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December 01, 2013
Knowledge spillovers from renewable energy technologies: Lessons from patent citations
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Joëlle Noailly, Victoria Shestalova
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November 01, 2013
Models-as-Usual for Unusual Risks? On the Value of Catastrophic Climate Change
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Antoine Bommier, Bruno Lanz, Stéphane Zuber