Yearly Archives: 2023

Electrification and Deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire: a spatial econometric analysis

Access to EnergyAlpha LyPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsWorking papersComments Off on Electrification and Deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire: a spatial econometric analysis

The objective of this paper is to analyze the link between electrification and deforestation in Cote d’Ivoire. Our results show a positive link. Indeed, deforestation continues to gain ground in the country alongside the vast national electrification access programs ongoing since 2011.

Too green to be true? Forging a climate consensus at the European Central Bank

Financial regulation and innovative financingJérôme DeyrisPublicationsPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsComments Off on Too green to be true? Forging a climate consensus at the European Central Bank

In its 2021 strategy review, the European Central Bank’s Governing Council unanimously decided to make climate change one of its priorities for the coming years. In this article, we try to understand how this change was achieved.

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The Capitalocene in light of history: Or why an early Anthropocene makes more sense

Macro-economical and societal challengesPublicationsResearch areaResearch FellowsVictor CourtWorking papersComments Off on The Capitalocene in light of history: Or why an early Anthropocene makes more sense

Several researchers argue that the root cause of today’s ecological disaster is not the anthropos, but the way we have been organizing the global economy through capitalism. It follows that we would be living in the Capitalocene rather than the Anthropocene. In this article, we demonstrate that the Capitalocene concept suffers from four intrinsic flaws

Social Preferences and the Distribution of Rewards

This paper analyzes the optimal reward scheme in an organization involving agents with social preferences whose tasks are complementary.