Prof. Dr. Achim Hagen
“My primary research focus is to enhance our understanding of the economic implications of domestic and international climate policy-making, particularly in relation to the political economy, transition risks, and the interaction with financial regulation. I aim to provide insights that can aid the transition towards a sustainable, carbon-neutral future.”
Selected Publications
Hagen, A., and M. Schopf. (2024). Political influence on international climate agreements with border carbon adjustment. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 102979.
von Dulong, A., Gard-Murray, A., Hagen, A., Jaakkola, N., & Sen, S. (2023). Stranded Assets: Research Gaps and Implications for Climate Policy. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 17(1), 161-169.
von Dulong, A., A. Hagen, R. Mendelevitch and K. Eisenack. (2023). Buy coal and gas? Addressing interfuel carbon leakage on deposit markets with market power. Energy Economics 117, 106434.
Hagen, A., and J. Schneider (2022). Small climate clubs should not use trade sanctions. Energy Research & Social Science, 92, 102777.
Hagen, A. and J. Schneider. (2021). Trade sanctions and the stability of climate coalitions. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 109, 102504.
Eisenack, K., A. Hagen, R. Mendelevitch and A. Vogt. (2021). Politics, profits and climate policies: How much is at stake for fossil fuel producers? Energy Research & Social Science 77, 102092.
Hagen, A., J.-C. Altamirano-Cabrera and H.-P. Weikard. (2021). National political pressure groups and the stability of international environmental agreements. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 21(3), 405-425.
Hagen, A. and K. Eisenack. (2019). Climate clubs vs. single coalitions: the ambition of international environmental agreements. Climate Change Economics, 10 (3), 1950011.
Work in Progress
The Political Economy of Stranded Assets: Climate Policies, Investments and the Role of Elections, Berlin School of Economics Discussion Papers (33), https://doi.org/10.48462/opus4-5348 (with G. Kollenbach).
The Political Economy of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Removal: Evidence from Bolivia and Mexico, IMF Working Papers 2024, 230 (2024), https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400290480.001 (with M. Montes de Oca Leon and F. Holz).
Endogenous climate policy, systemic risk and asset stranding (with A. von Dulong & N. Jaakkola).
Contested compromise: Climate policy reforms as share contests.
Education
10/2018
PhD, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (summa cum laude). Thesis title: Global Climate Policy Beyond Nation-State Actors: An Economic Analysis of Environmental Cooperation.
2014
Master of Arts Sustainability Economics and Management (with Distinction), Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.
Contact
Address
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Hannoversche Str. 27 / Room 1.18b
D-10099 Berlin
Phone
+49 (30) 2093-46376
E-mail
achim.hagen(at)hu-berlin.de