Michael Jakob

Dr. Michael Jakob Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) P.O. Box 601203 14412 Potsdam Germany Tel: +49-(0)331-288 2650 jakob(at)pik-potsdam.de

• Low Carbon Development
• Trade and Climate Change
  
• Climate Policy Instruments
• Game Theory
  

Ongoing Work

• Jakob, M. and K. Lessmann: Signaling in International Environmental Agreements: The Case of Early and Delayed Action. Presentation at the 2011 EAERE Annual Conference, 29 June - 2 July, Rome, Italy. pdf
  
• Jakob, M., R. Marschinski, and M. Hübler: Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Trade-Theory Analysis of Leakage under Production- and Consumption-Based Policies. Presentation at the 2011 NCCR Climate Economics and Law Conference, 16/17 June, Berne, Switzerland. pdf
  
• Marschinski, R., C. Flachsland, and M. Jakob: Linking Carbon Markets: A Trade-Theory Analysis. Presented at the 2010 EAERE/AERE Annual Conference, 28 June - 2 July, Montreal, Canada.  pdf
• Jakob, M. and S. Brunner: Optimal commitment under uncertainty: adjustment rules for climate policy. PIK Working Paper. pdf

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Jakob, M., M. Haller, R. Marschinski (2011): Will History Repeat Itself? Economic Convergence and Convergence in Energy Use Patterns. Energy Economics, forthcoming.  pdf (Working Paper)
• Jakob, M., G. Luderer, J. Steckel, M. Tavoni, S. Monjon (2011): Time to act now? Assessing the costs of delaying climate measures and benefits of early action. Climatic Change, forthcoming
• Luderer, G., V. Bosetti, M. Jakob, M. Leimbach, J. Steckel, H. Waisman, O. Edenhofer (2011):The economics of decarbonizing the energy system—results and insights from the RECIPE model intercomparison. Climatic Change, forthcoming
• Steckel, J., M. Jakob, G. Luderer, R. Marschinski (2011): From Carbonization to Decarbonization? - Past Trends and Future Scenarios for China's CO2 Emissions Energy Policy 39(6):3443-3455. pdf (Working Paper)

Policy Papers

• Marschinski, R. and M. Jakob: Reconsidering Copenhagen. Nature Climate Change 1 (6), p.297–298, September (2011). info
  
• Contributing author to Ch. 9 of the IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy in the Context of Sustainable Development (SRREN)
  
• Edenhofer, O., C. Carraro, J.-C. Hourcade, K. Neuhoff, G. Luderer, C. Flachsland, M. Jakob, A. Popp, J. Steckel, J. Strohschein, N. Bauer, S. Brunner, M. Leimbach, H. Lotze-Campen, V. Bosetti, E. de Cian, M. Tavoni, O. Sassi, H. Waisman, R. Crassous-Doerfler, S. Monjon, S. Dröge, H. van Essen, P. del Río, A. Türk (2009): RECIPE - The Economics of Decarbonization. Synthesis Report. pdf

• Edenhofer, O., Stern, N., Bauer, N., Brunner, S., Flachsland, C., Jakob, M. (2009). Towards a global Green Recovery. Recommendations for Immediate G20 Action. Report submitted to the G20 London Summit - 2 April 2009. Prepared on behalf of the German Foreign Office. pdf
  

• Flachsland, C., O. Edenhofer, M. Jakob, J. Steckel (2008): Developing the International Carbon Market. Linking Options for the EU ETS. Report to the Policy Planning Staff in the Federal Foreign Office. pdf
  

Other Publications

• Jakob, M. (2011): Reframing International Climate Policy: Essays on Development Issues and Fragmented Regimes. Doctoral Thesis. pdf
  
• Jakob, M., V. Bosetti, H. Waisman, E. De Cian, J. Steckel, M. Leimbach, L. Baumstark (2009): The RECIPE reference scenarios. RECIPE Backgound Paper. pdf
  
• Jakob, M., H. Waisman, V. Bosetti, E. De Cian, M. Leimbach, L. Baumstark, G. Luderer (2009): Description of the RECIPE models. RECIPE Backgound Paper. pdf

Referee

Climate Policy, Energy Policy

Teaching

Winter Semester 2010/2011: Seminar on Low-Carbon Development together with Jan Steckel at the Technical University of Berlin

CV

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