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FotoRobert Marschinski is joint leader of the research group Policy Instruments within PIK's research domain Sustainable Solutions. His work addresses the design of mitigation policies at the national and international level. He holds a PhD in economics from the University TU Berlin and a M.Sc. in physics from the University of Bologna. In the past, he was a visiting researcher at The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) in New Delhi, India, and a short-term consultant with the Development Economics Research Group of the World Bank in Washington DC. In addition to his role at PIK, he is also a lecturer at the department of Economics of Climate Change at Technische Universität Berlin.

 

Fields of Interest

  • policy instruments in climate change mitigation
  • role of international trade 
  • emissions trading
  • game theory
  • involved in PIK research projects: LIMITS, CREW 
  • teaching at University TU Berlin:  SS09,  WS09/10,  SS10,  SS11


Ongoing Work

  • 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. Presented at the 2011 EAERE Annual Conference, 29 June - 2 July, Rome, Italy.    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
  • Lessmann, K., R. Marschinski, M. Finus, and O. Edenhofer: Emissions Trading with Non-Signatories in a Climate Agreement – An Analysis Of Coalition Stability. Presented at the 2010 EAERE/AERE Annual Conference, 28 June - 2 July, Montreal, Canada.
  • Marschinski, R., M. Jakob, and O. Edenhofer: Analysis of Carbon Leakage in an Extended Ricardo-Viner Model. Presented at the 2009 EAERE Conference, June 24-27, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

Articles Published in Peer-Reviewed Journals (ISI Articles)

  • Brunner, S., C. Flachsland, and R. Marschinski: Credible Commitment in Carbon Policy. Climate Policy 12 (2), p.255-271 (2012).   Info  Manuscript version:  PDF
  • Jakob, M., M. Haller, and R. Marschinski: Will History Repeat Itself? Economic Convergence And Convergence Of Energy Use Patterns. Energy Economics 34 (1), p.95-104 (2012).  Info   Manuscript version:  PDF
  • Steckel, J., M. Jakob, R. Marschinski, and G. Luderer: From Carbonization To Decarbonization? - Past Trends And Future Scenarios For China's CO2 Emissions. Energy Policy 39 (6), p.3443-3455 (2011).  Info   Manuscript version:  PDF
  • Marschinski, R. and O. Edenhofer: Revisiting the Case for Intensity Targets: Better Incentives and Less Uncertainty for Developing Countries? Energy Policy 38 (9), p.5048-5058 (2010).  Info  Manuscript version:  PDF
  • Schmidt, R.C. and R. Marschinski: Can China Benefit from Adopting a Binding Emissions Target? Energy Policy 38 (7), p.3763-3770 (2010).  Info   PDF
  • Steckel, J.C., M. Kalkuhl, and R. Marschinski: Should Carbon-Exporting Countries Strive for Consumption-Based Accounting in a Global Cap-and-Trade Regime? Climatic Change 100 (3-4), p.779-786 (2010) .   Info   Manuscript version: PDF
  • Schmidt, R.C. and R. Marschinski: A Model of Technological Breakthrough in the Renewable Energy Sector. Ecological Economics 69 (2), p.435-444 (2009).  Info   Conference version: PDF  
  • Flachsland, C., R. Marschinski, and O. Edenhofer: To Link or Not to Link: Benefits and Disadvantages of Linking Cap-and-Trade Systems. Climate Policy 9 (4), p.358-372 (2009).  Info  Manuscript version: PDF
  • Lessmann, K., R. Marschinski, and O. Edenhofer: The Effects of Trade Sanctions in International Environmental Agreements. Economic Modelling 26 (3), p.641-649 (2009). Info  Manuscript version: PDF
  • Flachsland, C., R. Marschinski, and O. Edenhofer: Global Trading versus Linking: Architectures for International Emissions Trading. Energy Policy 37 (5), p.1637-1647 (2009). Info  Working paper version:  PDF
  • Marschinski, R., M. Tavoni, P. Rossi, and F. Cocco: Portfolio Selection with Probabilistic Utility. Annals of Operations Research 151 (1), p.223-239 (2007).  Info   PDF
  • Marschinski, R. and H. Kantz: Analysing the Information Flow between Financial Time Series. An improved estimator for transfer entropy. The European Physical Journal B 30 (2), p.275-281 (2002).   Info
  • Franci, F., R. Marschinski, and L. Matassini: Learning the Optimal Trading Strategy. Physica A 294 (1-2), p.213-225 (2001).   Info

 

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Books

  • Flachsland, C., R. Marschinski, O. Edenhofer, M. Leimbach, and L. Baumstark: Developing the International Carbon Market beyond 2012: Options and the Costs of Delay. In: Global Climate Governance beyond 2012: Architecture, Agency and Adaptation. Edited by F. Biermann, P. Pattberg, and F. Zelli. Cambridge University Press (2010).  Info
  • Marschinski, R. and S. Behrle: The World Bank: Making the Business Case for the Environment. In: Managers of Global Change - The Influence of International Environmental Bureaucracies. Edited by F. Biermann and B. Siebenhüner. The MIT Press, September (2009).   Info
  • Biermann, F., B. Siebenhüner, S. Bauer, P.-O. Busch, S. Campe, K. Dingwerth, T. Grothmann, R. Marschinski, and M. Tarradell: Studying the Influence of International Bureaucracies: A Conceptual Framework. In: Managers of Global Change - The Influence of International Environmental Bureaucracies. Edited by F. Biermann and B. Siebenhüner. The MIT Press, September (2009).   Info

 

Other Publications

  • Edenhofer, O. and R. Marschinski: Unvernünftige Zweifler (in German only). Die Zeit, issue of 8 December 2011.  Info   PDF
  • Marschinski, R. and M. Jakob: Reconsidering Copenhagen. Nature Climate Change 1 (6), p.297–298, September (2011).  Info
  • Marschinski, R.: Climate Change Policy in a Second-Best World. An Analysis of Policy Options under Conditions of Partial Cooperation and Uncertainty. PhD thesis, School of Economics and Management of the Technische Universität Berlin (2011).  Info
  • Edenhofer O., C. Flachsland, and R. Marschinski: Towards a Global CO2 Market?  Expertise for the Policy Planning Staff in the Federal Foreign Office. Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (2007).   PDF
  • Marschinski, R. and F. Lecocq: Do Intensity Targets Control Uncertainty Better than Quotas? Conditions, Calibrations, and Caveats. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4033 (2006).  Info   PDF
  • Marschinski, R. and L. Matassini: Financial Markets as a Complex System: A Short Time Scale Perspective. Deutsche Bank Research Notes in Economics & Statistics, November 09 (2001).    PDF 

 

Teaching and Supervision at Technische Universität Berlin

  • Supervision for Master's Thesis Project of Jan Siegmeier (Feb 2011 - Dez 2011)
  • Summer Term 2011: Exercise class "Economics of Climate Change".  Info
  • Supervision for Master's Thesis project of Lena Reuster (April - October 2010)
  • Summer Term 2010: Exercise class "Economics of Climate Change".  Info
  • Winter Term 2009/10: Seminar "Climate Policy and Economics: Overview and Selected Issues".   Info
  • Summer Term 2009: Exercise class "Economics of Climate Change".  Info

 

Research Grants

  • Federal Environment Agency (UBA) call "Ausgestaltung der Marktmechanismen im Post 2012-Klimaregime" (2010). Role: 2nd lead partner. Result: not awarded.
  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) call "Economics of Climate Change" (2010). Role: principal coordinator. Result: approval of project CREW.
  • EU FP7 ENV call "Mitigation policies and measures in the world's major economies compatible with the objective of limiting global surface temperature increase below 2ºC" (2010). Role: contribution of one task. Result: approval of project LIMITS.
  • EU FP7 ENV call "Exploiting the full potential of economic instruments to contribute to achieving the EU's greenhouse gas emissions reduction objectives for 2050" (2011). Role: lead contributor. 

 

Collaboration

Current: Robert Schmidt (Humboldt-University Berlin)

Past: Franck Lecocq (LEF Nancy, France); Massimo Tavoni (FEEM Milan, Italy)

 

Refereeing

Nature Climate Change, Environmental and Resource Economics, Climate Policy, Energy Policy, Physica A

 

Curriculum Vitae

2012: Nominated as Visiting Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science

2010: PhD in Economics awarded by School of Economics and Management of Technische Universität Berlin

2009 to present: lecturer and researcher at Technische Universität Berlin  (More Info)

2002 to present: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

2004: Three months' stay with the World Bank's Development Economics Research Group, Washington DC

2003: Three months as visiting researcher at The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), New Delhi, India

2001 to 2002: Employment in financial services sector, Italy

2000 to 2001: Research for Master's thesis at Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany

1997 to 2001: Graduate studies in physics, University of Bologna, Italy

1995 to 1997: Undergraduate studies in physics and computer science, Free University of Berlin, Germany



Mail Address: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; P.O. Box 60 12 03; 14412 Potsdam; Germany

 

Location: Building A31, Room 1.15; Telegrafenberg; 14473 Potsdam

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