## Gregor Schwerhoff

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Gregor Schwerhoff

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### Profile

### Previous Experience

- World Bank

- German Development Cooperation (GIZ)

- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC)

- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

### IMF Publications

### IMF Books and Working Papers

- [Macroeconomic Impacts of China’s Energy Transition](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2026/08/28/macroeconomic-impacts-of-chinas-energy-transition-579203), Working Paper No. 2026/185 , August 28, 2026

- [Following the Money: Who is Keeping Coal Alive?](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2024/11/01/following-the-money-who-is-keeping-coal-alive-556850), Working Paper No. 2024/228 , November 1, 2024

- [Harnessing Renewables in Sub-Saharan Africa: Barriers, Reforms, and Economic Prospects](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/staff-climate-notes/issues/2024/10/08/harnessing-renewables-in-sub-saharan-africa-barriers-reforms-and-economic-prospects-555077), Staff Climate Note No 2024/005 , October 9, 2024

- [Policies to Foster Green FDI: Best Practices for Emerging Market and Developing Economies](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/staff-climate-notes/issues/2024/10/08/policies-to-foster-green-fdi-best-practices-for-emerging-market-and-developing-economies-555062), Staff Climate Note No 2024/004 , October 8, 2024

- [The Economics of Decarbonizing Electricity Production](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2024/10/04/the-economics-of-decarbonizing-electricity-production-555901), Working Paper No. 2024/213 , October 4, 2024

- [Climate Policy Diffusion Across US States](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2024/09/13/climate-policy-diffusion-across-us-states-554226), Working Paper No. 2024/198 , September 13, 2024

- [Energy Security and The Green Transition](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2024/01/12/energy-security-and-the-green-transition-543806), Working Paper No. 2024/006 , January 12, 2024

- [Green Innovation and Diffusion: Policies to Accelerate Them and Expected Impact on Macroeconomic and Firm-Level Performance](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/staff-discussion-notes/issues/2023/11/03/green-innovation-and-diffusion-policies-to-accelerate-the-process-and-expected-impact-on-540134), Staff Discussion Notes No. 2023/008 , November 6, 2023

- [Equity and Efficiency Effects of Land Value Taxation](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2022/12/17/equity-and-efficiency-effects-of-land-value-taxation-527079), Working Paper No. 2022/263 , December 16, 2022

- [Climate Policy Options: A Comparison of Economic Performance](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2022/12/09/climate-policy-options-a-comparison-of-economic-performance-526813), Working Paper No. 2022/242 , December 9, 2022

- [Getting on Track to Net Zero: Accelerating a Global Just Transition in This Decade](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/staff-climate-notes/issues/2022/10/31/getting-on-track-to-net-zero-accelerating-a-global-just-transition-in-this-decade-525242), Staff Climate Note No 2022/010 , November 4, 2022

- [The International Diffusion of Policies for Climate Change Mitigation](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2022/06/03/the-international-diffusion-of-policies-for-climate-change-mitigation-518899), Working Paper No. 2022/115 , June 3, 2022

- [Policy Sequencing Towards Carbon Pricing - Empirical Evidence From G20 Economies and Other Major Emitters](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2022/04/01/policy-sequencing-towards-carbon-pricing-empirical-evidence-from-g20-economies-and-other-515609), Working Paper No. 2022/066 , April 1, 2022

- [Economic and Environmental Benefits from International Cooperation on Climate Policies](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/departmental-papers-policy-papers/issues/2022/03/16/economic-and-environmental-benefits-from-international-cooperation-on-climate-policies-511562), Departmental Paper No 2022/007 , March 17, 2022

### F&D articles

- Where the sun shines (joint with Mouhamadou Sy), Finance & Development, March 2020, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

### Non-IMF Publications

### Publications in Journals (Referred)

- [Global climate policy with differentiated carbon price floors](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14693062.2023.2205376)

- [Energy transition: The race between technology and political backlash](https://www.piie.com/publications/working-papers/2024/energy-transition-race-between-technology-and-political-backlash)

- [Global benefits of the international diffusion of carbon pricing policies](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01710-8)

- [Leadership in carbon pricing encourages other countries to follow](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01700-w)

- [Economic Policy and Technology Choice of Heterogeneous Producers](https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/724517?journalCode=jaere)

- [Policy sequencing towards carbon pricing among the world’s largest emitters](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01538-8)

- [Land tenure, climate and risk management](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800918315635)

- [Taxation of economic rents](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/joes.12340)

- [Agricultural Productivity and Forest Conservation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1093/ajae/aay110)

- [Developing Africa’s energy mix](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14693062.2018.1459293)

- [Can land taxes foster sustainable development? An assessment of fiscal, distributional and implementation issues](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837717310360)

- [Environmental Taxation, Inequality and Engel’s Law: The Double Dividend of Redistribution](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10640-016-0070-y)

- [Export tariffs combined with public investments as a forest conservation policy instrument](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389934118300108)

- [Leadership in climate change mitigation: Consequences and incentives](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/joes.12203)

- [Optimal Environmental Taxation with Capital Mobility](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1475-5890.12144)

- [Intra-household allocation of parental leave](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/caje.12322)

- [Long-Term Development Perspectives of Sub-Saharan Africa under Climate Policies](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800916316287)

- [Policy options for a socially balanced climate policy](https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2017-20/html)

- [Financing renewable energy in Africa – Key challenge of the sustainable development goals](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211630778X)

- [The economics of leadership in climate change mitigation](https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14693062.2014.992297)

- [The Non-Monetary Side of the Global Disinflation](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11079-013-9283-7)

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