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The research group focuses on the efficient and sustainable use of energy and natural resources, in particular the implications on human welfare, the environment and climate change.

  • About KREM

    The research covers a wide range of topics, including: energy markets, valuation of natural environments, consumer behaviour, use of petroleum resources, carbon markets, management of agricultural land tropical forest, and land markets. Methodologically, the research includes analytical methods, simulation models, econometrics, institutional analysis, valuation studies and field experiments.

    Geographically, the research can be divided into three main areas:

    (i) Norwegian environmental and climate policies,

    (ii) land and resource use in developing countries, and

    (iii) international climate policy.

Group members

  • Faculty and staff
  • PhD students and postdocs

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Seminars

January 15

Matteo Philipp Zuch, PhD candidate at the Technical University of Denmark, will present his research on carbon capture and storage. The presentation is titled: "Cross-technology spatial spillover effects: The relationship between spatial characteristics and willingness to pay for carbon capture and storage in Denmark".

February 5

Magnus Merkle, PhD candidate at the School of Economics and Business at NMBU, will present his research on carbon leakage and heterogenous carbon prices.

February 19

Anders Dugstad, postdoc at the School of Economics and Business at NMBU, will hold a presentation entitled "The Influence of a Deadly Climate-Induced Natural Disaster on Risk Preferences: Evidence from the Housing Market".

March 5

Hambulo Ngoma, development economist at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Zimbabwe, will give a presentation titled: "Heterogenous correlates of mechanization use and rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe: A quantile regression analysis". The presentation is based on a newly published paper in Food Policy.

March 19

Emil Karlsen, PhD candidate at the School of Economics and Business at NMBU, will present his research on climate policy uncertainty and firm investment in production capacity. The presentation is titled "Carbon Price Volatility and Polluting Sector Capacity: How Uncertainty Crowds Out the Green Sector in a Two-Sector RBC Model".