Climate Economics with Arvid Viaene
A research-focused podcast on the economics of climate change and air pollution. Episodes are released every two weeks on Tuesday at 6 am CET. Episodes will be either expert interviews or solo explorations of key issues. Hosted by Dr. Arvid Viaene, a climate economist with a PhD from the University of Chicago. He has done research on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and mortality. His research on climate-related mortality has been published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, and he has advised the European Commission on the impacts of climate policy on firm competitiveness.
Podcasting since 2025 • 15 episodes
Climate Economics with Arvid Viaene
Latest Episodes
#15 - Lessons from the First 14 Episodes
With the end of the year approaching, it is time to take stock and reflect on the past 14 episodes.I present lessons and takeaways from each and discuss some upcoming episodes.
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#14 Dr. Matilde Bombardini - U.S. Climate Politics
We talk a lot about the “right” climate policies—carbon pricing, clean investment, regulation. But there’s a step before all of that: politics. Who wins elections. What voters actually do—not just what they say in surveys. And how politic...
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# 13 Dr. Reed Walker – Estimating the Marginal Costs and Benefits of U.S. Air Pollution Regulations
In this episode, Berkeley professor Reed Walker discusses his American Economic Review paper with Joe Shapiro on the costs and benefits of U.S. air-pollution regulation—using Clean Air Act offset markets to infer marginal abatement ...
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12 Dr. Joseph Shapiro – Is Air Pollution Regulation in the U.S. Too Lenient? Evidence from over 40 Pollution Offset Markets
Is U.S. air pollution policy still too lenient – even after decades of regulation?In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Joseph Shapiro (UC Berkeley, NBER, Energy Institute at Haas) to discuss his recent research using 40 po...
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#11 Dr. Jos Delbeke - The History of the EU ETS: Key Turning Points, Challenges and Policy Lessons
On paper, climate policy sounds simple: you put a price on carbon. Either you tax it, or you cap it and let firms trade. In practice, doing that for one of the world’s biggest economies — as the first mover — is anything but simple.This ...
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