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PD Dr. Karen Pittel
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ETH Zürich
Phone: +41 44 632 06 12 |
Contents
| 1. | Research Interests | 2. | Publications | 3. | Teaching | 4. | Presentations |
| 5. | Research Visits | 6. | Scholarships | 7. | Previous Positions | 8. | Education |
1. Research
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Growth Theory |
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Sustainable Development |
| Environmental Economics |
2. Publications
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke / M. Altemeyer-Bartscher, International Efforts to Combat Global Warming, forthcoming in: Chen, W.-Y./ Seiner, J.M./ Suzuki, T./Lackner, M. (eds.), Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation, Heidelberg and Berlin: Springer, 2011. |
| Pittel, Karen / Zabel, A. / Göran, M. / Engel, S., Comparing Conventional and New Policy Approaches for Carnivore Conservation, forthcoming in: Environmental and Resource Economics, Special Issue on "Conservation and Human Welfare: Economic Analysis of Ecosystem Services". |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke, Transitions in the Negotiations on Climate Change: From Prisoner’s Dilemma to Chicken and Beyond, forthcoming in: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics. |
| Pittel, Karen / L. Bretschger, The Implications of Heterogeneous Resource Intensities on Technical Change and Growth, forthcoming in: Canadian Journal of Economics. |
| Pittel, Karen / C. Clemens, Labor Supply and Growth Effects of Environmental Policy under Technological Risk, forthcoming in: Macroeconomic Dynamics. |
| Pittel, Karen / J.-P. Amigues / T. Kuhn, Recycling under a Material Balance Constraint, Resource and Energy Economics 32, 379–394, 2010. |
| Pittel, Karen / Bretschger, L. / Brunnschweiler, C. / Leinert, L. / Werner, T., Preisentwicklung bei natürlichen Ressourcen. Vergleich von Theorie und Empirie. Umwelt-Wissen Nr. 1001. Bundesamt für Umwelt, Bern, 2010. |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke, Characteristics of Terrorism, Economics Working Papers Series 09/103, ETH Zurich, February 2009, forthcoming in: Braddon, D./Hartley, K., Handbook on the Economics of Conflict, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2011. |
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Pittel, Karen / A. Zabel / G. Bostedt / S. Engel, Comparing Conventional and New Policy Approaches for Carnivore Conservation – Theoretical Results and Application to Tiger Conservation, IED Working Paper 06.2009, ETH Zurich, 2009. |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke, Decision Processes of a Suicide Bomber - Integrating Economics and Psychology, Economics Working Papers Series 09/106, ETH Zurich, February 2009. |
| Pittel, Karen / L. Bretschger, From Time Zero to Infinity: Transitional and Long-run Dynamics in Capital Resource Economies, Environment and Development Economics 13, 673-689, 2008. |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke, Climate Policy and Ancillary Benefits: A Survey and Integration into the Modelling of International Negotiations on Climate Change, Ecological Economics 68, 210-220. 2008. |
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Pittel, Karen / C. Clemens, Labor Supply and Growth Effects of Environmental Policy under Technological Risk, FEMM Working Paper 009, University of Magdeburg, 2008. |
| Pittel, Karen, Nachhaltigkeit in der Europäischen Union, in: John, K.-D./Rübbelke, D., Europäische Umweltpolitik, Shaker, 2007. |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke, Die Renaissance der Rationierungsverfahren, in: WISU - Das Wirtschaftsstudium, 6, 828-832, 2007. |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke, Private Provision of Public Goods: Incentives for Donations, Journal of Economic Studies, vol. 33, 6, 497-519, 2006. |
| Pittel, Karen, A Kuznets Curve for Recycling, Economics Working Papers Series 06/52, ETH Zurich, May 2006. |
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Pittel. Karen / D. Rübbelke, What Directs a Terrorist?, Defence and Peace Economics, vol. 17, 4, 311-328, 2006. |
| Pittel, Karen / Bretschger, L., Innovative Investments, Natural Resources, and Intergenerational Fairness: Are Pension Funds Good for Sustainable Development?, Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik, vol. 141, 3, 355-376, 2005. |
| Pittel, Karen, Diskontraten: Endogen oder nicht endogen? Eine umweltrelevante Fragestellung, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, vol. 225, 441-458, 2005. |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke, Reine und unreine öffentliche Güter, WISU - Das Wirtschaftsstudium, 936-941, Juli 2005. |
| Pittel, Karen / J.-P. Amigues / T. Kuhn, Endogenous Growth and Recycling: A Material Balance Approach, Economics Working Papers Series 05/37, ETH Zurich, February 2005. |
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Pittel, Karen / L. Bretschger, Innovative Investments, Natural Resources, and Intergenerational Fairness: Are Pension Funds Good for Sustainable Development?, Economics Working Papers Series 05/36, ETH Zurich, February 2005. |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke, Internationale Klimaschutzverhandlungen und sekundäre Nutzen der Klimapolitik, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, vol. 6, 3, 369-383, 2005. |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke, Private Provision of Public Goods: Incentives for Donations, Economics Working Paper Series 04/34, ETH Zurich, August 2004. |
| Pittel, Karen, Nachhaltige Entwicklung und Wirtschaftswachstum, WiSt, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, vol. 33, 9, 537-544, 2004. |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke (eds.), Economic Growth and Sustainable Development, Special Issue of the 'International Journal of Global Environmental Issues', vol. 4, 1-3, 1-10, 2004. |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke, Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth, International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, vol. 4, 1-3, 2004. |
| Pittel, Karen / D. Rübbelke, Perspektiven für den ostdeutschen Arbeitsmarkt im Umweltschutz, in: Moldaschl, M./Thießen, F. (eds.) Neue Ökonomie der Arbeit, Marburg, Metropolis, 405-424, 2003. |
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Pittel, Karen / T. Kuhn, Incentive Compatible Regulation of Quality Provision by Natural Monopolies – The Role of Technical Progress, in: Koray, S./Sertel, M.R. (eds.) Advances in Economic Design, Berlin: Springer, 281-296, 2003. |
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Pittel, Karen / T. Kuhn / T. Schulz, Recycling for Sustainability - A Long-Run Perspective?, International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, vol. 3, 3, 339-355, 2003. |
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Pittel, Karen, Sustainability and Endogenous Growth, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, US: Edward Elgar, 2002. (Book reviews by Koundouri, P./Groom, B. (2004), in: Ecological Economics, vol. 48, 3, 364-366, and Jain, V. (2004), in: The Journal of Energy and Development, vol. XXIX, 2, 306-308.) |
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Pittel, Karen, Pollution, Economic Integration and Sustainable Growth, University of Chemnitz (mimeo), 2001. |
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Pittel, Karen / T. Kuhn, Das deutsche Steuersystem (several keyword articles), in: Enzyklopädisches Lexikon des Geld-, Bank- und Börsenwesen, Frankfurt, 1999. |
| Pittel, Karen / T. Kuhn, Incentives for Quality Provision and Environmental Innovations by Water Supply Utilities, in: Cahiers d'Economie et Sociologie Rurales, Vol. 45/1997. |
3. Teaching
| Lectures | Fall 09 | Economic Globalization |
| Fall 09 | Microeconomics I | |
| Spring 09 | Microeconomics II | |
| Spring 06 |
International Economics (lecture notes in English) |
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| Spring 06, 07, 09 |
Economic Theories of Sustainability (lecture notes in German, Spring 07!) |
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| Spring 05 | Sustainability and Long-Run Economic Development | |
| Spring 04, 05 | Economic Policy and Structural Change (together with Thomas Steger) | |
| Fall 03, 04, 05, 06 |
Environmental Policy and Structural Change (lecture notes in German) |
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| Fall 03, 04, 05, 06 | Resource Economics (together with Lucas Bretschger) | |
| Fall 01, 02 | Growth Theory | |
| Spring 02 | Growth Theory and Sustainable Development | |
| Spring 99, 01, 02 | Public Finance (for teachers) | |
| Spring 96 | Economic Policy (for teachers) | |
| Seminars | Spring 96 - Fall 04 | Globalization and Growth |
| Growth Theory | ||
| Public Finance | ||
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Welfare Economics | ||
| Regional Economics | ||
| Social Choice | ||
| Tutorials | Fall 96, 97 | Introduction to Economics |
| Spring 97 | Microeconomics | |
| Fall 97, 99, 01, 02 | Public Finance I | |
| Spring 99, 01, 02 | Public Finance II |
4. Presentations (selected)
Conferences
| 06/09 | Annual Congress of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Amsterdam |
| 06/09 | Congress of the Association for Public Economic Theory, Galway |
| 05/09 | Annual Conference of the Canadian Economics Association, Toronto |
| 09/08 | Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economists Association), Graz |
| 06/08 | Annual Congress of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Gothenburg |
| 06/08 |
Thematic Meeting of the French Economic Association (AFSE) - "Frontiers in Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Management", Toulouse |
| 06/08 | Conference on Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics, SURED 2006, Monte Verita |
| 10/07 | Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economists Association), Munich |
| 07/07 | Congress of the Association for Public Economic Theory, Nashville, TN |
| 06/07 | Annual Congress of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Thessaloniki |
| 09/06 | Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economists Association), Bayreuth |
| 09/06 | The Corporate Responsibility Research Conference, Dublin |
| 07/06 | World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Kyoto |
| 06/06 | Conference on Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics, SURED 2006, Monte Verita |
| 10/05 | STHZ-Conference on Environmental Policy in Europe |
| 09/05 | Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economists Association), Bonn |
| 08/05 | Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Jeju Island (South Korea) |
| 06/05 | Annual Congress of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Bremen |
| 06/05 | DET Workshop, Economic Growth and Institutions, Copenhagen |
| 03/05 | Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, Zurich |
| 08/04 | Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Madrid |
| 06/04 | Annual Congress of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Budapest |
Research Seminars and Meetings
| 11/09 | Research Seminar University of Basel |
| 04/08 | Research Seminar University of Calgary |
| 05/07 | Meeting of the Environmental and Resource Economics Group of the Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economists Association) |
| 11/06 | Retreat on Economic Dynamics, Resource Economics and Sustainable Investments, Weggis |
| 10/05 | Research Seminar University of Chemnitz |
| 02/05 | Workshop Environment and Resource Economics, University of Rostock |
| 03/04 | German Institute for Economic Research (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung DIW), Berlin |
| 11/02 | Research Seminar Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv |
| 01/02 | Research Seminar Tinbergen Institute, Rotterdam |
5. Research visits
| 07-08, 2009 | CICERO - Center of International Climate and Environmental Research Olso |
| 03-05, 2008 | University of Calgary |
| 1999 - 2007 | Université of Toulouse I (yearly visits) |
| 10-11, 2002 | University of Tel Aviv |
6. Scholarships
| 09 | Research Grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation (cooperation with CICERO) |
| 08 | Research Grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation (cooperation with University of Calgary) |
| 04 | Grant of the German Association of Economists (Verein für Socialpolitik) |
| 01 | Award of the Commerzbank Chemnitz (doctoral thesis) |
| 01 | Grant of the German National Bank (Deutsche Bundesbank) |
| 01 | Award of the Bfi-Bank (doctoral thesis) |
| 91-92 | Scholarship of the German-American Fulbright-Commission |
7. Previous positions
| 01-03 | Senior Research Fellow (Wissenschaftliche Assistentin), University of Chemnitz |
| 95-00 | Junior Research Fellow (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), University of Chemnitz |
| 92-95 | Student Research Fellow, University of Göttingen |
8. Education
| 12/00 |
Dr. rer. pol. in Economics (University of Technology, Chemnitz), Doctoral thesis: "Endogenous Growth and Sustainable Development", summa cum laude |
| 95-00 | Chemnitz University of Technology (Ph.D. research) |
| 04/95 |
Diplom-Volkswirtin (University of Göttingen), Thesis: "Variations of the Buiter/Branson model of 1984 with respect to the overshooting phenomenon" (Variationen des Branson/Buiter Modells von 1984 bzgl. des Overshooting Phänomens) |
| 92-95 |
Georg-August University, Göttingen (graduate studies in Economics) |
| 91-92 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (graduate studies in Economics) |
| 89-91 |
Georg-August-University Göttingen (undergraduate studies in Economics and Business Administration) |
| 88-89 | University of Hannover (undergraduate studies in History and English Language/Literature) |
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