Ulrich Wagner Vita

Ulrich J. Wagner

Curriculum Vitae

Current Employment:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The Earth Institute, Columbia University, September 2006-
Visiting Fellow, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, June 2007-

Education:

Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, December 2006

Fields of Concentration: Public Finance, Industrial Organization
Dissertation Title: "Empirical Analyses of International Environmental Problems"
Dissertation Committee: Patrick Bayer (chair), Steven Berry, Christopher Timmins

M.Phil., Economics, Yale University, May 2004
M.A., Economics, Yale University, December 2002
Diplom, Economics (sehr gut 1.3), University of Kiel (Germany), July 2001
Vordiplom, Economics, University of Hamburg (Germany), June 1998

Visiting Ph.D. Student, CEMFI Madrid (Spain), Summer 2004
Exchange Student, Economics, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (France), Spring term 1998

Fellowships, Honors, and Awards:

ESRC Grant "The Effects of the Climate Change Levy and Climate Change Agreements on Businesses in the United Kingdom: Evidence from Microdata" (with Ralf Martin), 2007-08
Earth Institute Fellowship, Columbia University, 2006-08
Joseph L. Fisher Dissertation Fellowship, Resources for the Future, 2005-06
John F. Enders Fund Award, Yale University, 2005
Leitner Award in International and Comparative Political Economy, Yale University, 2005
European Recovery Program Fellowship, German Ministry of Economics and Labor 2003-05
Doctoral Fellowship, Yale University, 2001-06
Economics departmental award, Yale University, 2001-05
Godin Guitars Scholarship, Berklee College of Music, Summer 2004
Holsteiner Studienpreis for academic merit (university wide), University of Kiel, 2001
Erich Schneider Award for highest GPA in graduating class, University of Kiel, 2001
Erich Schneider Award for best Diplom thesis, University of Kiel, 2000
German National Academic Foundation fellowship 1996-2001, 2003-2005
ERASMUS scholarship by the European Union for studies in Paris, 1998

Teaching Experience:

Teaching Fellow (all Yale University):

Economics of Natural Resource Management (Masters), Professor Sheila Olmstead, Spring 2005
Economics of Natural Resources (undergraduate/PhD), Professor Robert Mendelsohn, Fall 2003
Certificate, Fundamentals of Teaching in the Social Sciences, September 2004

Previous Positions:

Research Assistant:
Professor Ernesto Zedillo, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, 2004-2006
Professor Oona Hathaway, Yale Law School, 2004-2005
Professor Gernot Klepper, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, 1998-2001
Consultant:
The World Bank, Mexico Air Quality Management Team, 2002-03
The World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Environment Department, Summer 2002
Other:
Rurtalwerkstätten gGmbH Düren. Conscientious objector to military service 1995-1996

Papers:

“The Design of Stable International Environmental Agreements: Economic Theory and Political Economy”, Journal of Economic Surveys vol. 15(3): 377-411, July 2001.
Reprinted as Chapter 5 of “Current Issues in Environmental Economics”, Nick Hanley and Colin J. Roberts (eds.), Blackwell Publishing, 2002.

“The Voluntary Provision of a Pure Public Good? Another Look at CFC Emissions and the Montreal Protocol”, mimeo. Columbia University, 2007. Forthcoming in Oxford Economic Papers

“Agglomeration Effects in Foreign Direct Investment and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis”, (with Christopher Timmins), mimeo. Columbia University, 2008. Revised and resubmitted

“Estimating Strategic Complementarities in a Dynamic Game of Timing: The Case of the Montreal Protocol”, mimeo. Columbia University, 2007. [Job Market Paper]

“Looking beyond Kyoto: Opportunities for Transformation", (with Ernesto Zedillo), mimeo. Yale University, 2006.

“The Effects of the Climate Change Levy and Climate Change Levy Agreements on UK businesses: Evidence from Microdata”, (with Ralf Martin), work in progress.

Conference and Seminar Presentations:

Columbia University, Development/Environmental Economics Seminar, December 2007
North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, June 21-24, 2007, Duke University, NC
Coalition for Rainforest Nations, Economic Seminar, January 15, 2007, Columbia GSB
NBER Summer Institute Public Policy and the Environment (research sketch), July 28, 2005
Yale University Environmental Economics Seminar, 10/2003, 12/2004, 5/2006, 9/2007, 10/2007
NAREA/CAES annual meetings, June 20-23, 2004
AERNA first conference, June 18-19, 2004
Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Staff Seminar, January 8, 2004
NBER Summer Institute Public Policy and the Environment (research sketch), July 28, 2003

Workshop Participation:

NBER Summer Institute. Public Policy and the Environment Workshops 2003-05
Panel Data Econometrics (Manuel Arellano), CEMFI, September 2003
Environmental Economics (Scott Barrett), Kiel Institute for the World Economy, 1999

Referee Service:

Environmental and Resource Economics, European Journal of Operational Research, Global Environmental Change, International Economic Review, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of the European Economic Association, Oxford Economic Papers

Language Skills:

German (native), fluent in English and Spanish, French (proficient), Portuguese (basic)

Computer Skills:

OS: MS DOS, MS Windows, LINUX (basic). DTP: MS Office, LaTeX.
Quantitative: STATA, RATS, MatLab, GAMS/MPSGE (some)

Citizenship:

Germany

Other:

Electric & acoustic guitar
Soccer, cycling

References:

Professor Patrick Bayer, Department of Economics, Duke University
Professor Steven Berry, Department of Economics, Yale University
Professor Geoffrey Heal, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
Professor Christopher Timmins, Department of Economics, Duke University
Teaching Reference:
Professor Sheila Olmstead, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

November 2007