The Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE) was established in 1999 to enlarge the natural science and technically oriented disciplinary spectrum of the ETH domain by contributing to research and teaching in energy policy and economics.
Researchers from CEPE participated in the International Conference on “Recent Developments in Economics Research: Theory and Evidence”, organised by the Centre for International Trade and Development at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India on from 7-8th of March, 2024. The conference brought together researchers working in several fields of economics, including environmental and resource economics, within India as well as from abroad.
Electric vehicles are a crucial element in the decarbonization of the passenger transport sector. Yet, the share of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) in the total vehicle stock remains low, underscoring a gap in understanding how to broaden their acceptance.
Davide Cerruti presented the paper «Adoption of battery electric vehicles: the role of government incentives and solar PV» at the Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Annual Conference, held in Pescara (Italy) on the 22-23 February 2024.
On January 25 - 26, 2024, the workshop on Empirical Methods in Energy Economics hosted by the chair of Energy and Public Econimcs connected actively involved researchers from all over the world.