Working Papers
The CEPE Working Paper Series provides a fast publication channel for ongoing research work undertaken by CEPE staff. To order a paper copy of a CEPE Working Paper not available as a .pdf-file please mail your name, your complete address and the exact title of the requested document to CEPE Secretariat.
- Landis F., Bernauer T. (2012). Global Carbon Pricing Among Countries With Different Economic Prospects, CEPE Working Paper 85, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zürich, May 2012. [pdf, 709 kB]
- Caron J. (2012). Estimating Carbon Leakage and the Efficiency of Border
Adjustments in General Equilibrium - Does Sectoral Aggregation Matter?, CEPE Working Paper 84, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zürich, May 2012. [pdf, 1241 kB]
- Filippini, M., Hunt L. (2012). US Residential Energy Demand and Energy Efficiency: A Stochastic Demand Frontier Approach, CEPE Working Paper 83, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zürich, April 2012. [pdf, 410 kB]
- Blázquez L., Boogen N., Filippini M. (2012). Residential electricity demand for Spain: new empirical evidence using aggregated data, CEPE Working Paper 82, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zürich, February 2012. [pdf, 426 kB]
- Datta S., Gulati S. (2011). Utility Rebates for ENERGY STAR Appliances: Are They Effective?, CEPE Working Paper 81, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zürich, September 2011. [pdf, 584 kB]
- Alberini A., Banfi S., Ramseier C. (2011). Energy Efficiency Investments in the Home: Swiss Homeowners and Expectations about Future Energy Prices, CEPE Working Paper 80, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, August 2011. [pdf, 380 kB]
- Lanz B., Provins A. (2011). Valuing local environmental amenity: Using discrete choice experiments to control for the spatial scope of improvements, CEPE Working Paper 79, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, August 2011. [pdf, 1,093 kB]
- Gans W., Alberini A., Longo A. D. (2011). Smart Meter Devices and The Effect of Feedback on
Residential Electricity Consumption: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in
Northern Ireland, CEPE Working Paper 78 Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, April 2011. [pdf, 1.03 MB]
- Alberini A., Gans W., Lopez-Velez D. (2010). Residential Consumption of Gas and Electricity in the U.S.: The Role of Prices and Income, CEPE Working Paper 77, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, November 2010. [pdf, 437 kB]
- Filippini M. (2010). Short and long-run time-of-use price elasticities in Swiss residential electricity demand, CEPE Working Paper 76, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, July 2010. [pdf, 263 kB]
- Alberini A., Filippini M. (2010). Response of Residential Electricity Demand to Price: The Effect of Measurement Error, CEPE Working Paper 75, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, July 2010. [pdf, 315 kB]
- David G. Tarr, Export Restraints on Russian Natural Gas and Raw Timber: What are the Economic Impacts? CEPE Working Paper 74, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, March. [pdf, 265 kB]
- Farsi, Mehdi, Massimo Filippini, Marie-Anne Plagnet, Roxana Saplacan (2010). The Economies of Scale in the French Power Distribution Utilities, CEPE Working Paper 73, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, May. [pdf, 205 kB]
- Rutherford, T. and D. Sigrist (2010). What if? Policy analysis with calibrated equilibrium models, CEPE Working Paper 72, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, April. [pdf, 4.4 MB, zip, 378 kB]
- Landis F. (2010). Second-Order Sensitivity in Applied General Equilibrium, CEPE Working Paper 71, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, April. [pdf, 410 kB]
- Ordás Criado C., Grether J.-M. (2010). Convergence in per capita CO2 emissions: a robust distributional approach, CEPE Working Paper 70, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, February. [pdf, 976 kB]
- Brown M., Higgins N., Hintermann B. (2009). A Model of West African Millet Prices in Rural Markets, CEPE Working Paper 69, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, November. [pdf, 472 kB]
- Filippini M., Hunt L. (2009). Energy demand and energy efficiency in the OECD countries: a stochastic demant frontier approach, CEPE Working Paper 68, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich, October 2009. [pdf, 897 kB]
- Banfi S., Filippini M. (2009). Resource Rent Taxation and Benchmarking - A New Perspective for the Swiss Hydropower Sector, CEPE Working Paper 67, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich, August 2009. [pdf, 219 kB]
- Ordás Criado C., Valente S., Stengos T. (2009). Growth and the pollution convergence hypothesis: a nonparametric approach, CEPE Working Paper 66, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich, September 2009. [pdf, 912 kB]
- Cullman, Astrid, Mehdi Farsi and Massimo Filippini (2009). Unobserved Heterogeneity and International Benchmarking in Public Transport, CEPE Working Paper 65, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH Zurich, August 2009. [pdf, 180 kB]
- Hintermann B. (2009). An Options Pricing Approach for CO2 Allowances in the EU ETS, CEPE Working Paper 64, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, Februar. [pdf, 364 kB]
- Hintermann B. (2009). Allowance Price Drivers in the First Phase of the EU ETS, CEPE Working Paper 63, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, Februar. [pdf, 348 kB]
- Hintermann B. (2009). Market Power and Windfall Profits in Emission Permit Markets, CEPE Working Paper 62, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, Februar. [pdf, 368 kB]
- Aebischer B., Catenazzi G. (2009). Ex-Post-Analyse des Energieverbrauchs in den Sektoren Dienstleistungen und Landwirtschaft 2000 bis 2007 nach Bestimmungsfaktoren, CEPE Working Paper 61, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), ETH Zurich, Februar. [pdf, 408 kB]
- Farsi M. and Filippini M. (2008) An Analysis of Cost-Efficiency in Swiss Multi-utilities, CEPE Working Paper No. 60, [pdf, 298 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, May.
- Farsi M., Fetz A. and Filippini M. (2007). Economies of Scale and Scope in the Swiss Multi-Utilities Sector, CEPE Working Paper No. 59 [pdf, 473 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, September.
- Banfi S., Filippini M., Horehajova A. (2007). Using a Choice Experiment to Estimate the Benefits of a Reduction of Externalities in Urban Areas with Special Focus on Electrosmog, CEPE Working Paper No. 58, [pdf, 449 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, May.
- Banfi S., Filippini M., Horehajova A. (2007). Hedonic Price Functions for Zurich and Lugano with Special Focus on Electrosmog, CEPE Working Paper No. 57, [pdf, 530 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, May.
- Jakob M. (2007). The Drivers of and Barriers to Energy Efficiency in Renovation Decisions of Single-Family Home-Owners, CEPE Working Paper No. 56 [pdf, 340 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, March.
- Farsi M. (2007). Risk-Aversion and Willingness to Pay for Energy Efficient Systems in Rental Apartments, CEPE Working Paper No. 55 [pdf, 201 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, February, Revision: July 2008.
- Farsi M., Fetz A. and Filippini M. (2007). Benchmarking and Regulation in the Electricity Distribution Sector, CEPE Working Paper No. 54 [pdf, 181 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, January.
- Madlener R., Vögtli S. (2006). Diffusion of Bioenergy in Urban Areas: Socio-Economic Analysis of the Planned Swiss Wood-Fired Cogeneration Plant in Basel, CEPE Working Paper No.53 [pdf, 560 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, Dezember.
- Jakob M. (2006). Struktur und Umfang des Instandsetzungs- und Erneuerungsmarktes im Bereich Gebäudehülle – eine Grobabschätzung, CEPE Working Paper No. 52, 2006-12-20, CEPE, ETH Zürich, ID 26109
- Kemmler A. (2006). Regional disparities in electrification of India – do geographic factors matter? CEPE Working Paper No. 51 [pdf, 610 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, November.
- Madlener R., Koller M. (2006). Economic and CO2 Mitigation Impacts of Promoting Biomass Heating Systems: an Input-Output Study for Vorarlberg, Austria, CEPE Working Paper No. 50 [pdf, 741 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, September.
- Madlener R., Henggeler Antunes C., Dias Luis C. (2006). Multi-Criteria versus Data Envelopment Analysis for Assessing the Performance of Biogas Plants, CEPE Working Paper No. 49 [pdf, 1.3 MB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, July.
- Farsi M., Fetz A., Filippini M. (2006). Economies of Scale and Scope in Local Public Transportation, CEPE Working Paper No. 48 [pdf, 141 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, April.
- Jakob M., Baur M., Ott W. (2006). An Analysis of Direct and Indirect Benefits and Costs of Energy-Efficiency Attributes in Residential Buildings. CEPE Working Paper No. 47, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, May.
- Madlener R., Gao W. (2005). Renewable Energy Policy in the Presence of Innovation: Does Pre-Commitment by the Government Matter? CEPE Working Paper No. 46, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, December.
- Gao W., Madlener R., Zweifel P. (2005). Promoting Renewable Electricity Generation in Imperfect Markets: Price vs. Quantity Control, CEPE Working Paper No. 45 [pdf, 357 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, December.
- Filippini M., Luchsinger C. (2005). Economies of Scale in the Swiss Hydropower Sector, CEPE Working Paper No. 44 [pdf, 218kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zürich, June.
- Farsi M., Filippini M.(2005). A Benchmarking Analysis of Electricity Distribution Utilities in Switzerland, CEPE Working Paper No. 43 [pdf, 149kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zürich, June.
- Farsi M., Filippini M., Pachauri S. (2005). Fuel Choices In Urban Indian Households, CEPE Working Paper No. 42 [pdf, 252kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, May.
- Banfi S., Farsi M., Filippini M., Jakob M. (2005). Willingness to Pay for Energy-Saving Measures in Residential Buildings, CEPE Working Paper No. 41 [pdf, 1MB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, April.
- Jochem E., (2005). An Agenda for Energy and Material Efficiency Policy – An Element of Technology Policy for a More Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, CEPE Working Paper No. 40 [pdf,278 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, March.
- Filippini M., Farsi M., Greene W., (2005). Application of Panel Data Models in Benchmarking Analysis of the Electricity Distribution Sector, CEPE Working Paper No. 39 [pdf, 337 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich.
- Cuiping L., Jochem E., Madlener R., and Zhang Y. (2004). Status of Wind Power Development and Policies in China, CEPE Working Paper No. 38, Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, December.
- Wickart M., Madlener R. (2004). Risk and Uncertainty in Industrial Large-Scale Co-generation Investment, CEPE Working Paper No. 37 [pdf, 361 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich.
- Farsi M., Filippini M., and Kuenzle M. (2004). Cost Efficiency in the Swiss Gas Distribution Sector, CEPE Working Paper No. 36 [pdf, 400 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, October.
- Kumbaroglu G., Madlener R., Demirel M. (2004). A Real Options Evaluation Model for the Diffusion Prospects of New Renewable Power Generation Technologies, CEPE Working Paper No. 35 [pdf, 246 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, September.
- Banfi S., Filippini M., and Luchsinger C. (2004), Resource Rent Taxation - A New Perspective for the (Swiss) Hydropower Sector, CEPE Working Paper No. 34 [pdf, 419 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, August.
- Farsi M., Filippini M., and Kuenzle M. (2004), Cost Efficiency In Regional Bus Companies: An Application of Alternative Stochastic Frontier Models, CEPE Working Paper No. 33 [pdf, 223 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, July.
- Farsi M., Filippini M., and Greene W. (2004), Efficiency Measurement in Network Industries: Application to the Swiss Railway Companies, CEPE Working Paper No. 32 [pdf, 568 kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics (CEPE), Zurich, June.
- Madlener, R., Kumbaroglu, G., and Ediger, V. (2004), Modeling Technology Adoption as an Irreversible Investment Under Uncertainty: The Case of the Turkish Electricity Supply Industry, CEPE Working Paper No. 30 [pdf, 1.0 MB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, Zurich, February (also published as Bogazici University Research Paper No. FBE-IE-03/2004-05).
- Madlener R., Robledo C., Muys B., Hektor B., Domac J., A Sustainability Framework for Enhancing The Long-Term Success of LULUCF Projects, CEPE Working Paper No. 29 [pdf, 382 kB], December 2003.
- Madlener, R., Modelling the Adoption and Diffusion of Decentralised Energy Conversion Technologies with Hazard Rate Models, CEPE Working Paper No. 28, December 2003.
- Madlener R., Wickart, M. (2003). The Economics of Cogeneration Technology Adoption and Diffusion: A Deterministic Model, CEPE Working Paper No. 27 [pdf, 796kB], Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, December (published in Energy Economics).
- Aruga K., Differences in Characteristics of Religious Groups in India: As Seen from Household Survey Data, CEPE Working Paper No. 26 [pdf, 998 kB], Zurich, August 2003.
- Pachauri S. and Spreng D., Energy Use and Energy Access in Relation to Poverty, CEPE Working Paper No. 25 [pdf, 394 kB], Zurich, June 2003.
- Semadeni M., Energy Storage as an Essential Part of Sustainable Energy Systems: A Review on Applied Energy Storage Technologies, CEPE Working Paper No. 24 [pdf, 800 kB], Zurich, May 2003.
- Banfi S., Filippini M. and Hunt L. C., Fuel Tourism in Border Regions, CEPE Working Paper No. 23 [pdf, 209 kB], Zurich, March 2003.
- Jakob M. and Madlener R., Exploring Experience Curves for the Building Envelope: An Investigation for Switzerland for 1970-2020, CEPE Working Paper No. 22 [pdf, 417 kB], Zurich, March 2003.
- Müller A. and Luchsinger C., Incentive Compatible Extraction of Natural Resource Rent, CEPE Working Paper No. 21 [pdf, 203 kB], Zurich, January 2003.
- Banfi S., Filippini M. and Müller A., Rent of Hydropower Generation in Switzerland in a Liberalized Market, CEPE Working Paper No. 20, Zurich, January 2003 (published in Energy Policy).
- Farsi M. and Filippini M., Regulation and Measuring Cost Efficiency with Panel Data Models: Application to Electricity Distribution Utilities, CEPE Working Paper No. 19 [pdf, 284 kB], Zurich, January 2003.
- Müller A., Finding Groups in Large Data Sets, CEPE Working Paper No. 18 [pdf, 442 kB], Zurich, October 2002.
- Semadeni M., Long-Term Energy Scenarios: Information on Aspects of Sustainable Energy Supply as a Prelude to Participatory Sessions, CEPE Working Paper No. 17 [pdf, 1.3 MB], Zurich, July 2002.
- Fillippini M., Pachauri Sh., Elasticities of Electricity Demand in Urban Indian Households, CEPE Working Paper No. 16 [pdf, 407 kB], Zurich, March 2002.
- Spreng D., Scheller A., Schmieder B., Taormina N., Das Energieverbrauchsfenster, das kein Fenster ist, CEPE Working Paper No. 15 [pdf, 664 kB], Zürich, Juni 2002.
- Filippini M., Hrovatin N., Zoric J., 2002, Regulation of the Slovenian Electricity Distribution Companies, CEPE Working Paper Nr. 14 [pdf, 183 kB], Zurich.
- Filippini M., Banfi S., Luchsinger C., Deregulation of the Swiss Electricity Industry: Implication for the Hydropower Sector, CEPE Working Paper Nr. 13 [pdf, 356 kB], Zürich, April 2002.
- Filippini M., Banfi S., Impact of the new Swiss electricity law on the competitiveness of hydropower. CEPE Working Paper Nr. 12 [pdf, 186 kB], Zürich, January 2002.
- Spreng D., Semadeni M., Energie, Umwelt und die 2000 Watt Gesellschaft. Grundlage zu einem Beitrag an den Schlussbericht Schwerpunktsprogramm Umwelt (SPPU) des Schweizerischen National Fonds (SNF). CEPE Working Paper No. 11 [pdf, 415 kB], Zürich, Dezember 2001.
- Kumbaroglu G., Madlener R., A Description of the Hybrid Bottom-Up CGE Model SCREEN with an Application to Swiss Climate Policy Analysis. CEPE Working Paper No. 10 [pdf, 1.34 MB], Zurich, November 2001.
- Jakob M., Primas A., Jochem E., Erneuerungsverhalten im Bereich Wohngebäude - Auswertung des Umfrage-Pretest. CEPE Working Paper Nr. 9 [pdf, 322 kB], Zürich, Oktober 2001.
- Filippini M., Wild J., Kuenzle M., Scale and Cost Efficiency in the Swiss Electricity Distribution Industry: Evidence from a Frontier Cost Approach. CEPE Working Paper Nr. 8 [pdf, 150 kB], Zurich, June 2001.
- Luchsinger C., Wild J., Lalive R., Do Wages Rise with Job Seniority? The Swiss Case. CEPE Working Paper Nr. 7 [pdf, 151 kB], Zurich, March 2001.
- Christen K., Jakob M., Jochem E., Grenzkosten bei forcierten Energiesparmassnahmen in Bereich Wohngebäude - Konzept vom 7.12.00. CEPE Working Paper Nr. 6, Zürich, Dezember 2000.
- Filippini M., Wild J., Regional Differences in Electricity Distribution Costs and their Consequences for Yardstick Regulation of Access Prices. CEPE Working Paper Nr. 5, Zurich, May 2000.
- Aebischer B., Huse, A., Monatlicher Verbrauch von Heizöl extra-leicht im Dienstleistungssektor. CEPE Working Paper Nr. 4 [pdf, 180 kB], Zürich, September 2000.
- Goldblatt D., Northern Consumption: A Critical Review of Issues, Driving Forces, Disciplinary Approaches and Critiques. CEPE Working Paper Nr. 3, Zurich, September 1999.
- Pachauri Sh., A First Step to Constructing Energy Consumption Indicators for India. Interim Report of The Indicator Project. CEPE Working Paper Nr. 2, Zurich, September 1999.
- Scheller A., Researchers' Use of Indicators. Interim Report of The Indicator Project. CEPE Working Paper Nr. 1, Zurich, September 1999.