MEINUNG •Energiepolitik Diese zwei Wörter sollten Sie hellhörig machen Christian Stöcker Eine Kolumne von Christian Stöcker Es gibt zwei scheinbar harmlose Begriffe in deutschen Energiedebatten, die oft auf eine unlautere Motivation hindeuten. Sie klingen neutral, verzerren aber in Wahrheit die Debatte. Man hört sie ständig. 19.04.2026, 16.21 Uhr

Kolumne: Zwei Wörter sollen oft energiepolitische Expertise signalisieren, sind aber längst zu Kampfbegriffen geworden: „Primärenergie“ und „Systemkosten“. Beide werden jetzt oft zur Irreführung eingesetzt, stets im Dienst fossiler Geschäftsmodelle.

Katherina Reiches Ministerium bat EnBW um Argumente für Gaskraftwerke Das Wirtschaftsministerium hat beim EnBW-Konzern Vorschläge bestellt, die Batteriespeicher bei den Auktionen für ein Strom-Backup benachteiligen würden. Im Lobbyregister wurde das erst nach Anfrage des SPIEGEL vermerkt.

Das Wirtschaftsministerium hat beim EnBW-Konzern Vorschläge bestellt, die Batteriespeicher bei den Auktionen für ein Strom-Backup benachteiligen würden. Im Lobbyregister wurde das erst nach Anfrage des SPIEGEL vermerkt.

Important point. Tusk is still struggling after many years.
But still, it is a huge victory for Magyar, Hungary and for Europe.

‘Hungary, Europe!’ Spontaneous chant I just heard on streets of Budapest … Supermajority means Tisza really can dismantle the Orban system… and Orban has conceded… It will be a tough road ahead but truly hard to imagine a better result… I’ll be writing about it soon…

One of my all-time favorite papers is now also an AEA Best Paper award winner:

AEJ: Applied Economics: "Do Carbon Offsets Offset Carbon? by Raphael Calel, @jmcolmer.bsky.social , Antoine Dechezleprêtre, and Matthieu Glachant January 2025

www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho....

Ob die „Free Speech ist ja jetzt rechts“ Leute sich heute ab und zu ein bisschen schämen für die Vehemenz, mit der sie einem diesen Quatsch jahrelang in die Ohren gedrückt haben

Heute Abend fragt sich die Nation dann wieder in den Talkshows - ist die Auslöschung einer Zivilisation völkerrechtswidrig oder nicht?

Ja, schon, aber es gibt auch Prof. Dr. XYZ der zumindest die Androhung der Auslöschung für taktisch möglicherweise…

Merz: Das ist eine komplexe Situation.

Wayde v N, Fred Kerley und ...?

Incredible achievement, especially considering that it happened relatively quickly

Cool Cities: The Value of Urban Trees (Forthcoming Article) - As urban populations grow, more people face extreme heat, increasing demand for natural cooling. Urban trees offer various amenities, including cooling benefits, yet their economic value is hard to quantify. This paper estimates the implicit value of urban trees by exploiting the Emerald Ash Borer infestation caused by an invasive beetle that kills ash trees in Toronto as an exogenous shock. We find that a onepercentage- point increase in a postcode’s tree cover raises property prices by 1.13% and reduces exposure to extreme heat, pollution, and energy consumption. These findings underscore trees as a cost-effective, practical strategy for mitigating urban warming.

Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Cool Cities: The Value of Urban Trees" by Lu Han, Stephan Heblich, Christopher Timmins, and Yanos Zylberberg.

🚨Replication alert🚨
I'm pleased to announce that my replication of Moretti (2021) is now accepted as a comment at AER.

I find ten issues in the paper. My comment focuses on two major problems; in the appendix, I document eight (relatively) minor problems.

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rdrobust & modelsummary rdrobust & modelsummary. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

Does anyone have a clean way to go from rdrobust to modelsummary? I just want to make some vanilla RD tables. Is this from @vincentab.bsky.social 6 years ago still state of the art? #rstats

gist.github.com/vincentarelb...

The First 1,000 Days and Beyond: The Process of Child Development (Forthcoming Article) - This paper reviews recent research in the economics of human development, focusing on the early years of life as a critical period for shaping long-term outcomes. Early childhood development is inherently multidimensional: cognitive and socioemotional skills evolve dynamically and interact with health, nutritional, and environmental influences. Economists have contributed to this field by providing a conceptual and unifying framework that highlights how key drivers of development reflect the choices of individuals operating under both incentives and constraints. The paper emphasizes two central challenges: understanding the interactions among multiple dimensions of development and identifying causal links, particularly the effects of different inputs at different ages. Measurement issues are a recurring theme, given the difficulty of assessing young children and the need for comparability across contexts. By discussing early childhood interventions in both developed and developing countries, the paper also stresses these issues’ policy relevance for poverty reduction and social mobility.

Forthcoming in the JEL: "The First 1,000 Days and Beyond: The Process of Child Development" by Orazio P. Attanasio.

Wenn das Teilen deiner eigenen Interviews als Schmutzkampagne taugt, liegt das Problem möglicherweise nicht bei deinem politischen Gegner.

Good interview. 👇🏼

@andreasloeschel.bsky.social points out that the current discussion of solar panel subsidies in 🇩🇪 is far less problematic than the weakening of support for CO2 prices (including emmission trading). And he, too, pushes for reducing fossile fuel imports.

Europe Must Not Abandon Its Climate Ambitions Catherine Wolfram highlights three recent developments that underscore why the bloc should maintain its carbon-pricing system.

I'm pleased to share my recent column in Project Syndicate.

⚙️ I argue that we can think of Europe’s climate leadership as a policy flywheel.

Europe Must Not Abandon Its Climate Ambitions by Catherine Wolfram @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/KliboFD

📢 Out now in the ❄️January 2026 issue❄️of #JAERE! 📢
"Global Impact of a Unilateral Waste Trade Regulation" by Prakrati Thakur ( @prakrati.bsky.social ).
Read it here: buff.ly/UrIbxDk
📈📉 #Econsky

My manuscript "The Economics of Noncompete Clauses" is now out in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

Few topics have garnered more debate and policy attention over the last few years. This article brings us up to speed on the debate and the current answers.

pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

Documenting trends in joint exposure to environmental stressors for 168 US cities finds persistent, yet narrowing, multi-exposure gaps, from Glenn Sheriff, Danae Hernandez-Cortes, TC Chakraborty, and Theresa DeConcini www.nber.org/papers/w34739

Event-study plots in DiD are incredibly persuasive—but, honestly, not always honest.

Why?
If parallel trends or no anticipation fail, DiD estimates are biased. Testing against a zero-effect null then becomes misleading.

🚨New 📄: arxiv.org/abs/2512.06804

#CausalInference #EconSky #StatsSky #rstats

📢 Just accepted in #JAERE! 📢
"Glyphosate Use, Water Contamination, and Neonatal Health in the United States" by Tzu-Hui J. Chen.
Read it here: buff.ly/PhCSHrH
📈📉 #Econsky

Flood Risk Mapping and the Distributional Impacts of Climate Information (Forthcoming Article) - This paper examines the provision of official flood risk information in the United States and its distributional impacts on residential flood insurance take-up. Assembling all ...

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Flood Risk Mapping and the Distributional Impacts of Climate Information" by Joakim A. Weill. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

There’s a paradox around remote work. Jamie Dimon says it will kill productivity, while startups are hiring for remote roles. Who is right?

With Abhinav Gupta and Elena Simintzi we try to resolve this dispute

Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Substack: arpitrage.substack.com/p/remote-wor...

Hurricanes, Climate Change Policies and Electoral Accountability (Forthcoming Article) - This paper studies the conditions under which legislators promote policies that may be unpopular in the short term but yield long-term benefits. Using data on the universe of f...

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Hurricanes, Climate Change Policies and Electoral Accountability" by Stefano Gagliarducci, M. Daniele Paserman, and Eleonora Patacchini. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

📢 #CallForPapers 15th Energy & Climate Economics #Conference
📍@tse-fr.eu | 📆4-5 June
Submissions on any aspect of the economics of energy and climate change are invited.
Deadline: 28 February
Organisers: @ambec.bsky.social & Mathias Reynaert
cepr.org/events/tse-e...
#EconSky #EconConf

Parents’ traits can bias reports of children’s non-cognitive skills. Using parent and teacher measures of child skills in a dynamic model, we show that this bias tends to mask maternal influence and can distort evaluations of childhood interventions. buff.ly/H8Oi42O

The AEA has posted eight "Recent Developments" lectures exploring highly topical issues in economics, presented by the best scholars in the field:

www.aeaweb.org/conference/w...

Well worth a watch!

Mein Mitgefühl gilt zB den Kolleg:innen aus Bosnien, die vor dem Krieg nach Ö flüchteten, hier seit Jahrzehnten als Leistungsträger:innen in Pflege, Spitälern, Handel oder Industrie arbeiten, Steuern zahlen, ihre Kinder großziehen und dann so etwas lesen müssen. Entschuldigung! Wir sind nicht so.

For someone who grew up in (the top decile of the income distribution of) a developing country, it is hilarious to see what Americans think is the bare minimum for a middle-class life. Kids sharing a bedroom? Oh, the indignity…

This looks like a must-read for diff-in-diffs folks.

www.nber.org/papers/w34550