Policies for sustainability (B07)

• Subject Area: Economic Policy, Applied Economics
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 326731373

The project analyzes how consumer preferences and geopolitical factors shape the transition to a sustainable economy. On the supply side, we empirically evaluate the impacts of recent geopolitical disruptions on industrial production, investment, energy use, and innovation. We assess the resulting implications for sustainability and analyze which adjustments to the design of climate policies are needed in response to declining international cooperation. On the demand side, we develop models of socially responsible consumers, from rational and naive consequentialist actors to those driven by deontological principles, and analyze outcomes and efficiency, as well as policies for sustainability, in general equilibrium.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 224: Economic Perspectives on Societal Challenges: Equality of Opportunity, Market Regulation, and Financial Stability
• Applicant Institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Project Heads: Professorin Kathrine von Graevenitz, Ph.D., since 1/2026; Professor Dr. Lorenz Götte, until 9/2022; Professor Botond Köszegi, Ph.D., since 1/2026; Professor Dr. Ulrich J. Wagner