Thomas Sterner
Thomas Nils Samuel Sterner (born 22 March 1952) is Swedish economist and a professor of
environmental economics at the
University of Gothenburg in Sweden. His research and publications are mostly focused on the design of
policy instruments which address environmental problems. Sterner has published more than 125 articles in refereed journals. He has a Google scholar h-index of 50 (2021). He authored or edited more than a dozen books and a large number of book chapters, official reports and journalistic articles regarding environmental policy instruments. These publications include applications to energy, climate, industry,
transport economics and
resource management in developing countries.
His main research interests are on
discounting and on instrument design for climate and environmental policy. On the latter area, applications range from general climate topics to more specific issues such as
carbon pricing,
fuel taxes,
carbon capture, policies in developing countries, management of
fisheries,
buildings,
transport,
chemicals,
plastics,
antibiotics,
biodiversity. Hence, anything related to the
circular economy,
sustainability or economics of the
Anthropocene.
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