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词条 Thomas Sterner
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  1. Education

  2. Career

  3. Honours and awards

  4. Books

  5. References

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| birth_name = Thomas Nils Samuel Sterner
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1952|3|22}}
| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden[1]
| occupation = Professor at University of Gothenburg
}}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 about hundred articles in refereed journals. 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.[1]

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.[2]

Education

Sterner began his education in London at Hamilton House Prep School between 1958 and 1965. He continued his secondary education, also in London, at the Westminster Public School between 1965 and 1969. He received his BA degree from the University of Gothenburg in 1976 and his Ph.D. from the same institution in 1986. Additionally, he held visiting researcher positions at respected higher education and research institutions such as the University of Grenoble in France, the University of Cambridge in England, Universidad de la Republica in Uruguay, El Colegio de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.[1]

He speaks Swedish, English, French, Spanish, German and possesses beginner’s efforts in Italian and Swahili.[1]

Career

Thomas Sterner is the Head of the [https://economics.handels.gu.se/english/research/research-areas/environmental-economics Environmental Economics Unit] and one of the founders of the Environment for Development Initiative in Gothenburg.[3] He held the position of Chief Economist of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in New York between 2012–2013[4] while he was on sabbatical leave from the University of Gothenburg. He was elected as a visiting professor at the Collège de France in 2015–2016.[5]

Currently, he continues his teaching and research in Gothenburg, Sweden. More specifically, he teaches the master's course Environmental Policy Instruments at the Chalmers University of Technology.[6]

Honours and awards

In 2014, Sterner was awarded Environmental Fiscal Reformer of the Year by Green Budget Europe.[7] He holds honorary positions at renowned institutions, most notably University of Cape Town, Resources for the Future, Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, and the Beijer Institute of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences.[1] He is also the former president of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.[8]

Books

Thomas Sterner has contributed to these books:[9]

  • The Economics of Environmental Policy – Behavioral and Political Dimensions (2016)
  • National and Sub-national Policies and Institutions (2014)
  • Environmental Regulation and Public Disclosure, The Case of PROPER in Indonesia (2013)
  • Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management (2012)
  • Fuel Taxes and the Poor, The Distributional Effects of Gasoline Taxation and Their Implications for Climate Policy (2011) Environmental Taxation in Practice (2006)
  • Choosing Environmental Policy, Comparing Instruments and Outcomes in the United States and Europe (2004)
  • Policy Instruments for Environmental and Natural Resource Management (2003)

References

1. ^https://economics.handels.gu.se/digitalAssets/1661/1661200_curriculum-vitae-thomas-sterner-october-2017.pdf
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://economics.handels.gu.se/english/staff/professors/thomas_sterner|title=Thomas Sterner|website=Göteborgs universitet}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.efdinitiative.org/about-efd/organisation|title=Organisation|first=Spiro|last=Kommunikation|date=29 January 2013|publisher=}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.edf.org/people/thomas-sterner|title=Thomas Sterner|website=Environmental Defense Fund}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.college-de-france.fr/site/en-annual-chairs-previous/Chair-in-Sustainable-Development-Environment-Energy-and-Society.htm|title=Chair in Sustainable Development - Environment, Energy and Society|website=www.college-de-france.fr}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://student.portal.chalmers.se/en/chalmersstudies/courseinformation/Pages/SearchCourse.aspx?course_id=26668&parsergrp=3|title=Search course - Chalmers studentportal|website=student.portal.chalmers.se}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://handels.gu.se/english/about-the-School/press-and-news/newsdetail//prestigious-environmental-fiscal-reformer-of-the-year-2014-to-thomas-sterner.cid1245051|title=News detail|first=Karin|last=Backteman|website=Göteborgs universitet}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.eaere.org/content/board|title=Board - Eaere|website=www.eaere.org}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://economics.handels.gu.se/english/staff/professors/thomas_sterner/books|title=Books|date=7 September 2012|website=Göteborgs universitet}}
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6 : 1952 births|Living people|Swedish economists|University of Gothenburg alumni|University of Gothenburg faculty|Members of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg

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