【报告题目】：  Market-based instruments to improve the environment

【报告时间】： 2017年10月25日(周三)下午13：20—17：35

【报告人】：  Paul Burke

【报告地点】： 北京理工大学主楼 418

【报告人简介】：

　　Dr Paul Burke is a Fellow in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU). Paul's research focuses on the economics of energy, the environment, transport, and developing countries, particularly in the Asia Pacific. Paul has published in journals including American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Economic Inquiry, Nature Climate Change, and Global Environmental Change. 　　His ongoing research includes examining Indonesia’s energy subsidy reforms, Australia’s ongoing energy transition, US energy demand, the economics of road safety, and benefits of electricity access. Paul has been a panel member for eleven completed PhD students at the ANU. He is a Project Leader in the Australia-Germany Energy Transition Hub, has been awarded an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, 2016–2018, and received the ANU College of Asia & the Pacific Award for Teaching Excellence in 2013.

【报告内容简介】：

　　This lecture will commence with a review of how to write good economics papers for publication in international journals. The lecture will then focus on understanding the role of market-based economic 　　instruments for improving the environment. Results of recent research on the use of price signals to manage negative externalities from road transport will be explored. This lecture will also discuss various potential research topics on market-based instruments to improve the environment in China.