Publications by Philippe Thalmann

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In Switzerland, as in many other OECD countries, transportation and housing are responsible for the major part of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In the framework of the assessment of the policies envisaged in Switzerland for the revision of the CO2-Law for the post-2012 period, the Federal Oﬃce for the Environment expressed its interest in having a detailed modeling of both transportation and housing sectors in order to precisely evaluate the economic impacts of the future policies. In this report, the Res

Understanding the economic magnitude of climate change impacts is a prerequisite for developing adequate adaptation strategies. In Switzerland, despite new climate scenarios and impacts studies, only few impacts have been monetized. Our objective is to ass ...

Présentation des conditions pour l'estimation des plus-values foncières et des méthodes par comparaison, dont la méthode par déduction (compte à rebours, valeur résiduelle).

Ist es in der Schweiz technisch und wirtschaftlich möglich, den CO2-Ausstoss bis 2050 so zu reduzieren, dass sich das Weltklima um höchstens 2 Grad erwärmt? Das BAFU hat die ETH Lausanne mit einer entsprechenden Studie beauftragt. Der Ökonom Philippe Thalmann ist dieser Frage mit seinem Team nachgegangen. Im Interview erklärt er, was getan werden muss, damit sich das Ziel erreichen lässt.

We apply the hedonic model to the rental markets of the Geneva and Zurich urban areas, Switzerland, in order to assess the value of natural land uses and land use diversity. In order to construct variables to quantify land uses and patterns in the neighbou ...

Technical and economic system of analysis (quality of location, position in business cycle) allowing to assess the risks of a property.

A chaque demande de réduire fortement les émissions de gaz à effet de serre ou CO2 de la Suisse on entend: c'est trop cher et c'est inutile. Cet exposé montre brièvement que ce n'est pas vrai et qu'il est nécessaire de sortir des énergies fossiles, en particulier par le désinvestissement.

Special issue on technological change, its role for climate policy and its modelling in integrated assessment and general equilibrium models

This paper analyzes intersectoral and intertemporal efficiency effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 using a general equilibrium model that considers impacts of taxes on the allocation of capital across industries, assets, sectors and time. The model pays close attentiona to capital adjustment dynamics. We find that the 1986 reform worsened the intertemporal efficiency of resource allocation by increasing marginal effective tax rates on various uses and types of capital. This negative efficiency effect is m

Contexte et objectifs de la politique climatique suisse; contribution des entreprises

La construction et l'utilisation des bâtiments, notamment d'habitation, génère d'immenses flux de matières et émet beaucoup de CO2. Ce cours illustre ceci et propose des pistes pour réduire cette empreinte environnementale. Il utilise notamment des résultats du PNR73

What is the climate emergy in general and what does it imply to the health sector, in particular, how can the health sector contribute in addressing this emergency?

This report is about finding ways to make green taxes, such as taxes on 'dirty' energy, more acceptable, in particular by chosing a mode of revenue recycling that is prefered by the population. Thus, it investigates distributional and other effects of energy price increases and the acceptability of social cushioning measures. It also investigates how social cushioning and other measures can increase the acceptability of policy-induced energy price increases. Ce projet étudie les effets distributifs et autre

Les coûts du changement climatique et les coûts de réduire ces coûts Le prix du carbone Les autres instruments de la décarbonation et le rôle possible des cantons et communes.

In the construction community, underground construction is perceived as being significantly more costly and more energy-consuming than comparable surface construction. Although the literature is scarce, studies that have attempted to quantify this differen ...

Les émissions de CO2 liées au chauffage des bâtiments en Suisse ont baissé depuis 1990, bien plus que celles d'autres secteurs, mais il reste encore beaucoup à faire pour éliminer ces émissions entièrement. Cet exposé présente les données historiques et les prévisions et explique comment le secteur des bâtiments a réussi à réduire ses émissions de CO2 et quels instruments l'ont soutenu sur cette voie.

Quantitative assessments help to highlight the main features of climate policies by better identifying their strengths and weaknesses. In this study, we develop a grading system for assessing thirteen proposals for post-2012 climate policy. We believe that ...

Other chapters of this Handbook show that environmental taxes are very interesting instruments for environmental regulation. The question addressed in this chapter is whether they are still interesting when the environmental problem is a global one. Are they still effective and efficient? Are they feasible and acceptable? First, however, a few definitions are needed: what are global environmental problems and how could taxes help address them?

The role of non-profit housing on the housing market and the support its gets, or not, from public policy. Comparative study of Sweden, The Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland

Estimates of the labour demand for the transformation of electricity generation in Switzerland until 2035

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Assessment of the economic impacts of the revision of the Swiss CO2 law with a hybrid model

Assessing the impacts of climate change for Switzerland

Méthode d’estimation des plus-values dues aux mesures d’aménagement pour le Canton de Vaud

Tief greifende Dekarbonisierung: Der Weg in eine kohlenstoffarme Ära

Using the hedonic approach to value natural land uses in an urban area: An application to Geneva and Zurich

Ratingsystem für Immobilien

Décarboniser la Suisse: Trop cher et inutile?

Technology in Climate Policy and Climate Models

Approaches to efficient capital taxation: leveling the playing field vs. living by the golden rule

La voie vers le net zéro - Une chance pour l'économie

Habitat durable: comment réduire l'empreinte environnementale de l'habitat en Suisse?

Climate emergency and health sector implications

SEPIA - Social Cushioning of Energy Price Increases and Public Acceptability

Aspects économiques du dérèglement climatique, accompagnement au changement et solutions d’avenir

Embodied Energy and Lifecycle Costs: Questioning (Mis)conceptions about Underground Construction

Les bâtiments dans la politique climatique suisse

Trade-offs and performances of a range of alternative global climate architectures for post-2012

Global environmental taxes

Non-retrenchment reasons for state withdrawal

Employment impacts of renewable energy deployment in Switzerland