Forschung
Meine Forschung dreht sich in erster Linie um die Ausgestaltung von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen, deren Auswirkungen auf soziale Gerechtigkeit und ihre politische Machbarkeit.
Ich habe knapp 100 Artikel in begutachteten Fachzeitschriften und mehrere Bücher zu folgenden Themen veröffentlicht (siehe auch Google Scholar):
Verteilungseffekte von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen und soziale Gerechtigkeit
Politische Ökonomie der Energie- und Klimapolitik
Das Verhältnis von Klimamaßnahmen zu Kapitalismus, Wirtschaftswachstum und Globalisierung
Governance und Politikinstrumente
Trends, Triebkräfte und Zukunftsprojektionen von Treibhausgasemissionen
Ich beteilige mich gerne an laufenden Projekten sowie an Projektanträgen in diesen Bereichen.
Laufende Arbeiten
The Economic Logic of Policies to Address Import Dependence for Clean Energy Goods
with Kalkuhl, M., Marschinski, R., Mehling, M., Wanner, J.
The geopolitical externality of climate policy
with Beaufils, T. et al.
Energy trade, emissions and import dependence in Southeast Asia
with Overland, I.
The political economy of the clean energy transition in Indonesia
with Jaiswal, S., Ordonez, J., Overland, I., Steckel, J.C.
The political economy of climate policy in Colombia
with Mohammadzadeh, F., Steckel, J.C.
Distributional effects of the EU CBAM
with Beaufils, T., Gallé, J., Kalkuhl, M., Steckel, J.C., Wanner, J.
How the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism Could Incentivize Carbon Pricing in African countries
with Beaufils, T., Gershon, O.
Optimal de-risking strategies for breakthrough technologies. Risk allocation in the transformation of the basic materials industry
with Sultani, D., and Pahle, M.
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Fernandez Intriago, L., Burrow, S., Chakraborty, S., Daniels, R., Finkelstein Shapiro, A., Garcia, H., Jakob, M., Janser, M., Kerr, S., Leining C., Mare, D., Pucheta, M. Raimi, D., Rambharos, M., Richardson, E., Tarazona, M., Terzi, A., Heffron, R. (forthcoming): Overcoming Five Key Challenges to Make the Energy Transition a Just Labor Transition. Nature Communications
Aggarwal, R., Ayhan, S.H., Jakob, M., Steckel, J.C. (2024): Carbon pricing and household welfare: evidence from Uganda. Environment and Development Economics
Ordonez, J.A., Jakob, M., Steckel (2023): India’s just energy transition: Political economy challenges across states and regions.Energy Policy 179: 113621
Dorband, I., Jakob, M., Steckel, J. (2022): Double progressivity of infrastructure development through carbon pricing - Insights from Nigeria. World Development Sustanability 1: 100011
Steckel, J.C., Ward, H., Dorband, I.I., Jakob, M., Montrone, L., Renner, S., Hafner, F. (2021): Distributional impacts of carbon pricing on households in Asian economies. Nature Sustainability 4: 1005–1014
Ohlendorf, N. Jakob, M., Minx, J.C., Schröder, C., Steckel, J.C. (2020): Distributional Impacts of Climate Mitigation Policies - a Meta-Analysis.Mitigation Policies - a Meta-Analysis. Environmental and Resource Economics 78: 1–42 [Open Access]
Lamb, W.F., Antal, M. Bohnenberger, K. Brand-Correa, L.I., Müller-Hansen, F., Jakob, M., Minx, J.C., Raiser, K., Williams, L., Sovacool, B.K. (2020): What are the social outcomes of climate policies? A systematic map and review of the ex-post literature. Environmental Research Letters 15: 113006 [Open Access]
Schaffitzel, F., Jakob, M., Soria, R., Vogt-Schilb, A., Ward, H. (2020): Can government transfers make energy subsidy reform socially acceptable? A case study on Ecuador. Energy Policy 137: 111120
Dorband, I., Jakob, M. Kalkuhl, M., Steckel, J.C. (2019): Poverty and distributional effects of carbon pricing in low- and middle-income countries – a global comparative analysis. World Development 115: 246-257.
Kalkuhl, M., Fernandez Milan, B., Schwerhoff, G., Jakob, M., Hahnen, M., Creutzig, F. (2018): Can land taxes foster sustainable development? An assessment of fiscal, distributional and implementation issues. Land Use Policy 78: 338-352
Franks, M., Lessmann, K. Steckel, J.C., Jakob, M., Edenhofer, O. (2018): Mobilizing domestic resources for the Agenda 2030 via carbon pricing. Nature Sustainability 1: 350-357
Jakob, M. and Steckel, J.C. (2016): Implications of climate change mitigation for sustainable development. Environmental Research Letters 11: 10 [Open Access]
Fuss, S., Chen, C., Jakob, M., Marxen, A., Rao, N., Edenhofer, E. (2016): Could resource rents finance universal access to infrastructure? A first exploration of needs and rents. Environment and Development Economics 21(6): 691 - 712
Jakob, M., Chen, C., Fuss, S., Marxen, A., Rao, N., Edenhofer, E. (2016): Carbon Pricing Revenues Could Close Infrastructure Access Gaps. World Development 84: 254-65
Jakob, M., Chen, C., Marxen, A., Fuss, S. (2015): Development incentives for fossil fuel subsidy reform. Nature Climate Change 5: 709-712
Jakob, M., J. Steckel, C. Flachsland, L. Baumstark (2015): Climate finance for developing country mitigation: blessing or curse? Climate and Development 7(1): 1-15.
Jakob, M., Steckel, J., Klasen, S., Lay, J., Grunewald, N., Martínez-Zarzoso, I., Renner, S., Edenhofer, O. (2014): Feasible Mitigation Actions in Developing Countries. Nature Climate Change 4: 961-968.
Jakob, M., J. Steckel (2014): How climate change mitigation could harm development in poor countries. WIREs Climate Change 5(2): 161-168.
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Steckel Jan C. Jakob, M. et al. [34 authors involved in the Routledge book] (2022): To end coal, adapt to regional realities. Nature 607: 29-31
Ohlendorf, N., Jakob, M., Steckel, J. (2022): The political economy of coal phase-out: Exploring the actors, objectives, and contextual factors shaping policies in eight major coal countries. Energy Research and Social Science 90: 102590
Steckel, J.C., Jakob, M. (2021): The political economy of coal: Lessons learnt from 15 country case studies. World Development Perspectives 24: 100368
Manych, N., Jakob, M. (2021): Why coal? – The political economy of the electricity sector in the Philippines. Energy for Sustainable Development 62: 113-125
Ordonez, J.A., Jakob, M., Steckel, J.C., Fünfgeld, A. (2021): Coal, power and coal-powered politics in Indonesia. The political economy of energy policy in Indonesia´s State-Owned-Enterprises driven infrastructural development. Environmental Science and Policy 123: 44-57
Jakob, M., Flachsland, C., Steckel, J.C., Urpelainen, J. (2020): Actors, objectives, context: A political economy framework of energy and climate policy applied to India, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Energy Research & Social Science 70: 101775
Dorband, I., Jakob, M., Steckel, J. (2020): Unraveling the political economy of coal: insights from Vietnam. Energy Policy 147: 111860
Jakob, M., Steckel, J.C., Jotzo, F., Sovacool, B.K., Cornelsen, L., Chandra, R., Edenhofer, O., Holden, C., Löschel, A., Nace, T., Robins, N., Suedekum, J., Urpelainen, J. (2020): The future of coal in a carbon-constrained climate. Nature Climate Change 10: 704-707
Levi, S., Flachsland, C., Jakob, M. (2020): Political Economy Determinants of Carbon Pricing. Global Environmental Politics 20(2): 128-156
Schenuit, F., Koch, L., Jakob, M. (2019): Markets for public attention at the interface of climate science and policy making. Environmental Communication 14(1): 1-5
Kriegler, E., Bertram, C., Kuramochi, C., Jakob, M., Pehl, M., Stevanović, M., Fekete, H., Hilaire, J., Höhne, N., Luderer, G., Luna, L., Minx, J., Popp, A., Steckel, J.C., Sterl, S., Yalew, A.W., Dietrich, J.-P., Edenhofer, O. (2018): Short term policies to keep the door open for Paris climate goals. Environmental Research Letters 13: 074022 [Open Access]
Jakob, M. (2018): Can carbon pricing jointly promote climate change mitigation and human development in Peru? Energy for Sustainable development 44: 87-96
Jakob, M., Kübler, D., Steckel, J.C., van Veldhuizen, R. (2017): Clean up your own mess: An experimental study of moral responsibility and efficiency. Journal of Public Economics 155: 138-146
Jakob, M. (2017): Ecuador's climate targets: A credible entry point to a low-carbon economy? Energy for Sustainable Development 39: 91-100
Nemet, G.J., Jakob, M., Steckel, J.C., Edenhofer, E. (2017): Addressing policy credibility problems for low-carbon investment. Global Environmental Change 42: 47-57
Zimmer, A., M. Jakob, J. Steckel (2015): What motivates Vietnam to strive for a low-carbon economy? - An explorative case study on the drivers of climate policy in a developing country. Energy for Sustainable Development, 24, pp. 19-32. Was awarded the Reddy Prize - Best Paper of 2014.
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Jakob, M. and Mehling, M. (2025): Addressing Competitiveness Concerns of EU exporters with Industrial Policy: The Role of Innovation Support. World Trade Review 24 (SI2): 282 - 301
Mehling, M. and Jakob, M. (2024): Subsidy-Related Aspects of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Journal of World Trade 58(3): 361 – 386
Beaufils, T., Ward, H., Jakob, M., Wenz, L. (2023): Assessing different European Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism implementations and their impact on trade partners. Nature Communications Earth & Environment 4: 131
Jakob, M. (2023): The political economy of carbon border adjustment in the EU. Oxford Review of Economic Policy 39(1): 134-146
Kuehner, A.K., Jakob, M., Flachsland, C. (2022): German stakeholder perceptions of an EU carbon border adjustment mechanism. Environmental Research Letters 17: 124007 [Open Access]
Jakob M. et al. [32 authors involved in the Edward Elgar Handbook] (2022): How trade policy can support the climate agenda. Science 376(6600): 1401-14
Jakob, M. (2022): Globalization and Climate Change: State of Knowledge, Emerging Issues and Policy Implications. WIREs Climate Change e771
Lenzi, D, Jakob, M. Honegger, M., Droege, S. Heyward, J.C., Kruger, T. (2021): Equity implications of net zero visions. Climatic Change 169: 20
Jakob, M. (2021): Climate policy and international trade – A critical appraisal of the literature. Energy Policy 156: 112399
Jakob, M. (2021): Why carbon leakage matters and what can be done against it. One Earth 4(5): 609-614
Manych, N., Steckel, J.C., Jakob, M. (2021): Finance-based accounting of coal emissions.Environmental Reserch Letters 16(4): 044028 [Open Access]
Jakob, M. Ward, H., Steckel, J.C. (2021): Sharing responsibility for trade-related emissions based on economic benefits. Global Environmental Change 66: 102207
Jakob, M., Flachsland, C., Lamb W., Steckel, J., Edenhofer, O. (2020): Understanding different perspectives on economic growth and climate policy. WIREs Climate Change e677 [Open Access]
Ward, H., Steckel, J.C., Jakob, M. (2019): How Global Climate Policy Could Affect Competitiveness. Energy Economics 84(S1): 104549
Kalkuhl, M., Steckel, J.C., Montrone, L., Peters, J., Jakob, M., Edenhofer, O. (2019): Successful coal phase-out requires new models of progress. Nature Energy 4: 897-900.
Jakob, M., Edenhofer, O. (2014): Green Growth, Degrowth, and the Commons. Oxford Review of Economic Policy 30 (3): : 447-468
Jakob, M., J. Steckel, O. Edenhofer (2014): Consumption- vs. Production-Based Emission Policies. Annual Review of Resource and Environmental Economics 6: 297-318
Jakob, M., R. Marschinski, M. Hübler (2013): Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Trade-Theory Analysis of Leakage under Production- and Consumption-Based Policies. Environmental and Resource Economics 56(1): 47-72
Jakob, M., R. Marschinski (2013): Interpreting trade-related CO2 emission transfers. Nature Climate Change 3(1): 19-23
Marschinski, R., C. Flachsland, M. Jakob (2012): Sectoral Linking of Carbon Markets: A Trade-Theory Analysis. Resource and Energy Economics 34(4): 585-606
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Haywood, L. and Jakob, M. (2023): The role of the ETS2 in the policy mix to decarbonize road transport in the EU. Transport Policy 139: 99-120.
Steckel, J.C., Jakob, M. (2018): The Role of Financing Cost and De-risking Strategies for Clean Energy Investment. International Economics 155: 19-28.
Steckel, J.C., Jakob, M., Flachsland, C., Kornek, U., Lessmann, K., Edenhofer, E. (2017): From climate finance towards sustainable development finance. WIREs Climate Change 8: e437
Jakob, M., Hilaire, J. (2015): Using Importers’ Windfall Savings from Oil Subsidy Reform to Enhance International Cooperation on Climate Policies. Climatic Change 131(4): 465-472
Edenhofer, O., M. Jakob, F. Creutzig, C. Flachsland, S. Fuss, M. Kowarsch, K. Lessmann, L. Mattauch, J. Siegmeier, JC Steckel (2015): Closing the Emissions Price Gap. Global Environmental Change 31: 132-143. Reprinted in Kaul, I. (ed.) (2016): Global Public Goods. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Jakob, M., Lessmann, K., Wildgrube, T. (2014): The Role of Emissions Trading and Permit Allocation in International Climate Agreements with Asymmetric Countries. Strategic Behaviour and Environment 4(4): 361-392
Creutzig, F., Goldschmidt, J.C., Lehmann, P., Schmid, E., von Blücher, F., Breyer, C., Fernandez, B., Jakob, M., Knopf, B., Lohrey, S., Susca, T., Wiegandt, K. (2014): Catching two European birds with one renewable stone: Mitigating climate change and Eurozone crisis by an energy transition. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 38: 1015-1028
Jakob, M., S. Brunner (2014): Optimal Commitment under Uncertainty: Adjustment Rules for Climate Policy. Strategic Behavior and Environment 4(3): 291-310
Staub-Kaminski, I., A. Zimmer, M. Jakob, R. Marschinski (2014): Climate Policy in Practice: A Typology of Obstacles and Implications for Integrated Assessment Modeling. Climate Change Economics 5(1): 1440004
Jakob, M., K. Lessmann (2012): Signaling in International Environmental Agreements: The Case of Early and Delayed Action. International Environmental Agreements: Policy, Law, and Economics 12(4): 309-325.
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Wenz, L. Weddige, U., Jakob, M. Steckel, J.C. (2020): Road to glory or highway to hell? Global road access and climate change mitigation. Environmental Research Letters 15: 075010 [Open Access]
Steckel, J.C., Hilaire, J., Jakob, M., Edenhofer, O. (2020): Coal and Carbonization in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nature Climate Change 10: 83-88.
Edenhofer, O., Steckel, J.C., Jakob, M., Bertram, C. (2018): Reports of coal’s terminal decline may be exaggerated. Environmental Research Letters 13: 024019 [Open Access]
Steckel, J., Rao, N.D., Jakob, M. (2017): Infrastructure access: trends and drivers. Utilities Policy 45: 109-117
Steckel, J., Edenhofer, O., Jakob, M. (2015): Drivers for the renaissance of coal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 112(29): E3775-E3781
Grunewald, N., M. Jakob, I. Mouratiadou (2014): Decomposing Inequality in CO2 Emissions: the Role of Primary Energy Carriers and Economic Sectors. Ecological Economics 100: 183-194
Steckel, J., R.J. Brecha, J. Strefler, M. Jakob, G. Luderer (2013): Development without energy? On the challenge of sustainable development in the context of climate change mitigation. Ecological Economics 90: 53–67
Jakob, M., M. Haller, R. Marschinski (2012): Will History Repeat Itself? Economic Convergence and Convergence in Energy Use Patterns. Energy Economics 34: 95-104
Jakob, M., G. Luderer, J. Steckel, M. Tavoni, S. Monjon (2012): Time to act now? Assessing the costs of delaying climate measures and benefits of early action. Climatic Change 114(1): 79-99
Luderer, G., V. Bosetti, M. Jakob, M. Leimbach, J. Steckel, H. Waisman, O. Edenhofer (2012): The economics of decarbonizing the energy system—results and insights from the RECIPE model intercomparison. Climatic Change 114(1): 9-37
Steckel, J., M. Jakob, G. Luderer, R. Marschinski (2011): From Carbonization to Decarbonization? - Past Trends and Future Scenarios for China's CO2 Emissions. Energy Policy 39(6): 3443-3455
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Jakob, M. (2025). The Case Against Climate Doom. An Economist’s Guide to Climate Optimism. Palgrave McMillan [Open Access]
Jakob, M. (2023). Wege zu einer sozial gerechten Verkehrswende. Hanser
Jakob, M. (ed.) (2022): Handbook on Trade Policy and Climate Change. Edward Elgar Publishing
Jakob, M., Steckel, J.C. (eds.) (2022): The Political Economy of Coal. Obstacles to Clean Energy Transitions. Routledge Environment for Development Series. [Open Access]
Edenhofer, O., M. Jakob (2019): Klimapolitik. Ziele, Konflikte, Lösungen. C.H. Beck Reihe Wissen (2. Auflage).
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Jakob, M., Edenhofer, O., Kornek, U., Lenzi, D., Minx, J. (2019): Governing the Commons to Promote Global Justice - Climate Change Mitigation and Rent Taxation. In: Kanbur, R. and Shue, H. (eds.): Climate Justice. Integrating Economics and Philosophy. Oxford University Press.
Edenhofer, O., C. Flachsland, J. Hilaire, M. Jakob (2016): Den Klimawandel stoppen. In: Patenge, M., Beck, R., Luber, M. (Hg.): Schöpfung bewahren. Theologie und Kirche als Impulsgeber für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg. [Open Access]
Jakob, M., Edenhofer, O. (2014): Multiple Objectives for Governance of the global commons. In: Rogall, H., Binswanger, H.-C., Ekardt, F., Grothe, A., Hasenclever, W.-D., Hauchler, I., Jänicke, M., Kollmann, K., Michaelis, N.V., Nutzinger, H.G., Scherhorn, G.: Jahrbuch Nachhaltige Ökonomie 2014/15, Metropolis-Verlag.
Edenhofer, O., C. Flachsland, M. Jakob, K. Lessmann (2014): The Atmosphere as a Global Commons – Challenges for International Cooperation and Governance. In: Semmler, W., L. Bernard: The Handbook on the Macroeconomics of Climate Change. Oxford University Press. Also published as Harvard Project on Climate Agreements Discussion Paper 13-58.
Hansen, G., M. Jakob, S. Kadner (2012): Sustainable Development as a Cornerstone of a Future Energy System. In: Edenhofer, O., J. Wallacher, H. Lotze-Campen, M. Reder, B. Knopf, J. Müller (Eds.): Climate Change, Justice and Sustainability. Springer.