Dr. Christina Roolfs

Dr. Christina Roolfs is a postdoctoral researcher and member of the FutureLab: Public Economics and Climate Finance (PIK-MCC). She is based at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), working group Economic Growth and Human Development. She has studied mathematics, and Sustainability Economics & Management. She holds a Ph.D. in economics and wrote her dissertation on "Carbon Pricing and Transfers - Feasible and Effective Multilevel Climate Policy in Federations" with a focus on the European Union.

In addition to her academic work, Christina Roolfs has more than a decade of professional experience in the planning and management of wind farms and photovoltaics, being particularly interested in congestion management measures. Her master thesis also focused on congestion management measures and multinational power system planning using an analytical flow-based electricity pricing model.

Current research interests

Fiscal federalism, tax reform, burden-sharing and debt
Germany and the European Union

Papers submitted for peer review

Roolfs, Gaitan, Edenhofer, and Lessmann (under revision): Technology Beats Capital - Sharing the Carbon Price Burden in Federal Europe (February 6, 2020). Working paper available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3533251

Roolfs, Gaitan, Edenhofer (resubmitted to JEEM): Make or brake — Rich states in voluntary federal emission pricing. Working paper available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2941505

Working papers

Roolfs and Hagen: Self-Enforcing Environmental Federations. SURED2020 conference paper

Gaitan, Roolfs, Edenhofer: A generalized approach on Multilevel Emissions Policies and Transfers.

Roolfs, Gaitan, Edenhofer: Assessing EU ETS minimum prices and revenue distribution from a multilevel policy perspective. WCERE2018 conference paper

Publications

Edenhofer, O., Roolfs, C., Gaitan, B., Nahmmacher, P., Flachsland, C. (2017): Agreeing on an EU ETS Price Floor to Foster Solidarity, Subsidiarity and Efficiency in the EU. In Parry, I.; Pittel, L.; Vollebergh, H. (Eds.): Energy Tax and Regulatory Policy in Europe: Reform Priorities, MIT press. See MIT press or the pre-print version.

Schmid, E., Pechan, A., Neetzow, P., Roolfs, C., Neubauer, L., Eisenack, K. (2017): 6 Thesen zu einer de.zentralen Energiewende – Erkenntnisse aus dem Projekt de.zentral. link

In addition to her academic work, Christina Roolfs has more than a decade of professional experience in the planning and management of wind farms and photovoltaics, being particularly interested in congestion management measures. Her master thesis also focused on congestion management measures and multinational power system planning using an analytical flow-based electricity pricing model.

Current research interests

Fiscal federalism, tax reform, burden-sharing and debt
Germany and the European Union

Papers submitted for peer review

Roolfs, Gaitan, Edenhofer, and Lessmann (under revision): Technology Beats Capital - Sharing the Carbon Price Burden in Federal Europe (February 6, 2020). Working paper available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3533251

Roolfs, Gaitan, Edenhofer (resubmitted to JEEM): Make or brake — Rich states in voluntary federal emission pricing. Working paper available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2941505

Working papers

Roolfs and Hagen: Self-Enforcing Environmental Federations. SURED2020 conference paper

Gaitan, Roolfs, Edenhofer: A generalized approach on Multilevel Emissions Policies and Transfers.

Roolfs, Gaitan, Edenhofer: Assessing EU ETS minimum prices and revenue distribution from a multilevel policy perspective. WCERE2018 conference paper

Publications

Edenhofer, O., Roolfs, C., Gaitan, B., Nahmmacher, P., Flachsland, C. (2017): Agreeing on an EU ETS Price Floor to Foster Solidarity, Subsidiarity and Efficiency in the EU. In Parry, I.; Pittel, L.; Vollebergh, H. (Eds.): Energy Tax and Regulatory Policy in Europe: Reform Priorities, MIT press. See MIT press or the pre-print version.

Schmid, E., Pechan, A., Neetzow, P., Roolfs, C., Neubauer, L., Eisenack, K. (2017): 6 Thesen zu einer de.zentralen Energiewende – Erkenntnisse aus dem Projekt de.zentral. link