Dr Simon Feindt

Current working papers:

• Feindt, S., Lettow, F., Missbach, L, & Ward H. (2025). What drives the distributional impacts of carbon pricing? Draft available upon request.
• Young-Brun, M. & Feindt, S. (co-first authors) (2025). Climate impacts on production factors: Implications for growth, inequality, and the social cost of carbon. Under review. Draft available upon request.
• Young-Brun, M., Dennig, F., Errickson, F., Feindt, S., Méjean, A. & Zuber, S. (2025). Within-country inequality and the shaping of a just global climate policy. Under review. Draft available upon request.
• Feindt, S. (2024). Why the European Union faces an equity-pollution dilemma, and why it should not be concerned. Draft available upon request.

Articles in peer-reviewed journals:

• Emmerling, J., Andreoni, P., Charalampidis, I., Dasgupta, S., Dennig, F., Feindt, S., Fragkiadakis, D., Fragkos, P., Fujimori, S., Gilli, M., Grottera, C., Guivarch, C., Kornek, U., Kriegler, E., Malerba, D., Marangoni, G., Méjean, A., Nijsse, F., Piontek, F., Simsek, Y., Soergel, B., Taconet, N., Vandyck, T., Young-Brun, M., Zhao, S., Zheng, Y. and Tavoni M. (2024). A Multi-Model Assessment of Inequality and Climate Change. Nature Climate Change. 14, 1254–1260 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02151-7.

• Budolfson, M., Dennig, F., Errickson, F., Feindt, S., Ferranna, M., Fleurbaey, M., Klenert, D., Kornek, U., Kuruc, K., Méjean, A., Peng, W., Scovronick, N., Spears, D., Wagner, F. and Zuber, S. (2021). Climate action with revenue recycling has benefits for poverty, inequality and well-being. Nature Climate Change. 11, 1111–1116 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01217-0.

• Feindt, S., Kornek, U., Labeaga, J. M., Sterner, T., and Ward, H. (2021). Understanding regressivity: Challenges and opportunities of European carbon pricing. Energy Economics, 103, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105550.

Policy briefs

• Budolfson, M., Dennig, F., Errickson, F., Feindt, S., Ferranna, M., Fleurbaey, M., Klenert, D., Kornek, U., Kuruc, K., Méjean, A., Peng, W., Scovronick, N., Spears, D., Wagner, F. and Zuber, S. (2021). Policy Brief: Protecting the poor with a carbon tax and equal per capita dividend. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01228-x
• Del Campo, S., Ewald, J., Feindt, S., Kornek, U., Labeaga, J. and Sterner, T. (2021). Policy Brief: Distributional effects and acceptability of carbon taxes in the European Union. CHIPS Policy Brief No 1. http://chips-project.org/products/chips-policy-brief-no-1-december-2021.pdf

Reports:

• Görlach, B., Jakob, M., Umpfenbach, K., Kosch, M., Pahle, M., Konc, T., Aus dem Moore, N., Brehm, J., Feindt, S., Pause, F., Nysten, J. & Abrell, J. (2022): A Fair and Solidarity-based EU Emissions Trading System for Buildings and Road Transport. Kopernikus-Projekt Ariadne, Potsdam. https://ariadneprojekt.de/publikation/report-ensuring-the-fairness-and-solidarity-of-the-ets2-for-road-transport-and-buildings/.
• Steckel, J. C., Missbach, L., Ohlendorf, N., Feindt, S. & Kalkuhl, M. (2022): Effects of the energy price crisis on European households. Socio-political challenges and policy options. MCC working paper. https://www.mcc-berlin.net/forschung/publikationen/publikationen-detail/article/effects-of-the-energy-price-crisis-on-european-households-socio-political-challenges-and-policy-options.html