Since February 2014, Robert Germeshausen has been working as a researcher in the ZEW Research Department “Environmental and Climate Economics”. Previously, he studied in the master’s programme in economics at the University of Cologne with a focus on econometrics and energy economics. He completed his PhD on “Impacts of Energy Policies in Germany – From Renewables Support to Emissions Trading” at the University of Münster in May 2019.
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Germeshausen, Robert, Kathrine von Graevenitz and Martin Achtnicht (2022), Does the Stick make the Carrot more attractive? State Mandates and Uptake of Renewable Heating Technologies, Regional Science and Urban Economics 92. Download
Germeshausen, Robert (2020), The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and Fuel Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Power Plants in Germany, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 7(4), 751–777. Download
Germeshausen, Robert and Nikolas Wölfing (2020), How marginal is lignite? Two simple approaches to determine price-setting technologies in power markets, Energy Policy 142, 111482. Download
Germeshausen, Robert, Timo Panke and Heike Wetzel (2020), Firm Characteristics and the Ability to Exercise Market Power: Empirical Evidence from the Iron Ore Market, Empirical Economics 58(5), 2223-2247. Download
Articles in Non-Refereed Journals
Germeshausen, Robert, Philipp Massier and Nikolas Wölfing (2015), Geopolitics Move Back up the Agenda: Turmoil in Ukraine and its Impact on Risk Perceptions Among Energy Experts, IAEE Energy Forum Second Quarter 2015, 29-32. Download
Germeshausen, Robert and Andreas Löschel (2015), Energiestückkosten als Indikator für Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Wirtschaftsdienst 95 (1), 46-50. Download
Discussion and Working Papers
Earnhart, Dietrich, Robert Germeshausen and Kathrine von Graevenitz (2022), Effects of Information-Based Regulation on Financial Outcomes: Evidence From the European Union’s Public Emission Registry, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-015, Mannheim. Download
Germeshausen, Robert, Sven Heim and Ulrich Wagner (2021), Support for Renewable Energy: The Case of Wind Power, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-074, Mannheim. Download
Achtnicht, Martin, Robert Germeshausen and Kathrine von Graevenitz (2019), Wärmewende im Gebäudesektor: Lasst den CO2-Preis wirken, ZEW policy brief No. 19-07, Mannheim. Download
Germeshausen, Robert and Nikolas Wölfing (2019), How Marginal is Lignite? Two Simple Approaches to Determine Price-Setting Technologies in Power Markets, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-031, Mannheim. Download
Germeshausen, Robert and Kathrine von Graevenitz (2019), State Mandates on Renewable Heating Technologies and the Housing Market, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 19-028, Mannheim. Download
Germeshausen, Robert (2018), Effects of Attribute-Based Regulation on Technology Adoption – The Case of Feed-In Tariffs for Solar Photovoltaic, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-057, Mannheim. Download
Germeshausen, Robert (2018), The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and Fuel Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Power Plants in Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 18-007, Mannheim. Download
Achtnicht, Martin, Robert Germeshausen and Kathrine von Graevenitz (2017), Does the Stick Make the Carrot More Attractive? State Mandates and Uptake of Renewable Heating Technologies, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-067, Mannheim. Download
Germeshausen, Robert, Timo Panke and Heike Wetzel (2014), Investigating the Influence of Firm Characteristics on the Ability to Exercise Market Power - A Stochastic Frontier Analysis Approach with an Application to the Iron Ore Market, EWI Working Paper No.14/17, Köln. Download
Germeshausen, Robert, Timo Panke and Heike Wetzel (2014), Investigating the Influence of Firm Characteristics on the Ability to Exercise Market Power – A Stochastic Frontier Analysis Approach with an Application to the Iron Ore Market, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-105, Mannheim. Download
Research Reports
- ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer
- ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer
- ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer
- ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer
- ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer
- ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer
- ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer
- ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer
- ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer
- ZEW-Energiemarktbarometer
Projects
Current Projects
- Project Duration 01.12.2019 - 30.11.2022Integrated economic analysis of climate change protection and local air pollution
- Project Duration 01.01.2019 - 30.09.2022Evaluating Policy Instruments for the Transformation to a Low Carbon Economy: Causal Evidence from Administrative Micro Data
- Project Duration 01.04.2018 - 31.05.2022Ex-Post Evaluation of Benefits and Costs of Environmental Regulation
Finished Projects
- Project Duration 01.04.2019 - 31.03.2021The Impacts of Environmental Regulation on Innovation and Firm Performance in Europe
- Project Duration 01.01.2019 - 31.03.2021Buy Local – A Market for Balancing Energy in Electricity Distribution Networks
- Project Duration 01.05.2018 - 31.12.2020Local markets for flexibility: Power consumers offering system services in electricity distribution grids
- Project Duration 01.04.2018 - 31.12.2019Effects of Fossil Fuel Fired Power Production on Local Air Pollution
- Project Duration 01.03.2017 - 30.06.2018Innovation Behaviour and Essential Property Rights under an International Environmental Agreement
- Project Duration 01.10.2016 - 31.12.2019Kopernikus-Project „System Integration“: ENavi
- Project Duration 01.10.2016 - 01.10.2017Drivers of Renewable Energy Investments in Space Heating
- Project Duration 01.11.2015 - 30.11.2018Allocation for industrial plants within the EU-ETS after 2020, analysis and further development of direct and indirect carbon leakage regulation
- Project Duration 01.03.2015 - 30.06.2017Effects of the European Emissions Trading Scheme on Conventional Power Plants in Germany
- Project Duration 01.07.2012 - 31.12.2014Scientific Support of the Expert Commission of the Monitoring Process: Energy of the Future
- Project Duration 02.07.2002 - 31.03.2019ZEW Energy Market Barometer
More Information
Teaching Activities and Stand-in Professors
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HS 2021:
Lecture and tutorial
"Resource Economics: Energy and Water",
University of Mannheim, Germany
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HS 2021:
Lecture and tutorial
"Resource Economics: Energy and Water",
Organisation of Academic Conferences and Workshops
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Rüdiger Schweer, HMWEVW,
Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
Conference,
Twelfth Eberbacher Cloister Conversations on Economics of the Transformation of the Energy System,
Kloster Eberbach, Eltville, Germany, 2019
more information -
Dr. Oliver Woll,
Albert Roger,
Dr. Dominik Schober,
Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
Conference,
Eigth Mannheim Energy Conference,
ZEW Mannheim, Germany, 2019
more information -
Dr. Oliver Woll,
Albert Roger,
Dr. Dominik Schober,
Prof. Dr. Nikolas Wölfing,
Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
Conference,
Seventh Mannheim Energy Conference,
ZEW Mannheim, Germany, 2018
more information -
Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Rüdiger Schweer, HMWEVL,
Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
Conference,
Eleventh Eberbacher Cloister Conversations on Economics of the Transformation of the Energy System,
Kloster Eberbach, Eltville, Germany, 2018 -
Prof. Dr. Sven Heim,
Dr. Dominik Schober,
Dr. Oliver Woll,
Prof. Dr. Nikolas Wölfing,
Albert Roger,
Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
Conference,
Sixth Mannheim Energy Conference,
ZEW Mannheim, Germany, 2017 -
Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Rüdiger Schweer, HMWEVL,
Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
Tenth Eberbacher Cloister Conversations on Economics of the Transformation of the Energy System,
Kloster Eberbach, Eltville, Germany, 2017 -
Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
Ninth Eberbacher Cloister Conversations on Economics of the Transformation of the Energy System,
Kloster Eberbach, Eltville, Germany, 2016 -
Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
2246,
Kloster Eberbach, Eltville, Germany, 2015 -
Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Rüdiger Schweer, HMWEVL,
Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
7. Eberbacher Klostergespräche zu ökonomischen Grundsatzfragen der Transformation des Energiesystems,
Kloster Eberbach, Eltville, Germany, 2014
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Löschel, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Rüdiger Schweer, HMWEVW,
Dr. Robert Germeshausen,
Conference,
Twelfth Eberbacher Cloister Conversations on Economics of the Transformation of the Energy System,
Lectures
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2019:
State Mandates on Renewable Heating Technologies and the Housing Market,
EAERE Annual Conference 2019,
Manchester, Vereinigtes Königreich -
2019:
Effects of Attribute-Based Regulation on Technology Adoption – The Case of Feed-In Tariffs for Solar Photovoltaic,
EAERE-FEEM Summer School 2019,
Venedig, Italien -
2018:
Does the Stick make the Carrot more attractive? State Mandates and Uptake of Renewable Heating Technologies,
AURÖ Nachwuchsworkshop 2018,
Osnabrück, Deutschland -
2018:
Does the Stick make the Carrot more attractive? State Mandates and Uptake of Renewable Heating Technologies,
Mannheim Energy Conference 2018,
ZEW Mannheim, Deutschland -
2018:
Does the Stick make the Carrot more attractive? State Mandates and Uptake of Renewable Heating Technologies,
Spring Meeting of Young Economists 2018,
Palma de Mallorca, Spanien -
2018:
Does the Stick make the Carrot more attractive? State Mandates and Uptake of Renewable Heating Technologies,
Workshop on Empirical Methods in Energy Economics,
Mailand, Italien -
2018:
Does the Stick make the Carrot more attractive? State Mandates and Uptake of Renewable Heating Technologies,
6th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists,
Göteborg, Königreich Schweden -
2017:
Effects of Attribute-based Regulation on Technology Adoption - The Case of Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Photovoltaic,
AERE Summer Conference 2017,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA) -
2017:
The EU ETS and Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Power Power Plants in Germany,
AURÖ Nachwuchsworkshop des VfS,
Basel, Schweiz -
2017:
The EU ETS and Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Power Power Plants in Germany,
AFiD-Nutzerkonferenz 2017,
Berlin, Deutschland -
2017:
The EU ETS and Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Power Power Plants in Germany,
Sixth Mannheim Energy Conference (2561),
ZEW Mannheim, Deutschland -
2017:
The EU ETS and Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Power Power Plants in Germany,
EAERE 23rd Annual Conference,
Athen, Griechenland -
2016:
Effects of Attribute-based Regulation on Technology Adoption - The Case of Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Photovoltaic,
21st Spring Meeting of Young Economists 2016,
Lissabon, Portugal -
2016:
Effects of Attribute-based Regulation on Technology Adoption - The Case of Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Photovoltaic,
Fifth Mannheim Energy Conference 2016 (2285),
Mannheim ZEW, Deutschland -
2016:
Effects of Attribute-based Regulation on Technology Adoption - The Case of Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Photovoltaic,
23rd Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists,
Zürich, Schweiz -
2016:
Effects of Attribute-based Regulation on Technology Adoption - The Case of Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Photovoltaic,
9th International Workshop on Empirical Methods in Energy Economics,
Oviedo, Spanien -
2016:
Effects of Attribute-based Regulation on Technology Adoption - The Case of Feed-in Tariffs for Solar Photovoltaic,
VfS Jahrestagung 2016,
Augsburg, Deutschland -
2016:
The EU ETS and Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Power Power Plants in Germany,
Arbeitstreffen zu umweltökonomischen Analysen mit den AFiD-Daten der Forschungsdatenzentren der Statistischen Ämter (2413),
Mannheim ZEW, Deutschland -
2016:
Effects of Attribute-based Regulation on Technology Adoption - The Case of Feed-in Tariffs,
AURÖ Nachwuchsworkshop des VfS,
UFZ, Leipzig, Deutschland -
2015:
Investigating the Influence of Firm Characteristics on the Ability to Exercise Market Power - A Stochastic Frontier Analysis Approach with an Application to the Iron Ore Market,
AURÖ Nachwuchsworkshop des VfS,
Hamburg, Deutschland -
2015:
Investigating the Influence of Firm Characteristics on the Ability to Exercise Market Power - A Stochastic Frontier Analysis Approach with an Application to the Iron Ore Market,
42nd Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE),
München, Deutschland
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2019:
State Mandates on Renewable Heating Technologies and the Housing Market,
Department

Function
Advanced Researcher
Prices, Awards and Distinctions
- 2012: Beste Abschlussarbeit, KölnAlumni - Freunde und Förderer der Universität zu Köln e.V., Cologne, Germany