Dr. Alena Miftakhova

Research interests

Economics of climate change, Integrated assessment modeling, Computable general equilibrium modeling, Sensitivity analysis

Positions

2019-present | Postdoctoral researcher, Center for Economic Research, ETH Zurich

Education

2014-2019 | Ph.D. in Business Administration (Economics of Climate Change), University of Zurich, Switzerland. Supervisor: Karl Schmedders

2011-2014 | MA in Management and Economics, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2004-2009 | BA in Economics at Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics, Russia 

Publications

How Constant is Constant Elasticity of Substitution? Endogenous Substitution between Clean and Dirty Energy (2024), with Jo, A.; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 125. doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102982.

Global sensitivity analysis for optimal climate policies: finding what truly matters (2021) Economic Modelling, 105. doi: 10.1016/j.econmod.2021.105653.

Statistical approximation of high-dimensional climate models. (2020), with Judd, K. L., Lontzek, T. S., & Schmedders, K.; Journal of Econometrics, 214(1), 67-80. doi:10.1016/j.jeconom.2019.05.005

Computing Economic Equilibria Using Projection Methods. (2020), with Schmedders, K., & Schumacher, M.; Annual Review of Economics, 12(1) 317-353. doi:10.1146/annurev-economics-080218-025711

Working papers

Economic Growth and Equity in Anticipation of Climate Policy (2021), with Renoir, C.
 

Boosting Sluggish Climate Policy: Endogenous Substitution, Learning, and Energy Efficiency Improvements, (2023), with Bretschger, L., Leuthard, M.