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Energy Economics and Applied Econometrics

About us

Prof. Dr. Manuel Frondel is an associate professor of energy economics and applied econometrics, head of the department "Environment and Resources" at RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research in Essen since October 2003 and a faculty member of the Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS) since 2010.

His research interests lie in the field of empirical economic research, especially the application of statistical econometric methods to environmental, resource and energy economics.
(Picture: Unsplash/Dom Fou)

Team

Sven Hansteen
Scientific assistant
Viola Helmers
Scientific assistant
Prof. Dr. Manuel Frondel
Chair of the department, Professor

Teaching

Information about registration and participation for the seminars are in the descriptions of the course modules. Please follow the courses below for more information. These seminars are for master students only and require some prior knowledge of economic theory and empirical methods.

Information on:

A binding and valid registration for the examination (independent of any additional selection procedures at the examining chair) must always be submitted via Flexnow during the published registration period.
If there is no registration at Flexnow, there is no entitlement to an examination and no credits can be booked.
The deadlines (separate for Bachelor’s and Master’s examinations) are published from the beginning of the semester on the
Informationen zu Prüfungen und Studium site of Prüfungsamt (available in German).  Changes and updates will also be announced on this page.

Students from universities associated with Universitätsallianz Ruhr may be eligible to participate in our seminars. For further information, please consider the information provided here (in German).

Form of the RUB examination office for the approval of the seminar
Only for students from other universities associated with Universitätsallianz Ruhr.

The ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for Economics has recently published a free print and downable brochure entitled “Write your best paper in economics”.
It shows the entire writing process (finding a topic, researching, reading, quoting, etc.). Before the brochure was published, extensive feedback was obtained from chairs, libraries and students.
The brochure is available in German and English language here:

Schreib Deine beste Hausarbeit – So geht’s

Write your Best Paper in Economics and Business Studies

If you are registered for a block seminar and cannot attend due to illness, you will find information here on how to proceed.
(only available in German).

The registration and processing of Master’s theses have been digitised by the examinations office. You can find instructions here: Instructions Master’s thesis (only in German)

If you intend to write your Master’s thesis at our chair, please contact us before registering it in FlexNow.

Teaching offers

Study Type
Block Seminar
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SS
Block Seminar
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WS
WS 2024/25

Next dates

January 23, 2025
Block Seminar “Market and Non-Market Valuation of Environmental Goods” (075 016)

Research

Für weitere Information zu den Forschungsprojekten, folgen Sie bitte der unten stehenden Information.

Research projects

Overview of the Research Projects

Publications

Frondel, M. (2024) Ökologischer Umbau von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft: Kosten und Nutzen. Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 73 (1): 1-27

Frondel, M., A. Gerster, K. Kaestner, M. Pahle, A. Schwarz, P. Singhal, S. Sommer (2024). Das Wärme- und Wohnen-Panel zur Analyse des Wärmesektors: Ergebnisse der zweiten Erhebung aus dem Jahr 2022. Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft 48 (3), forthcoming.

Eßer, J., M. Frondel, S. Sommer (2023) Alternative Finanzierung der erneuerbaren Energien: Experimentelle Evidenz für Deutschland. List Forum für Finanz- und Wirtschaftspolitik 48 (1): 77-99.

Frondel, M. (2024) Ökologischer Umbau von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft: Kosten und Nutzen. Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 73 (1): 1-27

Frondel, M., A. Gerster, K. Kaestner, M. Pahle, A. Schwarz, P. Singhal, S. Sommer (2024). Das Wärme- und Wohnen-Panel zur Analyse des Wärmesektors: Ergebnisse der zweiten Erhebung aus dem Jahr 2022. Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft 48 (3), forthcoming.

Eßer, J., M. Frondel, S. Sommer (2023) Alternative Finanzierung der erneuerbaren Energien: Experimentelle Evidenz für Deutschland. List Forum für Finanz- und Wirtschaftspolitik 48 (1): 77-99.

The chair belongs to the competence field:

CURE