Dr. Erik Gawel
professor
Department of Economics
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Germany
Biography
He is an environmental economist and, jointly with Prof. Dr. Bernd Hansjürgens, Head of the Department of Economics at the UFZ in Leipzig He holds the chair for Economics, with a focus on Institutional Environmental Economics, at the University of Leipzig, where he is also a director of the Institute for Infrastructure and Resources Management. He is a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (among others) and also a publicly appointed and sworn authority on municipal payments. As well as researching the economic aspects of energy, climate and water resources, he also investigates the economy of institutions, with a particular focus on the economy of politics and of the law. He has published numerous scientific papers and textbooks and writes regularly in the UFZ's science blog "Umweltforsch". He obtained the UFZ Knowledge Transfer Award in 2015.
Research Interest
Economic key issues of climate change / environmental impacts of energy transition Economics of biomass and bioenergy, Water resources management, especially water-related prices and charges.
Publications
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Möckel, St. / Gawel, E. / Kästner, M. / Liess, M. / Knillmann, S. / Bretschneider, W.: Einführung einer Abgabe auf Pflanzenschutzmittel in Deutschland, (= Studien zu Umweltökonomie und Umweltpolitik, Vol. 10), Duncker & Humblot: Berlin 2015.
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Gawel, E./ Bretschneider, W.: Das Wasserentnahmeentgelt in Baden-Württemberg. Bestandsaufnahme und Evaluierung, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ: Leipzig 2016
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Gawel, E.: Grundzüge der mikroökonomischen Theorie (= Lehr- und Studienbücher der Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Vol. 1), Lohmar / Köln: Eul 2009
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Gawel, E.: Exercises in Microeconomics (= Lehr- und Studienbücher der Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Vol. 3), Lohmar / Köln: Eul 2010
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Gawel, E.: Übungsaufgaben zur Grundausbildung in mikroökonomischer Theorie (= Lehr- und Studienbücher der Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Vol. 2), 2. revised and enlarged ed., Lohmar / Köln: Eul 2011.
