Florian Egli
Biographic Data
| ID | 6568954 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Florian Egli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Florian |
| FAMILY NAME | Egli |
| SIGNATURE | EGLI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | ETH Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8617-5175 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Transforming intermediaries to accelerate sustainability transitions
This paper investigates the roles and evolution of incumbent intermediaries in sustainability transitions, focusing on the World Bank Group (WBG) and its support for renewable energy technologies in developing countries. We propose a framework analyzing how “fitness”—the alignment between technology characteristics, regime conditions, and intermediary structures—shapes patterns of intermediary support. We find that the WBG's success in scaling up…
Technology innovation and financial development
Bridging the fuel tax revenue gap in the move to electric mobility
The electric vehicle transition and vanishing fuel tax revenues
As electric vehicle adoption accelerates globally, fuel tax revenues decline, exposing government budgets without a proposed replacement tax on electric vehicles. We estimate fuel tax transition exposure across 168 countries, demonstrating that relative exposure, in percentage of total government revenues, varies substantially by income level. Our analysis finds that global public revenues from fuel taxes totalled approximately US$900 billion in …
How do developing countries estimate their climate finance needs under the Paris Agreement
Developing countries estimate their climate finance needs in NDCs using top-down, bottom-up, or hybrid methods. • Influencing factors include political institutions, stakeholder engagement, technical capacity, etc. • Climate finance quantification is technical and political, serving both negotiation and signaling roles. • A typology highlighting NDC archetypes is proposed: inclusive, strategic, consultant-facilitated, and minimalist. • Proposed p…
Taking stock of the implementation gap in climate policy
Scrutinizing countries’ climate commitments
Consistent and replicable estimation of bilateral climate finance
Backlash to fossil fuel phase-outs
Phasing out coal is a crucial lever in reaching international climate targets. However, the resulting jobs losses might trigger voter backlash, making phase-outs politically costly. Here, we present an analysis of the electoral response to coal mining job losses in US presidential elections using matched and bordering difference-in-difference estimators. Our findings confirm that fossil fuel phase-outs can result in voter backlash. In our main sp…
Representation of financial markets in macro-economic transition models—a review and suggestions for extensions
As the energy transition accelerates and renewable energy technologies become cost-competitive with fossil fuels in many countries, the availability of finance could become a bottleneck. Integrated assessment models (IAMs) and other macro-economic transition (MET) models typically do not feature detailed financial markets and do not sufficiently consider financing barriers and opportunities for the transition to carbon neutrality. While progress …
Financing the energy transition
Funding Information: This work was conducted as part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme project INNOPATHS under Grant Agreement No. 730403. ETH Zurich: This work was supported by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) under Contract No. 16.0222. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Swiss Government
Determinants of fossil fuel divestment in European pension funds
Divestment from fossil fuel companies could help align financial flows with climate targets and reduce the related risk exposure of investors. Yet, investors reach different conclusions whether to divest. In this article, we derive hypotheses for financial and non-financial divestment motives to explore the determinants of divestment. Using a newly compiled data set on the 1000 largest European pension funds, we find that 129, or 13%, of these fu…
A dynamic climate finance allocation mechanism reflecting the Paris Agreement
Reaching the goal of the Paris Agreement requires substantial investment. The developed country parties have agreed to provide USD$100 billion in climate finance annually from 2020 to 2025. Ongoing negotiations on post-2025 commitments are likely to exceed that sum and include a broader scope of parties. However, there is no guidance regarding the allocation of contributions. Here, we develop a dynamic mechanism based on two conventional pillars …
Adverse effects of rising interest rates on sustainable energy transitions
A dynamic climate finance allocation mechanism reflecting the Paris Agreement
Reaching the goal of the Paris Agreement requires substantial investment. The developed country parties have agreed to provide USD$100 billion in climate finance annually from 2020 to 2025. Ongoing negotiations on post-2025 commitments are likely to exceed that sum and include a broader scope of parties. However, there is no guidance regarding the allocation of contributions. Here, we develop a dynamic mechanism based on two conventional pillars …
Adverse effects of rising interest rates on sustainable energy transitions
Consistent and replicable estimation of bilateral climate finance
Backlash to fossil fuel phase-outs
Phasing out coal is a crucial lever in reaching international climate targets. However, the resulting jobs losses might trigger voter backlash, making phase-outs politically costly. Here, we present an analysis of the electoral response to coal mining job losses in US presidential elections using matched and bordering difference-in-difference estimators. Our findings confirm that fossil fuel phase-outs can result in voter backlash. In our main sp…
Representation of financial markets in macro-economic transition models—a review and suggestions for extensions
As the energy transition accelerates and renewable energy technologies become cost-competitive with fossil fuels in many countries, the availability of finance could become a bottleneck. Integrated assessment models (IAMs) and other macro-economic transition (MET) models typically do not feature detailed financial markets and do not sufficiently consider financing barriers and opportunities for the transition to carbon neutrality. While progress …
Financing the energy transition
Funding Information: This work was conducted as part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme project INNOPATHS under Grant Agreement No. 730403. ETH Zurich: This work was supported by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) under Contract No. 16.0222. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Swiss Government
Determinants of fossil fuel divestment in European pension funds
Divestment from fossil fuel companies could help align financial flows with climate targets and reduce the related risk exposure of investors. Yet, investors reach different conclusions whether to divest. In this article, we derive hypotheses for financial and non-financial divestment motives to explore the determinants of divestment. Using a newly compiled data set on the 1000 largest European pension funds, we find that 129, or 13%, of these fu…
Taking stock of the implementation gap in climate policy
Scrutinizing countries’ climate commitments
How do developing countries estimate their climate finance needs under the Paris Agreement
Developing countries estimate their climate finance needs in NDCs using top-down, bottom-up, or hybrid methods. • Influencing factors include political institutions, stakeholder engagement, technical capacity, etc. • Climate finance quantification is technical and political, serving both negotiation and signaling roles. • A typology highlighting NDC archetypes is proposed: inclusive, strategic, consultant-facilitated, and minimalist. • Proposed p…
Transforming intermediaries to accelerate sustainability transitions
This paper investigates the roles and evolution of incumbent intermediaries in sustainability transitions, focusing on the World Bank Group (WBG) and its support for renewable energy technologies in developing countries. We propose a framework analyzing how “fitness”—the alignment between technology characteristics, regime conditions, and intermediary structures—shapes patterns of intermediary support. We find that the WBG's success in scaling up…
Technology innovation and financial development
Bridging the fuel tax revenue gap in the move to electric mobility
The electric vehicle transition and vanishing fuel tax revenues
As electric vehicle adoption accelerates globally, fuel tax revenues decline, exposing government budgets without a proposed replacement tax on electric vehicles. We estimate fuel tax transition exposure across 168 countries, demonstrating that relative exposure, in percentage of total government revenues, varies substantially by income level. Our analysis finds that global public revenues from fuel taxes totalled approximately US$900 billion in …
Climate Change Policy and Economics (8 works) · Economics (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (7 works) · Climate change (5 works) · Global Energy and Sustainability Research (5 works) · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (4 works) · Finance (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Climate Finance (3 works)