Dr. Rahel Aichele

ifo Institute ifo Center for International Economics Poschingerstraße 5 81679 München

Phone: +49(0)89/9224-1275 Fax: +49(0)89/907795-1275 Email: aichele @ ifo.de (nur mit aktiviertem Javascript anklickbar) Website: http://www.cesifo-group.de/aichele-r

Main focus

Trade and environment, carbon leakage, climate policy.

Professional Experience

Academic Background

05/2013 Dr. oec. publ., University of Munich Thesis: Trade, Climate Policy and Carbon Leakage - Theory and Empirical Evidence

09/2010 - 12/2010 Visiting Scholar, University of Calgary (supervisor: M. Scott Taylor)

10/2001 - 05/2006 Studies in Economics, Hohenheim University

06/2001 University Entrance Diploma, Gymnasium in der Glemsaue Ditzingen

Languages

German, English, Spanish, French.

Professional Experience

since 08/2013 Programme Director, CESifo GmbH

since 05/2013 Economist, Ifo Center for International Economics

04/2011 - 04/2013 Junior Economist and Doctoral Student, Ifo Center for International Economics

08/2006 - 03/2011 Research Assistant, International Economics Group, Hohenheim University

01/2004 - 07/2006 Student Research Assistant, Chair in International Economics, Hohenheim University

Scholarships, awards and prizes

AERE Award for Outstanding Publication in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2013

Scholarship for Ph.D. research studies, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2010

Ifo Institute 13.07.2017 Page 1 Prize for Excellence in the Studies of Economics, 2nd place, Hohenheim University, 2006

Prize for Excellence in School Leave Examination, Ditzingen, 2001

Publications

Articles in refereed journals

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Inga Heiland), "TTIP and intra-European trade: boon or bane?", Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik / Journal of Economics and Statistics 236 (6), 2016, 639–664

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Kyoto and Carbon Leakage: An Empirical Analysis of the Carbon Content of Bilateral Trade", Review of Economics and Statistics 97 (1), 2015, 104-115

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "The Effect of the Kyoto Protocol on Carbon Emissions", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 32 (4), 2013, 731–757, Information, Working paper version available as Ifo Working Paper 102

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Estimating the effects of Kyoto on bilateral trade flows using matching econometrics", The World Economy 36 (3), 2013, 303-330, Working paper version available as Ifo Working Paper 119 (PDF)

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Kyoto and the Carbon Footprint of Nations", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 63 (3), 2012, 336-354, Information

Monographs (Authorship)

Rahel Aichele (with Markus Zimmer, Anna Sophia Ciesielski, Julian Dieler, Ana Maria Montoya Gómez and Tilmann Rave), Integrierte Bewertung der Instrumente und der fiskalischen und marktbasierten Anreize internationaler Klimapolitik und ihrer Auswirkungen (IACCP), ifo Forschungsberichte 81, ifo Institut, 2017

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr, Devashish Mitra and Jasmin Katrin Gröschl), Europe and India: Relaunching a Troubled Trade Relationship, ifo Forschungsberichte 80, ifo Institute, 2017

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Jasmin Katrin Gröschl), Freihandel von Lissabon nach Wladiwostok: wem nutzt, wem schadet ein eurasisches Freihandelsabkommen?, ifo Forschungsberichte 79, ifo Institut, 2017

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Jasmin Katrin Gröschl), Freihandel von Lissabon bis Wladiwostok: Wem nutzt, wem schadet ein eurasisches Handelsabkommen?, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh, 2016, Information | PDF Download

Rahel Aichele (with Erdal Yalcin and Gabriel Felbermayr), Turkey’s EU integration at a crossroads (GED Study), Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh, 2016, Information | PDF Download

Rahel Aichele (with Erdal Yalcin and Gabriel Felbermayr), Die EU-Integration der Türkei am Scheideweg (GED Study), Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh, 2016, Information | PDF Download

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr, Wilhelm Kohler, Günther Klee and Erdal Yalcin), Mögliche Auswirkungen der Transatlantischen Handels- und Investitionspartnerschaft (TTIP) auf Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländer, ifo Forschungsberichte 67, ifo Institut, 2015

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr, Wilhelm Kohler, Günther Klee and Erdal Yalcin), Potential impacts of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on developing and emerging economies (Executive Summary), ifo Institut, München, 2015, 7

Ifo Institute 13.07.2017 Page 2 Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr, Wilhelm Kohler, Günther Klee and Erdal Yalcin), Mögliche Auswirkungen der Transatlantischen Handels- und Investitionspartnerschaft (TTIP) auf Entwicklungs- und Schwellenländer (Executive Summary), ifo Institut, München, 2015, 7

Rahel Aichele, Trade, Climate Policy and Carbon Leakage - Theory and Empirical Evidence, ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung 49, ifo Institute, 2013

Papers in academic volumes

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "The impact of TTIP on third countries", in: M. S. Akman, S. J. Evenett, and P. Low (eds.): Catalyst? TTIP’s impact on the Rest, VoxEU ebook, 2015, 27-33

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Kyoto and the Carbon Footprint of Nations", in: Brian R. Copeland (ed.): Recent Developments in Trade and the Environment, ch. 29, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014, Information

Rahel Aichele, "CO2-Fußabdruck: Ein wichtiges Konzept für die Klimapolitik", in: Georg Milbradt, Gernot Nerb, Wolfgang Ochel und Hans-Werner Sinn (Hrsg.): Der ifo Wirtschaftskompass, Carl Hanser, München, 2011, 192-193

Articles in non-refereed journals

Rahel Aichele, "Carbon Leakage with Sturctural Grafity", Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2013: Wettbewerbspolitik und Regulierung in einer globalen Wirtschaftsordnung - Session: Climate Policy I, No.A04-V3, 2013

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "The Trans-Pacific Partnership Deal (TPP): What Are the Economic Consequences for In- and Outsiders?", CESifo Forum 16 (4), 2015, 53-64

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr, Thieß Petersen and Ulrich Schoof), "Brexit – Mögliche wirtschaftliche Folgen eines britischen EU-Austritts", Zukunft Soziale Marktwirtschaft Policy Brief # 2015/05, Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2015, 01-08

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "CETA: Welche Effekte hat das EU-Kanada-Freihandelsabkommen auf Deutschland?", ifo Schnelldienst 67 (24), 2014, 20-30

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Inga Heiland), "EEG und internationaler Wettbewerb: Ist die besondere Ausgleichsregelung haltbar? ", ifo Schnelldienst 67 (02), 2014, 23-29

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Inga Heiland), "Neues von der Basarökonomie", ifo Schnelldienst 66 (06), 2013, 17-28

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Inga Heiland), "Der Wertschöpfungsgehalt des Außenhandels: Neue Daten, neue Perspektiven", ifo Schnelldienst 66 (05), 2013, 29-41

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Internationaler Handel und Carbon Leakage", ifo Schnelldienst 64 (23), 2011, 26-30

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Auswirkungen der Kyoto-Verpflichtungen auf Emissionen und Carbon Footprints", ifo Schnelldienst 64 (22), 2011, 23-26

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Carbon Footprints", ifo Schnelldienst 64 (21), 2011, 11-16

Working papers

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr, Inga Heiland, Arne Melchior and Marina Steininger), "TTIP – Potential Effects on Norway", Ifo Working Paper No. 228, 2016, (Revised Version)

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Inga Heiland), "TTIP and intra-European trade: boon or bane?", Ifo Working Paper No. 220, 2016

Rahel Aichele (with Inga Heiland), "Where is the Value Added? Trade Liberalization and Production Networks", CESifo Working Paper No. 6026, August 2016

Ifo Institute 13.07.2017 Page 3 Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Inga Heiland), "Going Deep: The Trade and Welfare Effects of TTIP Revised", Ifo Working Paper No. 219, 2016

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr and Inga Heiland), "Going Deep: The Trade and Welfare Effects of TTIP", CESifo Working Paper No. 5150, December 2014

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Transatlantic Free Trade: The View Point of Germany", CESifo Working Paper No. 5151, December 2014

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Estimating the effects of Kyoto on bilateral trade flows using matching econometrics", Ifo Working Paper No. 119, 2011

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Kyoto and Carbon Leakage: An Empirical Analysis of the Carbon Content of Bilateral Trade", CESifo Working Paper No. 3661, November 2011, also FREIT Working Paper No. 385, 2011

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Kyoto and the Carbon Footprint of Nations", Ifo Working Paper No. 103, 2011

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "What a Difference Kyoto Made: Evidence from Instrumental Variables Estimation", Ifo Working Paper No. 102, 2011

Rahel Aichele (with Gabriel Felbermayr), "Kyoto and the Carbon Content of Trade", FZID Discussion Paper No. 10-2010, 2010

Projects

Current projects

Quantitative Tools for the Analysis of Global Governance Issues (QUANTAGG) Client: Leibniz-Gemeinschaft • Project period: January 2016 - December 2018 • Department: Ifo Center for International Economics

Concluded projects

Climate Change and International Trade: Towards a Causal Analysis of Carbon Leakage Client: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) • Project period: April 2011 - November 2013 • Department: Ifo Center for International Economics

Costs and Benefits of Britain’s Exit from the European Union Client: Bertelsmann Foundation • Project period: February 2015 - April 2015 • Department: Ifo Center for International Economics

Development of an indicator for the intensity of international competition on the sector or product level Client: BMWI • Project period: 15 September 2013 - 15 November 2013 • Department: Ifo Center for International Economics

EU Integration of Turkey at a Crossroads Client: Bertelsmann Foundation • Project period: December 2015 - April 2016 • Department: Ifo Center for International Economics

Economic Dimensions and Effects of the Alianza del Pacifico Client: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung • Project period: June 2014 – December 2014 • Department: Ifo Center for International Economics

Integrated Assessment of the Instruments and the Fiscal and Market-Based Incentives of International Climate Change Policies and their Impacts (IACCP) Client: Federal Ministry of Education and Research • Project period: October 2011 - December 2015 • Department: Ifo Center for Energy, Climate and Exhaustible Resources

Ifo Institute 13.07.2017 Page 4 Potential impact of TTIP on developing and emerging countries Client: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) • Project period: October 2014 – December 2014 • Department: Ifo Center for International Economics

Presentations

Annual Meeting European Trade Study Group September 11-13, 2014, Munich

Annual Congress Verein für Socialpolitik September 8-10, 2014, Hamburg

Annual Congress European Economic Association August 25-29, 2014, Toulouse

CESifo Summer Institute, Workshop "Regional Mega Deals: New Trends, New Models, New Insights?" July 23-24, 2014, Venice

World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists June 28 - July 2, 2014, Istanbul

14th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG) Sept. 2013, Birmingham, UK

Annual Meeting Verein für Socialpolitik Sept. 2013, Düsseldorf

20th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists June 25, 2013, Toulouse, France

Research Seminar University of Innsbruck June 5, 2013, Austria

5th Rocky Mountain Empirical Trade Conference May 17, 2013, Banff, Canada

15. Göttinger Workshop "Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen" 28. Feb. 2013, Universität Göttingen

14th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG) 13 - 15 Sept. 2012, Leuven, Belgium

Annual Meeting Verein für Socialpolitik (VfS) 09. - 12. Sept. 2012, Göttingen, Deutschland

27th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA) 27. - 31. Aug. 2012, Malaga, Spain

61st Annual Congress of the French Economic Association Jul 2012, Paris

19th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists June 2012, Prague

13th Conference on International Economics June 2012, Grenada

17th Spring Meeting of Young Economists Apr 2012, Mannheim

14. Göttinger Workshop "Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen" Universität Göttingen, 2012, Göttingen

Ifo Institute 13.07.2017 Page 5 Annual Meeting Verein für Socialpolitik 2011, Frankfurt, Deutschland

13th Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG) 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark

26th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association 2011, Oslo, Norway

18th Annual Meeting European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) 2011, Rome, Italy

Annual Meeting Nationalökonomische Gesellschaft (NOeG) 2011, Graz, Austria

Tenth Annual GEP Postgraduate Conference University of Nottingham, 2011, Nottingham, UK

Economics Department Seminar - University of Calgary Economics Department Seminar, 2010, University of Calgary, 2010, Calgary, Canada

Annual Meeting Verein für Socialpolitik 2010, Kiel, Germany

25th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association 2010, 2010, Glasgow, UK

12th Göttinger Workshop "Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen" 2010, University of Göttingen, 2010, Göttingen, Germany

EGIT Research Meeting 2010, University of Darmstadt, 2010, Darmstadt, Germany

THE Christmas Workshop 2009, Hohenheim University, 2009, Hohenheim, Germany

Economics Department Seminar 2009, Aarhus School of Business, 2009, Aarhus, Denmark

Eleventh Annual Conference of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG) Rome, Italy, 2009, Rome, Italy

Workshop "Globalization and Environment" 2009, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, 2009, Kiel, Germany

Teaching

Class 'Advanced International Trade: Theory' (MSc), Hohenheim University, summer term 2010

Tutorial 'Optimization in Economy Theory' (MSc), Hohenheim University, winter term 2009/10

Tutorial 'International Trade Theory and Policy', Hohenheim University, summer term 2008, winter term 2008/09, summer term 2009

Seminar 'Topics in International Economics', Hohenheim University, winter term 2006/07, winter term 2007/08, winter term 2008/09, summer term 2010

Course 'Introduction to Economics', University of Cooperative Education (‘Berufsakademie’) Stuttgart, winter term 2007/08

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