Isabel Hovdahl

Isabel Hovdahl

Associate professor

NHH Norwegian School of Economic

Biography

I am an associate professor at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). I received my PhD in economics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

I am an environmental economist focused on climate change. In my research, I employ a combination of empirical methods and theoretical modeling to investigate social and economic issues related to climate change. I am especially interested in exploring policy tools to drive the transition to clean energy sources. My goal is to contribute to the development of effective strategies for transitioning towards a low-carbon economy and sustainable growth.

Interests
  • Green innovation
  • Social cost of carbon
  • Renewable energy
Education
  • PhD in Economics, 2020

    NTNU

Selected work-in-progress

  • Charging the Transition: Energy Storage Innovation and Climate Policy with Maria Alsina-Pujols (ETH)

  • European market integration and price convergence: A quantile regression analysis of NordLink with Endre Bjørndal (NHH), Mette Bjørndal (NHH) and Kyriaki Tselika (SINTEF)

Working papers

Guarantees of Origin and Competition in the Spot Electricity Market
We study the effect of introducing a market for green energy attributes on the market for the energy itself. In Europe, renewable …

Publications

(2024). Patent Protection and the Transition to Clean Technology. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, forthcoming.

DOI Working paper

(2022). The deadly effect of day-to-day temperature variation in the United States. Environmental Research Letters, 17(10).

DOI

Teaching

At NHH, I teach the following courses:

  • TECH2 Introduction to Programming, Data, and Information Technology

  • BAN436 Introduction to Python

  • BAN438 Application Development in Python