Andreas Gerster What Information Should Smart Meters Provide To Effectively Reduce Energy Consumption?
Andreas Gerster is the Acting Chair of Quantitative Economics at the University of Mannheim. Having completed his doctoral research at the Ruhr Graduate School of Economics, Gerster previously worked as a researcher at the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research. Gerster’s main research interests include environmental economics and public economics. He was joint recipient of the 2020 IIPF Young Economist Award.
Area of Research
Environmental and Resource Economics
since 2020
Acting Professor of Economics
University of Mannheim (Universität Mannheim) (more details)
Chair in Quantitative Economics
since 2018
RWI Research Fellow
RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
2019-2020
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Mannheim (Universität Mannheim) (more details)
Department of Economics
2015-2018
Researcher
RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
2012-2017
Ph.D.
Ruhr Graduate School in Economics, Essen
2010-2012
M.Sc. in Economics
University of Münster (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)
2006-2010
B.Sc. in International Economics and European Studies
University of Tübingen (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen)
2009-2010
B.Sc. in International Economics and European Studies
Université Paul Cézanne, Aix-en-Provence
- Canadian Journal of Economics
- Energy Journal
- Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy
- Energy Economics
Prizes
- IIPF Young Economist Award (joint with M. Kramm. 2020)
- USAEE/IAEE Working Paper Best Paper Award (2017)
- RWI Juniorpreis for the best Ph.D. student publication in 2016 at RWI
- “Information Preferences and the Short and Long Run Effects of Information”, funded by the German Research Foundation through CRC TR 224. Principal investigator (PI), EUR 12,000 (2019-2021)
- „Der Einfluss von sozialen Informationen, Anreizen und Gewohnheiten auf den Stromverbrauch privater Haushalte“, funded by Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF, 2015-2017)
- „Energiesparen in privaten Haushalten – ein Randomized Control Trial zur Wirkungsevaluierung einer Endverbrauchersensibilisierung“, funded by Stiftung Mercator (2014-2016)
University of Mannheim (Universität Mannheim)
Mannheim, GermanyFor generations, the University of Mannheim has been preparing students to take on leadership roles in business, academia, and society. One of the university’s strengths in this task is its profile, which is characterized by the economic and social sciences. It is in these fields that the University of Mannheim has repeatedly been ranked as one of the top 20 European research institutions. Key focuses of Mannheim researchers include decision-making processes and elections, governance, regulation, competition and innovation, migration and multilingualism, and the culture of change. The campus surrounding Mannheim’s baroque palace is a place where bright minds from across the globe come together to learn, discuss, research, and prepare to make their mark on the world.
Institute
The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) TR 224 – EPoS
The Collaborative Research Center (CRC) TR 224 – EPoS is a cooperation between the University of Bonn and the University of Mannheim. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), it aims to analyze and provide policy proposals that address three key societal challenges: how to promote equality of opportunity; how to regulate markets in light of the internationalization and digitalization of economic activity; and how to safeguard the stability of the financial system.
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The rollout of smart electricity meters is gathering pace in the EU as in the US. In this video, ANDREAS GERSTER asks what information smart meters should provide to bring about an optimal reduction in energy consumption. Comparing the effectiveness of aggregate data and appliance specific feedback, Gerster shows that more detailed information can help households to significantly limit their electricity use. Highlighting potential savings for German households of some €500-600M per annum, the research also develops a novel method of cost benefit analysis that can be used in settings where consumer misperceptions are an issue.
LT Video Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.21036/LTPUB10900
