Academic Employment
since 2026 — Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Hamburg.
2018-2026 — Assistant Professor of Economics at Heidelberg University.
2016-2018 — Post-doctoral research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Education
2015 – PhD Economics, University of Zurich (Summa cum laude)
2010 – MSc Finance, University of Lausanne (Thesis awarded 6/6)
2008 – BSc Finance, Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest (Thesis awarded 10/10)
Publications
Balietti, A., Budjan, A., Eymess, T., and A. Solda, 2026. Strategic Ignorance and the Perceived Efficacy of Taking Action, forthcoming at the Economic Journal. [Download paper][slides]
Media coverage: VoxDev, Psychology Today, University of Zurich press release
Tohidi, A., Balietti, S., Fraiberger, S., and A. Balietti, 2025. Divergence Between Predicted and Actual Perception of Climate Information, PNAS Nexus, Volume 4, Issue 3.
Media coverage: Penn Today, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Mannheim press release, Norwegian Climate Foundation.
Balietti, A., Jaiswal, S. and Schäffer, D., 2024. Labor Market Impacts of Eco-Development Initiatives in Protected Areas. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 128.
Balietti, A., Datta, S. and Veljanoska, S., 2022. Air pollution and child development in India. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 113, p.102624. Media coverage: Business Standard
Balietti, A., Chesney, M. and Vargas, C., 2018. Long-Term Choices For Quinoa Farmers in Puno Peru. A Real Options Study. International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, 6, pp.1-19.
Balietti, A., 2016. Trader types and volatility of emission allowance prices. Evidence from EU ETS Phase I. Energy Policy, 98, pp.607-620.
Balietti, A., Bahn, O., Chesney, M., Gheyssens, J., Knutti, R., 2015. Is there room for geoengineering in the optimal climate policy mix?. Environmental Science and Policy, 48, pp.67-76.
Balietti, A., and Gheyssens, J., 2016. Baseline choice and performance implications for REDD. Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, 5(1), pp.79-124.
Books
Environmental Finance and Investments, Springer Texts in Business and Economics (2015), Springer Berlin Heidelberg, with M. Chesney, J. Gheyssens, and L. Taschini.
– A Chinese edition of this book has been published in 2016.
Working Papers
Balietti, A. and D. Marino-Fages, Relative Income and Global Inequality: Evidence from the United Kingdom – R&R at the European Economic Review
Balietti, A. and D. Marino-Fages, Zero-Sum Views and Support for Redistribution Across Borders
Balietti, A. and T. Zeising, Demographic Change and Discretion in Environmental Policy Enforcement – Media coverage: Ruperto Carola Magazine
Balietti, A., Budjan, A. and T. Eymess, Perceived Income Status and the Demand for Clean Air
Works in Progress
Balietti, A., Aycinena, D., and D. Marino-Fages, Aligned and Misaligned Incentives for Predicting US Election Results
Balietti, A., Solda, A., and MC Villeval, Memory Conformity and Social Norms
Balietti, A. and H. Wang, Parental Stress and Engagement with Information on Child Spillovers
Commissioned Projects
2016 – 2019 The Dutch Development Bank (FMO). Green products evaluation in rural India.
2017 – 2018 The Swiss Office for Meteorology and Climatology. The quinoa market and weather impacts in Peru.
2015 UN REDD Programme. The market for ecosystem services in Paraguay.
Grants
2023 – 2025, Institute for Replication (5,000 USD), Joint with: Diego Marino Fages (Durham University).
2020 – 2023, Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany (180,000 EUR).
2020 – 2024, Andrea von Braun Foundation (40,000 EUR).
2020 – 2022, Joachim Herz Foundation (15,000 EUR).
Teaching
Environmental Economics
The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation
The Economics of Carbon Pricing
Applied Empirical Methods
Field Experiments Design