Gustav Fredriksson
PhD Candidate at ETH Zürich in Energy & Environmental Economics
Gustav, a Swedish citizen, worked at Bruegel as a Research Assistant in the area of Energy and Climate.
Prior to joining Bruegel, Gustav worked as a Junior Consultant for the International Labour Organization in Zambia. He also did an internship at Frontier Economics, where he worked on energy-related issues.
Gustav holds a MSc in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, which included an exchange semester at Bocconi University. His master’s thesis focused on the impact of wind power on the level and the volatility of the electricity price in the Nordic-Baltic market. Gustav also has a BSc in Economics and Business Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Gustav’s research interests lie within the fields of energy and competition. He is a native speaker of Swedish and English, and speaks French fluently.
Featured work
Winners and losers of energy and climate policy – How can the costs be redistributed?
Who should bear more and who less of the burden achieving climate policy goals?
Estimating the cost of capital for wind energy investments in Turkey
Wind power represents a key component of Turkey’s national energy strategy. Based on data collected on 138 installations in the country, this paper pr
Is the European automotive industry ready for the global electric vehicle revolution?
This Policy Contribution investigates the position of the European automotive industry in a scenario in which electrification substantially progresses
The distributional effects of climate policies
The distributional consequences are likely to be a major driver of future climate policies. Policymakers will not accept forceful decarbonisation poli
All work
External publication
24 September 2021
Winners and losers of energy and climate policy – How can the costs be redistributed?
Who should bear more and who less of the burden achieving climate policy goals?
Working paper
07 May 2019
Estimating the cost of capital for wind energy investments in Turkey
Wind power represents a key component of Turkey’s national energy strategy. Based on data collected on 138 installations in the country, this paper pr
Event
17 January 2019
EU-Turkey energy and climate dialogues 2019
What is the cost of capital for wind energy investments in Turkey?
Policy Brief
20 December 2018
Is the European automotive industry ready for the global electric vehicle revolution?
This Policy Contribution investigates the position of the European automotive industry in a scenario in which electrification substantially progresses
Event
14 November 2018
Distributional effects of climate policies
How do we design climate policies to minimize adverse distributional effects?
Blueprint
14 November 2018
The distributional effects of climate policies
The distributional consequences are likely to be a major driver of future climate policies. Policymakers will not accept forceful decarbonisation poli
External publication
11 October 2018
The EU response to US trade tariffs
The authors contributed to the new issue of 'Intereconomics - Review of European Economic Policy' with a paper on the EU's strategy for managing the t
Blog post
13 March 2018
Still on the road? Assessing Trump’s threat to European cars
Just how exposed is Europe’s automotive sector to a potential escalation in the EU-US trade war?
External publication
19 December 2017
The Impact of Brexit on the EU Energy System
What will be the impact of Brexit on the EU energy system? With or without the UK, the EU will be able to complete its market, to achieve its climate