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Australian School of Business > Schools
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Regina
Betz
PhD, German University of Administrative Science, Speyer, Germany
MA of Economics, University of Trier, Germany
Senior Lecturer, Joint Director CEEM (Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets)
Dr. Regina Betz is Joint Director (Economics) at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM) and a Senior Lecturer at the School of Economics at UNSW. She holds a PhD from the German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer. Regina has studied economics in Germany and the UK. In her PhD she analyzed the impact of different designs of carbon trading systems on transaction costs. Before she came to Australia in 2004 she was a Senior Research Fellow at the Fraunhofer Institute (FhG ISI) in Germany.
Her work focuses on climate change policies and their associated instruments, such as Emissions Trading. For more than 8 years she was a consultant to the German Environmental Ministry regarding the Kyoto Mechanisms and Emissions Trading, and was closely involved with European Union and United Nations negotiations on climate change and the European Emissions Trading Scheme. She has also worked on institutional capacity building for CDM projects in Eastern Europe and was part of the International Standardisation Group which developed ISO14064, the international standard on monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks. Today her research is mainly focusing on emissions trading design applying experimental economics.
She also has experience as a consultant to the Australian government. In 2006 she assisted the Australian National Emission Trading Taskforce (NETT) in the preparation of the Discussion Paper on 'Possible Design for a National GHG Emissions Trading Scheme'. In 2007 and 2009/10 she has been working as a consultant on auctioning design for emission permits in Australia.
She also maintains a high commitment to community activities. She has been regularly called to appear as an expert witness in energy and climate change issues at various Federal government enquiries.
Publications
- Owen, T., Betz, R., 2010, The Implications of Australia's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme for its National Electricity Market, Energy Policy, forthcoming
- Betz, R., Seifert, S., Cramton, P., Kerr, S., 2010, Auctioning greenhouse gas emissions permits in Australia, Australian Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics, vol. 54, pp. 219-238
- Betz, R., Sanderson, T., Ancev, T., 2010, In or out: Efficient inclusion of installations in an Emissions Trading Scheme?, Journal of Regulatory Economics, vol. 37, Issue 2, pp 162-179
- Jotzo, F., Betz, R., 2009, Australia's emissions trading scheme: opportunities and obstacles for linking, Climate Policy, vol. 9, pp. 402-414
- Schleich, J., Rogge, K., Betz, R., 2009, 'Incentives for energy efficiency in the EU Emission Trading Scheme', Energy Efficiency, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 37-67
- Betz, R., Stafford, A., 2008, The policy issues arising with the linking of international emissions trading schemes, Australian Resources and Energy Law Journal, special issue on Emissions Trading, volume 27, no. 1, pp 86-104
- Betz, R., Rogge, K., Schleich, J., 2006, 'EU Emission Trading: An Early Analysis of National Allocation Plans for 2008-2012', Climate Policy, vol. 6 (4), pp. 361-394
- Neuhoff, K., Ahman, M., Betz R., Cludius, J., Ferrario, F., Holmgren, K., Pal, G., Grubb, M., Matthes, F., Rogge, K., Sato, M., Schleich, J., Tuerk, A., Kettner, C., Walker, N., 2006, 'Implications of announced Phase 2 National Allocation Plans for the EU ETS' Climate Policy, vol. 6 (4), 411-422
- Betz, R., Sato, M., 2006, Emissions trading: Lessons learnt from the 1st phase of EU ETS and prospects for the 2nd Phase', Climate Policy, vol. 6 (4), pp. 351-359
- Betz, R., Rogge, K., Schön, M., 2006, 'Domestic Climate Projects: Limited opportunities in Germany but example for others?', Energy and Environment, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 569-582
- Betz, R., Eichhammer, W., Schleich, J.: Designing National Allocation Plans for EU Emissions Trading - A First Analysis of the Outcome, in: Energy and Environment, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2004, p. 375-425
- Schleich, J., Betz, R., Bradke, H., Walz, R.: Der Alloka-tionsplan, in: Lucht, M., Spangerdt, G., (Ed.): Emissionshandel, 2004, Heidelberg, p. 101-116
- Schleich, J., Betz, R.: EU Emissions Trading and Transaction Costs for Small and Medium Sized Companies, in: INTERECONOMICS, Review of European Economic Policy, Vol. 39, No.3, 2004, p. 121-123
- Schleich, J., Betz, R., Gagelmann, F., Jochem, E., Koewener, D.: Germany: Unification and contradiction, in: Vrolijk, Christiaan (Ed.): Climate Change and Power, The Royal Institute for International Affairs, Earthscan Publications, 2002, London, p. 148-176
- Betz, Regina: Emissionshandel zur Bekämpfung des Treibhauseffektes. Die Auswirkungen der Ausgestaltung auf die Transaktionskosten - am Beispiel Deutschland, Dissertation, 2003, Stuttgart
- Schleich, J., Betz, R., Ehrhart, K., Hoppe, C., Seifert, S.: Simulating Emissions Trading in Southwest Germany. In: Euro-pean Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (Paris): Proceedings of the 2003 eceee Summer Study. Time to turn down energy demand, 2-7 June 2003, Saint Raphaël, France, Vol. 3, 2003, p. 1023-1031
- Michaelowa, A., Betz, R.,: Implications of EU Enlargement on the EU Greenhouse Gas 'Bubble' and Internal Burden Sharing, in: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2001, p. 267-279
- Betz, R.: The Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) Projects of the E7 Initiative: Renewable Energy Supply Systems in Indonesia. A Case Study, in: Michaelowa, Axel / Dutschke, Michael: Climate Policy and Development, Edward Elgar, 2000, Cheltenham, p. 91-132
Research interests
- Environmental economics
- Climate change economics
- Energy economics
- Experimental economics
Research grants
- 2007-2010: Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Commonwealth Environmental Research Facilities (CERF), Environmental Economics Research Hub (EERH): Designing environmental policy from an economics and social perspective ($673,000)
- 2008-2011: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant DP0878380 jointly with Edward Anderson, Iain MacGill, Hugh Outhred, Understanding the interaction of emissions trading with wholesale electricity markets ($428,000)
- 2009-2010: Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Commonwealth Environmental Research Facilities (CERF), Environmental Economics Research Hub (EERH): Modelling the Potential Interactions between the Australian 20% Renewable Energy Target and the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme within the Australian National Electricity Market ($90,000)
- 2009-2010: CERPA 2009 Energy Research Showcase funding program
Project Title: Scoping study of legal, regulatory, policy and wider institutional barriers to the widespread adoption of renewable energy technologies within Australia, and frameworks for addressing them ($20,000)
- 2010-2013: Australian Research Council Discovery Grant DP1096268, jointly with Iain MacGill, Climate Change and Energy Policy: Elements of a Robust Policy Mix ($300,000)
- 2010: Department of Environment Climate Change and Water jointly with Tihomir Ancev and Zaida Contreras, Evaluation of the LBL Scheme in NSW ($30,000)
- 2010-2013: Australian Research Council Linkage Grant LP100200756, jointly with Iain MacGill and Paul Twomey, The economic value of smart integration of electric vehicles into the Australian electricity industry ($220,000)
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