Cristian Huse

Environmental & Energy Economics · Industrial Organization

I am Professor of Economics at the University of Oldenburg, where I hold the Chair of Applied Microeconomics. My work lies at the intersection of Industrial Organization and Environmental & Energy Economics.

I am particularly interested in how economic agents respond to regulation, taxation, and ownership structure in markets in which decisions have a strong environmental- and energy-related dimension. These are questions with direct implications for market regulation and policy design.

I am co-organizer of the Economics of Low-Carbon Markets (LCM) Workshop, running since 2013.

Applied Microeconomics Energy Economics Environmental Economics Industrial Organization Antitrust Regulation

News & Updates

2026

I presented my work at the TSE Winter IO Workshop.

2026

I am visiting the Toulouse School of Economics for the period February–June 2026.

2025

I presented my work at the University of Freiburg (April), the Transport Economics Workshop (Barcelona, August), the Getulio Vargas Foundation (EPGE, December), and the Brazilian Econometric Society Meetings (December).

2024

Nominated for the "Award of Excellence in Teaching" for my MSc course "Econometrics of Policy Evaluation" (academic year 2023–2024).

Current Research

Under Revision · 2026

Fast and Furious (and Dirty): How Asymmetric Regulation May Hinder Environmental Policy.

Cristian Huse

Under Revision · 2026

Kill Two Birds with One Stone? Environmental Policy Design with Multiple Targets in the Swedish Car Market.

Cristian Huse · Claudio Lucinda

Work in Progress · 2026

Overlapping Ownership in the Automobile Industry: Quantifying the Importance of Common- and Cross-Ownership.

Cristian Huse · Ricardo Ribeiro · Frank Verboven

Work in Progress · 2026

Shedding Light: Impacts of a Social Electricity Tariff Program.

Cristian Huse · Claudio Lucinda · Matheus A. V. de Paulo

Published & Forthcoming Research

Published Article

Common-Ownership vs. Cross-Ownership: Evidence from the Automobile Industry

Cristian Huse · Ricardo Ribeiro · Frank Verboven

Journal of Industrial Economics, 2024, 72(4), 1339–1359

Journal Paper

Published Article

An Interim Economic Evaluation of Sweden's Initial COVID-19 Strategy

Henrik Andersson · Cristian Huse

Nordic Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 12(1)

Journal Paper

Published Article

Salience and Policy Instruments: Evidence from the Auto Market

Cristian Huse · Nikita Koptyug

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2022, 9(2), 345–382

Journal Paper

Published Article

Assessing the Effects of a Large Temporary Energy Savings Program: Evidence from a Developing Country

Cristian Huse · Claudio Lucinda · Andre Ribeiro

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 110, 102529

Journal Paper

Published Article

Consumer Response to Energy Label Policies: Evidence from the Brazilian Energy Label Program

Cristian Huse · Claudio Lucinda · Andre Ribeiro

Energy Policy, 2020, 138, 111207

Journal Paper

Published Article

Fuel Choice and Fuel Demand Elasticities in Markets with Flex-fuel Vehicles

Cristian Huse

Nature Energy, 2018, 3, 582–588

Journal Paper

Published Article

Bailing Out on the Car That Wasn't Bailed Out: Explaining Consumer Reactions to Financial Distress

Cristian Huse · Nikita Koptyug

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2017, 26(2), 337–374

Journal Paper

Published Article

The Market Impact and the Cost of Environmental Policy: Evidence from the Swedish "Green Car" Rebate

Cristian Huse · Claudio Lucinda

Economic Journal, 2014, 124, F393–F419 (lead article)

Journal Paper LSE Blog

Published Article

Build It, But Will They Come? Evidence from Consumer Choice Between Gasoline and Sugarcane Ethanol

Alberto Salvo · Cristian Huse

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2013, 66, 251–279

Journal Paper

Published Article

Does Product Differentiation Soften Price Reactions to Entry? Evidence from the Airline Industry

Cristian Huse · Alessandro V. M. Oliveira

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2012, 46(2), 189–204

Journal Paper

Published Article

Is Arbitrage Tying the Price of Ethanol to that of Gasoline? Evidence of the Uptake of Flexible-Fuel Technology

Alberto Salvo · Cristian Huse

Energy Journal, 2011, 32(3), 119–148

Journal Paper

Published Article

Term Structure Modelling with Observable State Variables

Cristian Huse

Journal of Banking and Finance, 2011, 35(12), 3240–3252

Journal Paper

Published Article

Localized Competitive Advantage and Price Reactions to Entry: Full-service vs. Low-cost Airlines in Recently Liberalized Emerging Markets

Cristian Huse · Alessandro V. M. Oliveira

Transportation Research E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2009, 45(2), 307–320

Journal

Published Article

Investigating Business Traveller Heterogeneity: Low-Cost vs Full-Service Airline Users?

Cristian Huse · Fabio Evangelho

Transportation Research E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2007, 43(3), 259–268

Journal

Published Article

Market Entry of a Low-Cost Airline and Impacts on the Brazilian Business Travellers

Fabio Evangelho · Cristian Huse · Alexandre Linhares

Journal of Air Transport Management, 2005, 11(2), 99–105

Journal

Book Chapters

Published Book Chapter

Pricing and Other Instruments for Climate Change Mitigation in Private Transport

Henrik Andersson · Davide Cerruti · Cristian Huse

Handbook on Transport Pricing and Financing, Edward Elgar, 2023

Handbook Paper

Published Book Chapter

Policy Instruments to Reduce Carbon Emissions from Road Transport

Davide Cerruti · Cristian Huse

International Encyclopedia of Transportation, Elsevier, 2021

Encyclopedia Paper

Published Book Chapter

Growth of the Middle Class: Meeting the Challenges

Cristian Huse · Claudio Lucinda

Global Agribusiness Forum Academy, DATAGRO, 2014

Paper

Published Book Chapter

Estimation and Identification of Demand and Supply (in Portuguese)

Cristian Huse · Alberto Salvo

Quantitative Methods Applied to Antitrust and Regulation, SDE/IPEA, 2006

Paper

Retired Working Papers

Retired Working Paper

How to Use Demand Systems to Evaluate Risky Projects, with an Application to Automobile Production

Richard Friberg · Cristian Huse

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 9266, 2012

CEPR Paper

Retired Working Paper

Estimating the 'Coordinated Effects' of Mergers

Peter Davis · Cristian Huse

Working Paper, 2009

Paper

Teaching

(Applied) Industrial Organization

MSc · BSc

Cost functions; Models of imperfect competition; Models of product differentiation; Demand estimation; Identification of supply and demand; Competition policy; Mergers; Advanced topics: Bundling, tying, switching costs, network goods, network externalities, and platforms.
Empirical labs and projects using R.

Econometrics of Policy Evaluation

MSc

Causal inference; Reduced-form methods for programme evaluation; Applications in Economics.
Empirical labs using R.

Advanced Econometrics: Statistical Learning

MSc

Classification; Resampling; Nonlinear models; Model selection; Regularization; Tree-based models; Unsupervised learning; Applications within Economics.
Empirical labs and projects using R.

Environmental Economics and Environmental Policy

BSc

Externalities and Pigouvian taxation; Utility, social welfare, and markets; Policy targets; Policy instruments; Cost-benefit analysis.
Seminar with paper presentations.