Applied Microeconomics
Applied Microeconomics
The Applied Microeconomics research group unites researchers working on a broad array of topics within such areas as labour economics, economics of education, health economics, family economics, urban economics, environmental economics, and the economics of science and innovation. The group operates in close collaboration with the CAGE Research Centre.
The group participates in the CAGE seminar on Applied Economics, which runs weekly on Tuesdays at 2:15pm. Students and faculty members of the group present their ongoing work in two brown bag seminars, held weekly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 1pm. Students, in collaboration with faculty members, also organise a bi-weekly reading group in applied econometrics on Thursdays at 1pm. The group organises numerous events throughout the year, including the Research Away Day and several thematic workshops.
Our activities
Work in Progress seminars
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1-2pm
Students and faculty members of the group present their work in progress in two brown bag seminars. See below for a detailed scheduled of speakers.
Applied Econometrics reading group
Thursdays (bi-weekly) 1-2pm
Organised by students in collaboration with faculty members. See the Events calendar below for further details
People
Academics
Academics associated with the Applied Microeconomics Group are:
Research Students
Events
CAGE-AMES Workshop - Felix Forster
Title: Vehicle Import Restrictions to Curb Emissions: Evidence from Uganda鈥� (joint work with Dorothy Nakyambadde)
Abstract: Old motor vehicles are major contributors to pollution in developing countries. In an effort to curb emissions, governments, especially in Africa, have increasingly employed import restrictions on vehicles over a certain age threshold. This paper investigates the effectiveness of such strategies in the context of a policy interventions targeting old vehicles in Uganda: an import levy increase in 2015. Combining administrative data on vehicle imports and registrations with information on domestic prices, we estimate the impact of this intervention. We find that, while the policy reduces vehicle imports in the target groups, consumers tend to substitute to old vehicles on the domestic secondary market and/or extend the useful life of currently held vehicles. These findings caution against the use of import restrictions in an effort to curb emissions, absent any regulation of old vehicles available domestically.