Francois Cohen

Biography

Francois Cohen is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. Francois is also Associate Professor (professor agregat) at the Department of Economics and Chair of Energy Sustainability of the University of Barcelona, Spain. Francois is primarily interested in policies to mitigate climate change and the socioeconomic impacts of climate change.

Selected Publications:

• Cohen, F. & Gonzalez, F. (2024) "Understanding the Link between Temperature and Crime". American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp 480-514.
• Cohen, F. & Dechezlepretre, A. (2022) "Mortality, Temperature and Public Health Provision: Evidence from Mexico". American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14(2): 161-92.
• Lu, Y., Cohen, F., Smith, S.M. et al. "Plant conversions and abatement technologies cannot prevent stranding of power plant assets in 2 °C scenarios". Nat Commun 13, 806 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467...
• Khosla, R., Miranda, N.D., Trotter, P.A., Mazzone, A., Renaldi, R., McElroy, C., Cohen F., Jani, A., Perera-Salazar, R., McCulloch, M. (2020). "Cooling for Sustainable Development", Nature Sustainability, 2020.
• Cohen, F., Hepburn, C., & Teytelboym, A. (2019). "Is Natural Capital Really Substitutable?". Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 44, 425-448. Cohen, F., Glachant, M., & Söderberg, M. (2017). "Consumer Myopia, Imperfect Competition and the Energy Efficiency Gap: Evidence from the UK Refrigerator Market". European Economic Review, 93, 1-23.