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Philippe Thalmann Economics and Environmental Management Laboratory birth date: 11.06.1963 nationality: Suisse web site: http://reme.epfl.ch office(s): BP2137 phone(s): [+41 21 69] 37321,39393,36005 fax: +41 21 693 3840 BIOGRAPHY Philippe Thalmann was born in Lausanne in 1963. He graduated in Economics from the University of Lausanne in 1984, where he earned a postgraduate diploma in Economics in 1986. Mr. Thalmann entered the doctoral program in Economics of Harvard University (Cambridge, U.S.A.) in 1986, which he completed with a Ph.D. in 1990. His dissertation is entitled: "Essays in the Economics of Government Revenues and Spending". Returning to Switzerland, he was hired as an assistant professor first at the University of Geneva (teachings in Public Economics), then at the University of Lausanne (teachings in Econometrics and Introductory Economics). Since 1994, Mr. Thalmann is associate professor of Economics as the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne. MISSION Prof. Thalmann teaches Building and Housing Economics and Project Management to students in Architecture. He also teaches to students in Engineering and Sciences, mainly Introductory Economics, Environmental Economics and the Economics of Sustainable Development. Prof. Thalmann is the director of a Master of advanced studies in real estate expertise (economics, technique and legal aspects). He is also the director of the Research lab on the Economics and Management of the Environment (REME) and of the Urban and Land Institute (INTER), and a member of the Direction of the ENAC school. His current research interests are concentrated in the economics of the natural and the built environment. In the first area, he is working mainly on policy instruments to curb polluting emissions, including voluntary approaches, and on climate change economics. In the second area, he is working on issues of the housing and the real estate markets, such as tenure choice, affordability and valuation. Prof. Thalmann is president of the federal housing commission, member of the federal consulting commission for environmental research, of the consultative organ on climate change OcCC and of the working group "Forum for climate and global change ProClim" of the Swiss Academy of Sciences (since 2009), president of the Swiss Association for construction economics (2004-2009), and member of the Foundation board of IDHEAP. MAIN PUBLICATIONS P. Thalmann. Housing market equilibrium (almost) without vacancies. Urban Studies, 2012. [ DOI | Details ] V. Hoffmann, J. Markard, J. Musiolik, A. Quandt, T. Schmidt, and P. Thalmann. ClimPol Cluster D: Climate policies, firm strategies and technological innovation. 2010. [ Details | Full Text ] R. Gainza Carmenates, P. Thalmann, and J. C. Altamirano-Cabrera. Transfer Design and Incentives for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in Developing Countries. Research Paper 2010/07, 2010. [ Details | Full Text | Link ] P. Thalmann. Schwankungen an den Immobilienmärkten: Zyklen oder Blasen? Die Volkswirtschaft, 2010(07/08):4-8, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] P. Thalmann. Les fluctuations des marchés immobiliers: cycles ou bulles? La Vie Economique, 2010(07/08):4-8, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] P. Thalmann. Der Weg der globalen Klimapolitik führt über den Technologietransfer mit China und Indien. Die Volkswirtschaft, 2010(04):52-54, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] P. Thalmann. La politique climatique mondiale passe par des transferts de technologie avec la Chine et l'Inde. La Vie Economique, 2010(04):52-54, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] A. Baranzini, C. Schaerer, and P. Thalmann. Using measured instead of perceived noise in hedonic models. Transportation Research Part d Transport and Environment, 15(8):473-482, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] R. Gainza-Carmenates, J. C. Altamirano-Cabrera, P. Thalmann, and L. Drouet. Trade-offs and performances of a range of alternative global climate architectures for post-2012. Environmental Science & Policy, 13(1):63-71, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] P. Favarger and P. Thalmann. Les Secrets de l'Expertise Immobilière. Prix et Valeur. 3e édition revue et augmentée. Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne, 2009. Premières éditions publiées sous le même titre en 2007 et 2008. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Grössere Dichte rentiert nicht immer. ETH Forum Wohnungsbau 2009 "Hoch hinaus oder in die Breite?", Zürich, April 27, 2009, 2009. [ Details ] R. Gainza-Carmenates, J. C. Altamirano-Cabrera, P. Thalmann, and J. L. Carrasco-Terceros. Stakeholder-based Scenarios for Post-2012 Climate Policy: A Participatory Approach. CCLR - CARBON AND CLIMATE LAW REVIEW, 3:248-260, 2009. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] A. Sceia, P. Thalmann, and M. Vielle. Assessment of the economic impacts of the revision of the Swiss CO2 law with a hybrid model. Technical report, 2009. [ Details | Full Text | Link ] Z. Patterson and P. Thalmann. Road pricing as a means to reduce congestion. In Territories of debate in a direct democracy "Space: the Achilles' heel of sustainable development?", pages 14-17. Spacewatch, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008. [ Details ] J.-C. Altamirano-Cabrera, D. Biccheti, L. Drouet, P. Thalmann, and M. Vielle. A Global Carbon Tax to Compensate Damage and Adaptation Costs. REME Working paper, 2008. [ Details ] J.-C. Altamirano-Cabrera, L. Drouet, A. Sceia, P. Thalmann, and M. Vielle. Coupling GEMINI-E3 and MARKAL-CHRES to Simulate Swiss Climate Policies. 2008. [ Details | Full Text ] A. Baranzini, J. V. Ramirez, C. Schaerer, and P. Thalmann. Introduction to this volume: Applying hedonics in the Swiss housing market. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 144(4):543-559, 2008. [ DOI | Details | Link ] A. Baranzini, C. Schaerer, J. V. Ramirez, and P. Thalmann. Do Foreigners Pay Higher Rents for the Same Quality of Housing in Geneva and Zurich? Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 144(4):703-730, 2008. [ DOI | Details | Link ] W. Hugues and P. Thalmann. Triggers for housing development. In CME 25 Conference, Proceedings of the Inaugural Construction Management and Economics 'Past, Present and Future' conference, volume 3, pages 1545-1558, Reading, UK, 2008. University of Reading. ISBN 978-0-415-46059-0, 3 vols. [ Details | Full Text | Link ] P. Thalmann. L'impôt foncier - Un outil d'orientation de l'occupation du sol. Etudes Foncières, 133:10-13, 2008. Invited paper. [ DOI | Details | Link ] A. Baranzini, P. Thalmann, P. Hollmuller, B. Lachal, F. Romerio, and W. Weber. Evaluation de mécanismes de flexibilité dans la mise en Suvre de la politique environnementale. In Infrastructures et Energie, Energie, Environnement et Société, pages 55-78. Centre Universitaire d’Etudes des Problèmes de l’Énergie, Genève, 2008. [ Details | Full Text | Link ] N. Bornstein and P. Thalmann. 'i pay enough taxes already!' applying economic voting models to environmental referendums. Social Science Quarterly, 89(5):1336-1355, 2008. Copy of paper can be requested from authors. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] A. Baranzini, J. V. Ramirez, C. Schaerer, and P. Thalmann. Hedonic Methods in Housing Markets. Pricing Environmental Amenities and Segregation. Springer, Heidelberg, 2008. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann and A. Baranzini. Gradual Introduction of Coercive Instruments in Climate Policy. Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation, V:53-74, 2008. A previous version of our chapter can be found on SSRN at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=936578. [ DOI | Details | Link ] C. Schaerer, A. Baranzini, J. V. Ramirez, and P. Thalmann. Using the hedonic approach to value natural land uses in an urban area: An application to Geneva and Zurich. Economie Publique/Public Economics, 2007/1(20):147-167, 2008. Paru en 2008. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] D. Bicchetti, L. Drouet, P. Thalmann, and M. Vielle. The climate dollar. Technical report, 2007. [ Details | Full Text ] L. Drouet, A. Sceia, and P. Thalmann. Cost Savings of a Multi-Gas Climate Policy. Technical report, 2007. [ Details | Full Text | Link ] D. Bicchetti, L. Drouet, P. Thalmann, and M. Vielle. Levels and impacts of world-wide taxes on greenhouse gases. Technical report, 2007. Part of the Report 'The Feasibility of a World-wide Tax on Anthropogenic Emissions of Greenhouse Gases' for the Federal Office of the Environment. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Tenure neutral and equitable housing taxation. Urban Studies, 44(2):275-296, 2007. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ] P. Thalmann. Technology in climate policy and climate models - Guest editor introduction. Energy Policy, 35(11):5263-5266, 2007. [ DOI | Details ] P. Thalmann, L. Viguier, P. Thalmann, and L. Viguier. Technology in Climate Policy and Climate Models. Special issue of Energy Policy. Elsevier, 2007. [ Details | Link ] P. Favarger and P. Thalmann. Les Secrets de l'Expertise Immobilière. Prix et Valeur. Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne, 2007. Ce livre intéressera autant les novices en la matière que les experts les plus chevronnés. Nouvelles éditions révisées en 2008 et 2009. [ Details | Link ] N. Bornstein and P. Thalmann. Declining support for environmental policy? applying economic voting models to referendums. NCCR-Working paper 2006-06, 2006. [ Details ] L. Drouet, A. Sceia, P. Thalmann, and M. Vielle. Evaluation of a Swiss carbon tax with the Computable General Equilibrium Model GEMINI-E3. Technical report, 2006. [ Details | Full Text | Link ] P. Thalmann. Housing supply in an ageing society. In Proceedings of the 1st World Ageing & Generations Congress 2005, pages 200-202. World Demographic Association, St. Gallen, 2005. [ Details ] P. Thalmann. Paul Syms: Previously Developed Land - Industrial Activities and Contamination. 2005. [ Details | Full Text ] L. Drouet, A. Haurie, M. Labriet, P. Thalmann, M. Vielle, L. Viguier, R. Loulou, J.-P. Waaub, and G. Zaccour. A coupled bottom-up / top-down model for GHG abatement scenarios in the housing sector of Switzerland. In Energy and Environment, Mathematics of Decision Making, pages 27-61. Springer, New York, 2005. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Book Review of J.e. van Wezemael: Investieren im Bestand. 2005. [ Details ] J. Kemeny, J. Kersloot, and P. Thalmann. Non-profit housing influencing, leading and dominating the unitary rental market. Housing Studies, 20(6):855-872, 2005. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Equity and neutrality in housing taxation. Technical report, 2005. (FAME Research Paper Series ; 147) Published in Urban Studies, February 2007. [ Details | Link ] R. Schüssler and P. Thalmann. Qu'est-ce qui pousse et freine la construction de logements ? Technical report, 2005. (Bulletin du Logement ; vol. 76). [ Details | Link ] R. Schüssler and P. Thalmann. Was treibt und hemmt den Wohnungsbau? ergebnisse einer Bauträger- und Investorenbefragung. Technical report, 2005. (Schriftenreihe Wohnungswesen ; Band 76). [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Wohnungsnot. Technical report, 2005. (Forschungsprogramm UNIVOX. IB Wohnen ; 2004/2005. Vertiefungsbericht) Résumé en français et annexe en anglais. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. L'évolution des conditions de logement. Technical report, 2005. (Programme de recherche UNIVOX. IB Habitation ; 2004/2005. Rapport de tendance) Résumé en allemand. [ Details | Link ] A. Baranzini and P. Thalmann. Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policy. New Horizons in Environmental Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, 2004. Highlighting the implications of VAs in policy terms, this accessible book will appeal to a wide ranging audience including economists, social scientists, policy-makers and business managers, as well as environmental scientists and practitioners with a specific interest in climate change. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Book Review of K. behring and I. helbrecht, Wohneigentum in Europa. 2004. [ Details ] P. Thalmann, A. Baranzini, A. Baranzini, and P. Thalmann. An overview of the economics of voluntary approaches in climate policies. In Voluntary Approaches in Climate Policy, volume chapter 1, pages 1-30. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA USA, 2004. [ Details | Full Text | Link ] P. Thalmann. The public acceptance of green taxes. Public Choice, 119(1-2):179-217, 2004. [ DOI | Details | Link ] A. Baranzini, P. Thalmann, and C. Gonseth. Swiss climate policy: Combining VAs with other instruments under the menace of a tax. In Voluntary approaches in climate policy, volume Chapter 14, pages 249-276. E. Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA, 2004. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. The dynamics of freight transport development. Ashgate, Aldershot, 2004. This book is based on research work supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation under Swiss national research programme NRP 41 "Transport and environment. Interaction Switzerland-Europe. 1996-2000". [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann and T. Startup. Social markets in practice. In A social market in housing, pages 60-73. Social Market Foundation, London, 2003. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. "house poor" or simply "poor" ? Journal of Housing Economics, 12(4):291-317, 2003. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann and M. Zarin-Nejadan. Construction and real estate dynamics. Applied econometrics association series. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, 2003. Cet ouvrage regroupe certaines interventions faites lors d'un colloque organisé à Neuchâtel en 1997 par l'Institut de recherches économiques et régionales (IRER). [ Details | Link ] S. Rihs and P. Thalmann. Intensifying the relationship between e-learning postgraduate students. International Conference on Engineering Education, Manchester, U.K., August 18–21, 2002, 2002. [ Details | Full Text | Link ] M. Ball, P. Thalmann, and M. Ball. Switzerland. In RICS European housing review 2002, pages 111-118. RICS, London, 2002. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann, J. E. Van Wezemael, and A. Odermatt. Grundzüge und aktuelle Entwicklungen des Wohnungsmarktes in der Schweiz. In Geographische Wohnungsmarktforschung, Schriftenreihe Wirtschaftsgeographie und Raumplanung, pages 71-82. Geographisches Institut der Universität Zürich, Zürich, 2002. [ Details | Link ] S. Cuennet, P. Favarger, and P. Thalmann. La politique du logement. Le Savoir Suisse. Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes, Lausanne, 2002. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann and P. Favarger. Locataire ou propriétaire ? Science, technique, société. Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, Lausanne, 2002. Aperçu partiel ici: http://books.google.ch/books?id=XZRjXQ2zlaQC&dq. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. La formation des prix sur un marché peu sophistiqué. Cahiers du GRATICE, 21:91-109, 2002. [ DOI | Details | Link ] K. Christen, U. Pfister, P. Thalmann, and R. Truninger. Ratingsystem für Immobilien. Technical report, 2002. (Forschungsbericht Prof. P. Meyer-Meierling, Institut für Hochbautechnik, ETH Zürich). [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann and M. Ball. Switzerland. In RICS review of European housing markets 2001, pages 91-96. RICS, London, 2001. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Quatre thèses sur l'évasion fiscale. Revue économique et sociale, 59(1):21-26, 2001. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Favarger and P. Thalmann. Quinze ans d'enquête Habitation. Technical report, 2001. (Programme de recherche UNIVOX. IB Habitation ; 2001). [ Details | Link ] J. Kemeny, H. T. Andersen, W. Matznetter, and P. Thalmann. Non-retrenchment reasons for state withdrawal. Technical report, 2001. (Working paper / Institute for Housing und Urban Research ; 40) A revised version was published in Housing Studies, November 2005. [ Details | Link ] Les nouveaux modèles de propriété du logement, Lausanne, 2000. EPFL REME. Cette journée a eu lieu dans le cadre des Jardins de l'immobilier au Palais de Beaulieu. [ Details ] S. CUENNET and P. THALMANN. La propriété "temporaire". Les nouveaux modèles de propriété du logement : 2e journée du logement à Lausanne, Lausanne, 2000. [ Details ] P. Thalmann. La valeur de rendement dynamique. Technical report, 2000. (Rapport de recherche ; 156). [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann, P. Favarger, and G. Schmid. La conversion d'appartements locatifs en appartements en propriété. Technical report, 2000. (Rapport pour l'Office fédéral du logement, Rapport de recherche de l'IREC N°154). [ Details | Link ] T. Chevroulet, P. Thalmann, E. Schwarz, H. Chevalier, A. McFarlane, P. Brimblecombe, M. White, A. Root, and A. Willich. The Dynamics of Freight Transport Development : Explanations and Perspectives. In Rapport C3 du Programme national de recherche 41, 2000. [ Details ] P. Thalmann and M. Ball. Switzerland: bottoming out of a slump. In Annual Review of European Housing Markets 1999, pages 74-79. RICS Books, Coventry, 1999. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann, P. Favarger, S. Cuennet, and Kommission für Konjunkturfragen. Examen de la politique du logement - Une politique du logement pour la croissance. In Liberales Wirtschaftspolitisches Konzept. Materialienband. KfK, Bern, 1999. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Identifying households which need housing assistance. Urban Studies, 36(11):1933-1947, 1999. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann, B. Lachal, M. Garbely, and J.-L. Bertholet. Politique énergétique et environnementale dans les transports. In Energie et transports au XXIe siècle : quels enjeux ? Genève : Centre universitaire d'étude des problèmes de l'énergie (Cuepe), Energie, Environnement et Société, pages 123-128. Centre universitaire d'étude des problèmes de l'énergie, Genève, 1999. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Which is the appropriate administrative level to promote home ownership ? Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 135(1):3-20, 1999. [ DOI | Details | Link ] S. Cuennet and P. Thalmann. La propriété "temporaire". Technical report, 1999. (Rapport de recherche de l'IREC N° 155). [ Details | Link ] D. Carey, K. Gordon, and P. Thalmann. Tax reform in Switzerland. Technical report, 1999. (OECD Economics department working papers Nr. 222, ECO/WKP(99)14). [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann, R. Girod, and J.-P. Fragnière. Logement (aide au), logement (encouragement à la construction du), logement (politique du). In Dictionnaire suisse de politique sociale, pages 129-130. Réalités sociales, Lausanne, 1998. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. La place de l'aménagement du territoire dans une économie de marché globale. Cahiers de l'ASPAN - Suisse occidentale, pages 18-19, 1998. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann, L.-P. Reymond, and A. Wasserfallen. Entreprises virtuelles - un manuel. Technical report, 1998. (La série de rapports EV Entreprise virtuelle, vol. 3, shop SSE). [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann, P. Baccheta, and W. Wasserfallen. Housing policy towards ownership in Switzerland. In Economic Policy in Switzerland, pages 214-242, with two comments pp. 243-248. MacMillan, Basingstoke, UK, 1997. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. La vérité des coûts pour financer le renouvellement des équipements ? Collage - Périodique d’Urbanisme, d’Aménagement et d’Environnement, (1):10-11, 1997. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Le financement des grandes infrastructures. Revue économique, 48(2):189-196, 1997. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann and C. Jeanrenaud. Environmental taxes. In Environmental policy between regulation and market, pages 35-45. Birkhäuser, Basel, 1997. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Le financement des grandes infrastructures. Revue économique. Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 1997. Numéro spécial sur le financement des grandes infrastructures. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Impôts écologiques. Gérer l'environnement. Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, Lausanne, 1997. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Private participation in public infrastructures. In Economic Management of Innovation, Productivity & Quality in Construction, volume 2, pages 559-566, 1996. [ Details ] P. Thalmann. Private participation in public infrastructures. In Economic management of innovation, productivity and quality in construction, CIB W55 Building Economics, 7th International Symposium, September 4-7, 1996, Zagreb, volume 2, pages 559-566. Zagreb, 1996. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. L'immobilier et la construction dans la tourmente: comment éviter les naufrages ? Ingénieurs et architectes suisses, 123(1/2):2-9, 1996. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann, L. H. Goulder, and F. Delorme. Assessing the international spillover effects of capital income taxation. International tax and public finance, 3(4):449-478, 1996. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann, C. Jaccoud, M. Schuler, and M. Bassand. Les prix des immeubles résidentiels à Genève. In Raisons et déraisons de la ville : approches du champ urbain, pages 203-221. Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, Lausanne, 1996. [ Details | Link ] D. Bonvin and P. Thalmann. IKB ou l'enjeu de l'interdisciplinarite. Flash EPFL, No 9, pages 10-11, 1996. [ DOI | Details ] P. Thalmann. Les finances publiques. In Genève à la croisée des chemins : chiffres, faits, analyses et perspectives économiques, pages 148-165. Union de Banques Suisses, Genève, 1995. Ouvrage publié à l'occasion du 75e anniversaire de l'Union de Banques Suisses Genève. [ Details | Link ] A. Manzini and P. Thalmann. The dynamic allocative efficiency of a public utility. Revue suisse d'économie politique et de statistique, 130(2):129-144, 1994. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. L'amortissement dans les comptes publics. Politiques et management public, 12(1):53-75, 1994. [ DOI | Details | Link ] L. H. Goulder and P. Thalmann. Approaches to efficient capital taxation: leveling the playing field vs. living by the golden rule. Journal of public economics, 50(2):169-196, 1993. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. How expensive is appropriate housing ? Revue suisse d'économie politique et de statistique, 129(1):23-28, 1993. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann and Commission of the European Communities. Tax coordination and competition in Switzerland. In Report of the Committee of independent experts on company taxation, pages 397-416. Office for official publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 1992. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Factor taxes and evasion in general equilibrium. Regional science and urban economics, 22(2):259-283, 1992. [ DOI | Details | Link ] P. Thalmann and L. Weber. Des finances saines. In Les finances publiques d'un état fédératif, la Suisse, pages 265-312. Economica, Paris, 1992. [ Details | Link ] P. Thalmann. Explication empirique des loyers lausannois. Revue Suisse d'Economie Politique et de Statistique, 123(1):47-70, 1987. [ DOI | Details ]

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