Dr Ralf Steinhauser
Areas of expertise
- Public Economics Taxation And Revenue 140215
- Experimental Economics 140206
- Environment And Resource Economics 140205
- Economic Models And Forecasting 140303
- Panel Data Analysis 140304
- Behavioural Economics 380102
Research interests
Behavioural Economics, Fiscal Policy, Applied Econometrics, Experimental Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Corporate Social Responsibility
Biography
Dr. Ralf Steinhauser is a distinguished Senior Research Fellow at ANU's POLIS: The Centre for Social Policy Research and a Fellow at the Tax and Transfer Policy Institute. With a rich academic background from Humboldt University Berlin and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, his expertise spans behavioural and environmental economics, tax policy, and advanced data analysis. Dr. Steinhauser's work has significantly advanced the fields of carbon emissions forecasting, consumer behaviour, corporate governance, and taxation. His research is published in esteemed journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking and Environmental and Resource Economics. Renowned for his analytical prowess in handling large datasets and experimental design, Dr. Steinhauser has contributed to impactful economic policy decisions across diverse areas, including tax elasticities and road safety.
Publications
- Aisbett, E, Raynal, W, Steinhauser, R et al. 2023, 'International green economy collaborations: Chasing mutual gains in the energy transition', Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 104.
- Gray, E, Reimondos, A, Lazzari, E et al. 2022, Impacts on policies on fertility rates.
- Aisbett, E & Steinhauser, R 2014, 'Maintaining the Common Pool: Voluntary Water Conservation in Response to Varying Scarcity', Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 167-185.
- Auffhammer, M & Steinhauser, R 2012, 'Forecasting the Path of U.S. C02 Emissions Using State-Level Information', Review of Economics and Statistics vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 172-185.
- Steinhauser, R 2012, 'Manager's Behavior When Governance Is Weak', in Abol Jalilvand and A.G. Malliaris (ed.), Risk Management and Corporate Governance, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York, pp. 69-86.
- Auffhammer, M & Steinhauser, R 2007, 'The Future Trajectory of US CO2 Emissions: The Role of State vs. Aggregate Information', Journal of Regional Science, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 47-61.
- Berck, P, Lipow, J & Steinhauser, R 2006, 'Tax Smoothing and the Cross-Country Pattern of Privatization', World Development, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 238-246.
- Steinhauser, R & Auffhammer, M 2005, 'Forecasting US CO2 Emissions Using State-Level Data', Breslauer Symposium, ed. Conference Program Committee, University of California, Berkely USA, p. 26.
Projects and Grants
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- The use of nudges as a local government environmental policy instrument (Secondary Investigator)
- Cost of road crashes in Australia (Secondary Investigator)
- Research services to investigate barriers to and boosters of the total fertility rate (Secondary Investigator)
- Impact of ACT Government tax reform (Secondary Investigator)
- Estimation of elasticities for revenue bases (Secondary Investigator)
- Estimating the impact of fiscal stimulus on household expenditure. (Primary Investigator)
