Prof. Dr. Regina Betz

Work at ZHAW

Position

Head Head of Center for Energy and the Environment (CEE)

Teaching

• Climate and Energy Economics
• Environmental Economics and Politics
• International Economics and Politics (Master)
• CAS Climate Strategies

Experience

• Lecturer
  ZHAW
  2013 - today
• Research Coordinator
  Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM), UNSW Sydney
  2013 - 2017
• Joint Director and Senior Lecturer
  Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets (CEEM), UNSW Sydney
  2005 - 2012
• PhD
  Fraunhofer Institute for Innovation Systems (ISI), Karlsruhe, Germany
  1998 - 2004

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Ph.D / Public Administration
  German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer
  1999 - 2003
• Master / Economics
  University of Trier
  1991 - 1997

Continuing Education

Leadership
ZHAW
2021

Network

Membership of networks

• International Association of Energy Economics (IAEE)
• Verein für Socialpolitik / Standing Field of Environmental and Resource Economics
• European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE)
• European Association Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE)
• Climate Strategies
• Swiss Association of Energy Economics

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• SWEET COSI – Co-Evolution and Coordinated Simulation of the Swiss Energy System and Swiss Society / Project leader / Project ongoing
• SWEET-reFuel.ch / Project leader / Project ongoing
• AI for automatisation of administration und detection of criminal activities in emissions trading / Project leader / Project ongoing
• SWEET EDGE: Integrating very high shares of decentralized renewable energy into the Swiss energy system / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
• DEcarbonisation of Cities and Regions with Renewable GAses (DeCIRRA) / Project leader / Project ongoing
• DeCIRRA - Negativ Emissions Technologien / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Competence for Cantonal Energy and Climate Policy ZHAW through expansion and communication of the Cantonal Clean Energy INDEX Switzerland (CEIS) / Team member / Project completed
• Analysis of unused Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) of the Clean Development Mechanism / Project leader / Project completed
• Establishing the Cantonal Clean Energy INDEX Switzerland (CEIS) as standard instrument for policy makers / Project leader / Project completed
• Re@dy4 sustainable electricity? / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• H2020 SONNET: Social Innovation for the Energy Transition / Project leader / Project completed
• ODYSSEE MURE II / Project co-leader / Project completed
• SNIS - Effective Carbon Market Regulation / Project leader / Project completed
• The influence of market structure and regulation on carbon markets / Project leader / Project completed
• PhD Network in Data Science / Team member / Project completed
• Aktuelle Vorschläge zu einem neuen Strommarktdesign / Project co-leader / Project completed
• EU project to assess energy efficiency policies / Project leader / Project completed
• The Future of Swiss Hydropower: Distributional Effects of Water Fee Reform Options / Project leader / Project completed
• Untersuchung rechtlicher Aspekte der Energiestrategie 2050 / Project leader / Project completed
• Energy Policy Analysis Group / SCCER CREST / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Brugger, Heike; Brunzema, Iska; Dańkowska, Alicja; Wemyss, Devon; Vernay, Anne-Lorène; Betz, Regina; Avelino, Flor; de Geus, Tessa; Dembek, Agata; Duetschke, Elisabeth; Hielscher, Sabine; Iskandarova, Marfuga; Müller, Leticia; Musiolik, Jörg; Ranville, Adélie; Schleich, Joachim; Stasik, Agata; Strumińska-Kutra, Marta; Winzer, Christian; Wittmayer, Julia; Rogge, Karoline S.,

  2023.

  Social innovation supports inclusive and accelerated energy transitions with appropriate governance.

  Communications Earth & Environment.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00952-w

• Gui, Emi Minghui; MacGill, Iain; Betz, Regina,

  2021.

  Consumer-centric and capital efficient design of community microgrids for financially-strapped communities.

  Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy.

  16(10), pp. 929-950.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/15567249.2021.1983083

• Abrell, Jan; Cludius, Johanna; Lehmann, Sascha; Schleich, Joachim; Betz, Regina,

  2021.

  Corporate emissions-trading behaviour during the first decade of the EU ETS.

  Environmental and Resource Economics.

  pp. 1-37.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-021-00593-7

• Kosch, Mirjam; Betz, Regina; Geissmann, Thomas; Schillinger, Moritz; Weigt, Hannes,

  2021.

  The future of Swiss hydropower : how to distribute the risk and the profits?.

  Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik.

  157(5), pp. 1-17.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41937-021-00074-0

• Wei, Xinyang; Tong, Qing; Magill, Iain; Vithayasrichareon, Peerapat; Betz, Regina,

  2020.

  Evaluation of potential co-benefits of air pollution control and climate mitigation policies for China's electricity sector.

  Energy Economics.

  92(104917).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104917

• Shen, Peiyao; Betz, Regina; Ortmann, Andreas; Gong, Rukai,

  2020.

  Improving truthful reporting of polluting firms by rotating inspectors : experimental evidence from a bribery game.

  Environmental and Resource Economics.

  76(2-3), pp. 201-233.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-020-00417-0

• Cludius, Johanna; Betz, Regina,

  2020.

  The role of banks in EU emissions trading.

  The Energy Journal.

  41(2), pp. 275-299.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.41.2.jclu

• Tu, Qiang; Betz, Regina; Mo, Jianlei; Fan, Ying; Liu, Yu,

  2019.

  Achieving grid parity of wind power in China : present levelized cost of electricity and future evolution.

  Applied Energy.

  250, pp. 1053-1064.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.05.039

• Tu, Qiang; Betz, Regina; Mo, Jianlei; Fan, Ying,

  2019.

  The profitability of onshore and wind and solar PV power projects in China : a comparative study.

  Energy Policy.

  132, pp. 404-417.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.05.041

• Shen, Peiyao; Betz, Regina; Yong, Soo Keong; et al.,

  2018.

  Energy efficiency subsidies, additionality and incentive compatibility under hidden information.

  Energy Efficiency.

  12(6), pp. 1429-1442.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-018-9745-2

• Tu, Qiang; Betz, Regina; Mo, Jianlei; Fan, Ying; Liu, Yu,

  2018.

  Can carbon pricing support onshore wind power development in China? : an assessment based on a large sample project dataset.

  Journal of Cleaner Production.

  198, pp. 24-36.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.292

• Betz, Regina; Greiner, Ben; Schweitzer, Sascha; Seifert, Stefan,

  2017.

  Auction format and auction sequence in multi-item multi-unit auctions : an experimental study.

  The Economic Journal.

  127(605), pp. 351-371.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12403

• Betz, Regina; Schmidt, Tobias S.,

  2015.

  Transfer patterns in Phase I of the EU Emissions Trading System : a first reality check based on cluster analysis.

  Climate Policy.

  16(4), pp. 474-495.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2015.1028319

• Betz, Regina; Cludius, Johanna; Twomey, Paul,

  2014.

  Designing prediction markets for international negotiations : lessons learnt from the climate summit in Copenhagen.

  Global Environmental Change.

  27, pp. 106-119.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.04.007

• Contreras, Zaida; Ancev, Tihomir; Betz, Regina,

  2014.

  Evaluation of environmental taxation on multiple air pollutants in the electricity generation sector : evidence from New South Wales, Australia.

  Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy.

  3(2), pp. 119-143.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5547/2160-5890.3.2.zcon

• Betz, Regina; Michaelowa, Axel; Castro, Paula; Kotsch, Raphaela; Mehling, Michael; Michaelowa, Katharina; Baranzini, Andrea,

  2022.

  The carbon market challenge : preventing abuse through effective governance.

  Cambridge:

  Cambridge University Press.

  Elements in Earth System Governance.

  ISBN 978-1-009-21647-0.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009216500

• Schleiniger, Reto; Betz, Regina; Winzer, Christian,

  2019.

  Der schweizerische Strommarkt zwischen Liberalisierung und Regulierung : eine ökonomische Auslegeordnung.

  Zürich:

  Dike.

  Schriften zum Energierecht ; 11.

  ISBN 978-3-03891-092-3.

• Betz, Regina,

  2020.

  Partizipation glaubensgestützter Nichtregierungsorganisationen an internationalen Klimaverhandlungen

  .

  In:

  Matern, Harald; Pfleiderer, Georg, eds.,

  Krise der Zukunft I : Apokalyptische Diskurse in interdisziplinärer Diskussion.

  Baden-Baden:

  Nomos.

  pp. 179-248.

  Religion – Wirtschaft – Politik ; 15.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.34313/978-3-290-22057-0

• Betz, Regina,

  2017.

  Religion und Treibhausgasemissionen : Potenziale religiöser Gemeinschaften im Klimaschutz

  .

  In:

  Pfleiderer, Georg; Matern, Harald; Köhrsen, Jens, eds.,

  Krise der Zukunft II : Verantwortung und Freiheit angesichts apokalyptischer Zukunftsszenarien.

  Baden-Baden:

  Nomos.

  pp. 73-100.

  Religion – Wirtschaft – Politik ; 16.

• Betz, Regina,

  2015.

  Emissions trading in practice : lessons learnt from the EU Emissions trading scheme

  .

  In:

  Managi, Shunsuke, ed.,

  The Routledge handbook of environmental economics in Asia.

  London:

  Routledge.

  pp. 182-206.

  Routledge international handbooks.

• Leu, Thomas; Betz, Regina,

  2016.

  Environmental tax evaluation : what can be learnt so far? [paper].

  In:

  International Energy Policies & Programmes Evaluation Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 7-9 June 2016.

  Available from: https://energy-evaluation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/2016-paper-leu.pdf

• Betz, Regina; Boogen, Annina; Rösli, Stephan,

  2023.

  Welche Kantone investieren am meisten in erneuerbare Energien?.

  Die Volkswirtschaft.

  2023(3), pp. 58-61.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27840

• Betz, Regina; Winzer, Christian,

  2022.

  Social innovation in energy transition : evaluation challenges and innovative solutions [paper].

  In:

  eceee Summer Study Proceedings.

  eceee 2022 Summer Study, Hyères, France, 6-11 June 2022.

  eceee.

  pp. 551-557.

• Acworth, William; Kunemann, Ernst; Boute, Anatole; Betz, Regina,

  2021.

  Emissions trading in pursuit of electricity decarbonisation - market structures and regulations matter.

  Climate Change

  ; 38/2021.

  Dessau-Roßlau:

  Umweltbundesamt.

  Available from: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/emissions-trading-in-pursuit-of-electricity

• Abrell, Jan; Betz, Regina; Kosch, Mirjam; Kardish, Christopher; Mehling, Michael,

  2020.

  The Californian emissions trading system and electricity market : influence of market structures and market regulation on the carbon market.

  Climate Change

  ; 49/2020.

  Dessau-Roßlau:

  Umweltbundesamt.

  Available from: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/californian-emissions-trading-system-and-electricity-market

• Abrell, Jan; Betz, Regina; Kosch, Mirjam,

  2020.

  The European emissions trading system and the German and Polish electricity market : influence of market structures and market regulation on the carbon market.

  Climate Change

  ; 48/2020.

  Dessau-Roßlau:

  Umweltbundesamt.

  Available from: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/european-emissions-trading-system-and-german-and-polish-electricity-market

• Schleich, Joachim; Lehmann, Sascha; Cludius, Johanna; Abrell, Jan; Betz, Regina; Pinkse, Jonathan,

  2020.

  Active or passive? : companies’ use of the EU ETS.

  Working Paper Sustainability and Innovation

  ; 7.

  Karlsruhe:

  Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-fhg-300315

• Fauceglia, Dario; Müller, Tobias; Leu, Thomas; Betz, Regina,

  2020.

  How do firms respond to a rising carbon tax? [paper].

  In:

  25th EAERE Annual Conference, online, 23 June - 3 July 2020.

• Minghui Guia, Emi; MacGillb, Iain; Betz, Regina,

  2019.

  Smart infrastructure planning : coordinating distributed community energy resources.

  IEEE Smart Cities.

  Available from: https://smartcities.ieee.org/newsletter/smart-infrastructure-planning-coordinating-distributed-community-energy-resources

• Acworth, William; Kuneman, Ernst; La Hoz Theuer, Stephanie; Abrell, Jan; Baer, Julia; Betz, Regina; Kosch, Mirjam; Müller, Tobias; Cludius, Johanna; Healy, Sean; Graichen, Jakob; Boute, Anatole; Zhang, Hao; Baisch, Rainer,

  2019.

  Influence of market structures and market regulation on the carbon market : interim report.

  Berlin:

  German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt).

  Available from: https://www.dehst.de/SharedDocs/downloads/EN/publications/report_influence-of-market-structures-and-market-regulation.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3.

• Cludius, Johanna; Betz, Regina,

  2018.

  EU emissions trading : role of banks and other financial actors - insights from the EU transaction log and interviews.

  SML Working Paper

  ; 12.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3755

• Cludius, Johanna; Betz, Regina,

  2016.

  EU emissions trading : the role of banks and other financial actors : insights from the EU transaction log and interviews.

  SML Working Paper

  ; 12.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1144

• Betz, Regina; Cludius, Johanna; Riesz, Jenny,

  2015.

  Capacity Remuneration Mechanisms : Overview, Implementation in Selected European Jurisdictions, and Implications for Switzerland.

  SML Working Paper

  ; 10.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1143

• Betz, Regina; Leu, Thomas; Schleiniger, Reto,

  2015.

  Disentangling the Effects of Swiss Energy and Climate Policies.

  SML Working Paper

  ; 5.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1009

• Neuhoff, Karsten; Acworth, William; Betz, Regina; Burtraw, Dallaw; Cludius, Johanna; Fell, Harrison; Hepbrun, Cameron; Holt, Charles; Jotzo, Frank; Kollenberg, Sascha; Landis, Florian; Slant, Stephen; Schopp, Anne; Shobe, William; Taschini, Luca; Trotignon, Raphael,

  2015.

  Is a market stability reserve likely to improve the functioning of the EU ETS? : evidence from a model comparison exercise.

  Berlin:

  Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung DIW.

  Available from: https://climatestrategies.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Climate-Strategies-MSR-Report-Final1.pdf

• Betz, Regina,

  2014.

  Klima im Wandel - Emissionsrechte im Handel.

  Competence.

  2014, pp. 21-23.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-17789

• Fauceglia, Dario; Leu, Thomas; Müller, Tobias; Betz, Regina,

  2023.

  How do firms respond to a rising carbon tax?.

  In:

  Annual Congress of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics (SSES/SGVS), Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 29-30 June 2023.

• Schwendner, Peter; Kotsch, Raphaela; Betz, Regina,

  2019.

  Risks in carbon markets : lessons-learned from the flexibility mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol.

  In:

  UN Climate Change Conference (COP25), Side Events, Madrid (Spain), December 2019.

• Betz, Regina; Schwendner, Peter; Kotsch, Raphaela,

  2019.

  Transfers of Kyoto units in the Swiss Emissions Trading Registry : a network analysis from 2007-2014.

  In:

  4th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Finance and Industry, Winterthur, Switzerland, 5 September 2019.

• Schleiniger, Reto; Betz, Regina,

  2018.

  Aktuelle Vorschläge für den schweizerischen Strommarkt : inwiefern werden dadurch erneuerbare Energien gefördert.

  In:

  Zweiter Energiegipfel: Neues Marktmodell für die Energiewende, Bern, 31. Januar 2018.

• Betz, Regina; Cludius, Johanna; Schopp, Anne,

  2015.

  The role of the financial sector in EU emissions trading.

  In:

  38th IAEE International Conference, Antalya, Turkey, 25-27 May 2015.

• Betz, Regina,

  2013.

  The initial allocation mechanism and market efficiency : a laboratory study on emissions trading markets.

  In:

  2013 ESA World Meetings, Zurich, Switzerland, 11-14 July 2013.

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