Research Programme on the Financial and Economic Valuation of Environmental Impacts
PI: Professor Frans de Vries
Funded by: European Investment Bank
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Contact details
- Email f.p.devries@stir.ac.uk
- Telephone+44 (0)1786 467485
- My personal webpage
ORCID 
0000-0003-0462-5035
About me
Frans de Vries is Professor of Environmental Economics in the Division of Economics of the University of Stirling Management School. His current research focuses on the design and functioning of market-based environmental policy mechanisms, including emissions trading and price controls, conservation procurement auctions, and biodiversity offset markets. Another focal point of his research relates to the interaction between environmental policy and technological innovation. He has been a consultant for the OECD Environment Directorate and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
Research
Environmental Economics
Projects
The Economics of Marine Plastic Polution: what are the benefits of international cooperation
PI: Professor Frans de Vries
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Outputs
Article
Designing Markets for Biodiversity Offsets: Lessons from Tradable Pollution Permits
Needham K, de Vries FP, Armsworth PR & Hanley N (2019) Designing Markets for Biodiversity Offsets: Lessons from Tradable Pollution Permits. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56 (6), pp. 1429-1435. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13372
Article
Dynamic Efficiency in Experimental Emissions Trading Markets with Investment Uncertainty
Cason TN & de Vries F (2019) Dynamic Efficiency in Experimental Emissions Trading Markets with Investment Uncertainty. Environmental and Resource Economics, 73 (1), pp. 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-018-0247-7
Article
Ball C, Burt G, de Vries F & MacEachern E (2018) How environmental protection agencies can promote eco-innovation: The prospect of voluntary reciprocal legitimacy. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 129, pp. 242-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2017.11.004
Article
Transaction Costs, Communication and Spatial Coordination in Payment for Ecosystem Services Schemes
Banerjee S, Cason T, de Vries F & Hanley N (2017) Transaction Costs, Communication and Spatial Coordination in Payment for Ecosystem Services Schemes. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 83, pp. 68-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2016.12.005
Article
Incentive-Based Policy Design for Pollution Control and Biodiversity Conservation: A Review
de Vries F & Hanley N (2016) Incentive-Based Policy Design for Pollution Control and Biodiversity Conservation: A Review. Environmental and Resource Economics, 63 (4), pp. 687-702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-015-9996-8
Newspaper Article
Why falling oil prices should not undermine investment in green energy
de Vries F & Tabner I (2015) Why falling oil prices should not undermine investment in green energy. The Conversation. 12.05.2015. https://theconversation.com/why-falling-oil-prices-should-not-undermine-investment-in-green-energy-36420
Article
Forest Carbon Offsets Revisited: Shedding Light on Darkwoods
van Kooten GC, Bogle TN & de Vries F (2015) Forest Carbon Offsets Revisited: Shedding Light on Darkwoods. Forest Science, 61 (2), pp. 370-380. https://doi.org/10.5849/forsci.13-183
Article
On Emissions Trading and Market Structure: Cap-and-Trade versus Intensity Standards
de Vries F, Dijkstra BR & McGinty M (2014) On Emissions Trading and Market Structure: Cap-and-Trade versus Intensity Standards. Environmental and Resource Economics, 58 (4), pp. 665-682. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-013-9715-2
Article
Banerjee S, de Vries F, Hanley N & van Soest D (2014) The impact of information provision on agglomeration bonus performance: An experimental study on local networks. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 96 (4), pp. 1009-1029. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aau048
Book Chapter
A Market-Based Design for International Environmental Agreements
Nentjes A, Dijkstra BR & de Vries F (2013) A Market-Based Design for International Environmental Agreements. In: Dinar A A & Rapoport A (eds.) Analyzing Global Environmental Issues: Theoretical and Experimental Applications and their Policy Implications. Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics, 39. London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge), pp. 233-248. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415627184/
Book Chapter
van Kooten GC & de Vries F (2013) Carbon Offsets. In: Shogren J (ed.) Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics, Volume 1: Energy. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, pp. 6-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-375067-9.00165-0
Working Paper
Ecological-economic modelling of interactions between wild and commercial bees and pesticide use
Kleczkowski A, Ellis C, Goulson D, de Vries F & Hanley N (2013) Ecological-economic modelling of interactions between wild and commercial bees and pesticide use. Stirling Economics Discussion Paper, 2013-10.
Article
Voluntary Environmental Agreements: Lessons on Effectiveness, Efficiency and Spillover Potential
de Vries F, Nentjes A & Odam N (2012) Voluntary Environmental Agreements: Lessons on Effectiveness, Efficiency and Spillover Potential. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 6 (2), pp. 119-152. https://doi.org/10.1561/101.00000049
Technical Report
Characterising Livestock System Zoonoses Hotspots
Kleczkowski A, Breed AC, Matthews L, Thronicker D & de Vries F (2012) Characterising Livestock System Zoonoses Hotspots. Department for International Development (DFID). University of Stirling. http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/Output/188950/Default.aspx
Article
Dekker T, Vollebergh HRJ, de Vries F & Withagen CA (2012) Inciting protocols. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 64 (1), pp. 45-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2011.11.005
Working Paper
A Note on Organizational Design and the Optimal Allocation of Environmental Liability
Franckx L & de Vries F (2012) A Note on Organizational Design and the Optimal Allocation of Environmental Liability. Stirling Economics Discussion Paper, 2012-09.
Working Paper
Emissions Trading and Intersectoral Dynamics: Absolute versus Relative Design Schemes
de Vries F, Dijkstra BR & McGinty M (2011) Emissions Trading and Intersectoral Dynamics: Absolute versus Relative Design Schemes. Stirling Economics Discussion Paper, 2011-15.
Article
Carbon trading thickness and market efficiency
Montagnoli A & de Vries F (2010) Carbon trading thickness and market efficiency. Energy Economics, 32 (6), pp. 1331-1336. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01409883; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2010.04.001
Book Chapter
Tactical Responses of Producers to Innovation Policy: Transitions in Need of Governance
de Vries F, Grevers W & Woerdman E (2009) Tactical Responses of Producers to Innovation Policy: Transitions in Need of Governance. In: Prinz A, Steenge A & Isegrei N (eds.) New Technologies, Networks and Governance Structures. First ed. Wirtschaft: Forschung und Wissenschaft, 24. Lit Verlag.
Article
Technology Diffusion, Product Differentiation and Environmental Subsidies
McGinty M & de Vries F (2009) Technology Diffusion, Product Differentiation and Environmental Subsidies. BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 9 (1), pp. 1-25. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ecn&AN=1023401&site=ehost-live;http://www.bepress.com/bejeap/topics/; https://doi.org/10.2202/1935-1682.2099
Article
Environmental taxes and industry monopolization
Schoonbeek L & de Vries F (2009) Environmental taxes and industry monopolization. Journal of Regulatory Economics, 36 (1), pp. 94-106. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11149-009-9093-4
Book Chapter
Environmental Regulation and International Innovation in Automotive Emissions Control Technologies
de Vries F & Medhi N (2008) Environmental Regulation and International Innovation in Automotive Emissions Control Technologies. In: OECD (ed.) Environmental Policy, Technological Innovation and Patents. First ed. OECD Studies on Environmental Innovation. Paris, France: OECD Publishing, pp. 63-105.
Working Paper
Environmental Taxes and Industry Monopolization
Schoonbeek L & de Vries F (2008) Environmental Taxes and Industry Monopolization. Stirling Economics Discussion Paper, 2008-19.
Article
Technology-forcing through environmental regulation
Nentjes A, de Vries F & Wiersma D (2007) Technology-forcing through environmental regulation. European Journal of Political Economy, 23 (4), pp. 903-916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2007.01.004
Article
de Vries F (2007) Market structure and technology diffusion incentives under emission taxes and emission reduction subsidies. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), 163 (2), pp. 256-268. https://doi.org/10.1628/093245607781261388
Article
Location choice by households and polluting firms: An evolutionary approach
Dijkstra BR & de Vries F (2006) Location choice by households and polluting firms: An evolutionary approach. European Economic Review, 50 (2), pp. 425-446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2004.09.006
Article
Short term reactions to changes in fuel prices - a panel data analysis
Rouwendal J & de Vries F (1999) Short term reactions to changes in fuel prices - a panel data analysis. International Journal of Transport Economics / Rivista Internazionale di Economia dei Trasporti, 26 (3), pp. 331-350. http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=639824
Article
The taxation of drivers and the choice of car fuel type
Rouwendal J & de Vries F (1999) The taxation of drivers and the choice of car fuel type. Energy Economics, 21 (1), pp. 17-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-9883%2898%2900021-8
Teaching
ECNU3NV - Environmental Economics (Advanced UG, Management School)
ENMPG05 - Environmental Economics (MSc, Faculty of Natural Sciences)
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics; joint with Nick Hanley)