Dieter Helm
Dieter Robin Helm is a British economist and academic.Career
Helm is Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Oxford, and Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford.
He was a member of the Economics Advisory Group to the British Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and Chair of the Natural Capital Committee.
His research interests include energy, utilities, and the environment.On energy and global warming
In his book The Carbon Crunch and in print media, Dieter Helm has criticised efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through current regulation and government intervention, and the deployment of renewable energy, particularly wind power.
He recommends establishing a carbon tax and carbon border tax, increased funding for research and development, and an increased use of gas for electricity generation to substitute coal.Selected works
Peer-reviewed articles
- Helm, D., 2008. Climate-change policy: why has so little been achieved?. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 24, pp.211–238. JSTOR: 23606642; doi:
- Helm, D., 2005. The assessment: the new energy paradigm. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 21, pp.1–18. JSTOR: 23606814; doi:
- Helm, D., 2002. Energy policy: security of supply, sustainability and competition. Energy policy, 30, pp.173–184. doi:
Books
As author
- Burn Out: The Endgame for Fossil Fuels..
- Natural Capital: Valuing the Planet, Yale University Press,.
- The Carbon Crunch: How We're Getting Climate Change Wrong – and How to Fix it, Yale University Press,.
- Energy, the State, and the Market: British Energy Policy since 1979, revised edition, Oxford University Press,.
- Green and Prosperous Land, William Collins,.
As editor
- The Economics and Politics of Climate Change, with Cameron Hepburn,.
- The New Energy Paradigm,.
- Climate Change Policy,.
- Environmental Policy: Objectives, Instruments, and Implementation,.
- Competition in Regulated Industries, with Tim Jenkinson,.
- British Utility Regulation: Principles, Experience and Reform,.
- The Economic Borders of the State,.
- The Market for Energy, with John Kay and David Thompson,.
