Gunnar Köhlin

Director

Environment for

Development

Telephone

+46 31-786 44 26

Mail

gunnar.kohlin@efd.gu.se

Senior Lecturer

Department of

Economics

Telephone

+46 31-786 44 26

+46 705-35 05 08

Mail

gunnar.kohlin@efd.gu.se

Fax

+46 31-786 10 43

Visiting address

Vasagatan 1

41124 Göteborg

Room number

D608

Postal address

Box 645

40530 Göteborg

About Gunnar Köhlin

As co-founder of the Environemntal Economics Unit (EEU) I have now spent 20 years working with applications of environmental economics in developing countries. I am currently director of the Environment for Development initiative (EfD), which contributes to poverty alleviation and sustainable development through increased use of environmental economics in developing countries. My research interests focus on environmental resources, development economics and in particular the interface between the two. Methodologically I have a focus on non-market valuation techniques, household production models and broad reviews of existing literature. The applications have been focusing on evaluation of forest interventions in India and Ethiopia. This interest led to a series of papers on domestic energy demand, particularly focusing on India. Currently, my research is focusing on sustainable natural resource management in Africa, particularly adoption of soil conservation and the impacts on productivity in Ethiopia.

On other web sites

Research areas

management of natural resources in developing countries
environmental valuation
impact evaluation
energy economics
sustainable development

Teaching areas

Environmental valuation
Natural resource management
Cost Benefit Analysis

Selected publications

Woodfuels, livelihoods and policy interventions
Arnold, J.E. Michael, Köhlin, Gunnar, Arnold, M., Persson, R.
World Development, 34:3, s. 596-611, 2006

Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Low-Income Countries
Di Falco, S., Yesuf, Mahmud, Köhlin, Gunnar, Ringler, C.
Environmental & Resource Economics, 52:4, s. 457-478, 2012

Adoption and disadoption of electric cookstoves in urban Ethiopia
Alem, Yonas, Hassen, Sied, Köhlin, Gunnar
Resources and Energy Economics, 38, s. 110-124, 2014

Fuelwood, Forests and Community Management - Evidence from household studies
Cooke-St. Clair, P.C., Köhlin, Gunnar, Hyde, William F.
Environment and Development Economics, 13, s. 103-135, 2008

Publications

Land rights and the economic impacts of climatic anomalies on agriculture: evidence from
Ethiopia

M. Bezabih, S. Di Falco, A. Mekonnen, Gunnar Köhlin
Environment and Development Economics - 2021-01-01
Recipe for a green recovery: Carbon
taxes

Ira Dorband, Gunnar Köhlin, Thomas Sterner, J Steckel
Foresight Africa 2021 - 2021-01-01
Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income
countries

M. Jeuland, T. R. Fetter, Y. Li, S. K. Pattanayak, F. Usmani, R. A. Bluffstone, C. Chávez, H. Girardeau, S. Hassen, P. Jagger, M. M. Jaime, M. Karumba, Gunnar Köhlin, L. Lenz, E. L. Litzow, L. Masatsugu, M. A. Naranjo, J. Peters, P. Qin, R. D. Ruhinduka, M. Serrano-Medrano, M. Sievert, E. O. Sills, M. Toman
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews - 2021-01-01
Funding Inclusive Green Transition through Greenhouse Gas
Pricing

Thomas Sterner, Richard T. Carson, Marc Hafstead , Peter Howard, Sverker C. Jagers, Gunnar Köhlin, Ian Parry, Ryan Rafaty, E. Somanatan, Jan Christoph Steckel, Dale Whittington, Francisco Alpizar, Stefan Ambec, Claudia Aravena, Jorge Bonilla, Reza Che Daniels, Jorge Garcia, Niklas Harring, Kanishka Kacker, Suzi Kerr, Haileselassie Medhin, German Romero, Pham Khanh Nam, Olof Johansson-Stenman, Mike Toman, Jintao Xu, Min Wang
ifo DICE Report - 2020-01-01
Household Tree Planting in Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: Tree Species, Purposes, and Tenure
Security

Z. Gebreegziabher, A. Mekonnen, M. Kassie, Gunnar Köhlin
Land Use Policy - 2020-01-01
Property Rights, Land Disputes and Water Scarcity: Empirical Evidence from
Ethiopia

S. Di Falco, J. Laurent-Lucchetti, M. Veronesi, Gunnar Köhlin
American Journal of Agricultural Economics - 2020-01-01
On the Use of Market Based Instruments to Reduce Air Pollution in
Asia

Jessica Coria, Gunnar Köhlin, Jintao Xu
Sustainability - 2019-01-01
Rain and impatience: Evidence from rural
Ethiopia

S. Di Falco, P. Berck, M. Bezabih, Gunnar Köhlin
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization - 2019-01-01
Climate change adaptation: a study of multiple climate-smart practices in the Nile Basin of
Ethiopia

H. Teklewold, A. Mekonnen, Gunnar Köhlin
Climate and Development - 2019-01-01
Policy design for the
Anthropocene

Thomas Sterner, Edward B. Barbier, Ian Bateman, Inge van den Bijgaart, Anne Sophie Crépin, Ottmar Edenhofer, Carolyn Fischer, Wolfgang Habla, John Hassler, Olof Johansson-Stenman, Andreas Lange, Stephen Polasky, Johan Rockström, Henrik G. Smith, Will Steffen, Gernot Wagner, James E. Wilen, Francisco Alpízar, Christian Azar, Donna Carless, Carlos Chávez, Jessica Coria, Gustav Engström, Sverker C. Jagers, Gunnar Köhlin, Åsa Löfgren, Håkan Pleijel, Amanda Robinson
Nature Sustainability - 2019-01-01
The distributive effect and food security implications of biofuels investment in Ethiopia: A CGE
analysis

Z. Gebreegziabher, A. Mekonnen, T. Ferede, F. Guta, J. Levin, Gunnar Köhlin, T. Alemu, L. Bohlin
Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa: Food Security in a Changing Environment - 2018-01-01
Decision-making within the Household: The Role of Autonomy and Differences in
Preferences

Yonas Alem, Sied Hassen, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2018-01-01
Does purchase price matter for the waiting time to start using energy efficient technologies: Experimental evidence from rural
Ethiopia?

S. Hassen, Gunnar Köhlin
Energy Economics - 2017-01-01
DOES ADOPTION OF MULTIPLE CLIMATE-SMART PRACTICES IMPROVE FARMERS' CLIMATE RESILIENCE? EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE NILE BASIN OF
ETHIOPIA

H. Teklewold, A. Mekonnen, Gunnar Köhlin, S. Di Falco
Climate Change Economics - 2017-01-01
In search of double dividends from climate change interventions evidence from forest conservation and household energy
transitions

Gunnar Köhlin, Subhrendu K Pattanayak, Erin Sills, Eskil Mattsson, Madelene Ostwald, Ariana Salas, Daniel Ternald
- 2016-01-01
Modeling household cooking fuel choice: A panel multinomial logit
approach

Yonas Alem, A. D. Beyene, Gunnar Köhlin, A. Mekonnen
Energy Economics - 2016-01-01
Thanks but no thanks: A new policy to reduce land
conflict

Martin Dufwenberg, Gunnar Köhlin, Haileselassie Medhin, Peter Martinsson
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management - 2016-01-01
DN Debatt: Inga belägg för att ambitiös klimatpolitik ger minskad
tillväxt

Thomas Sterner, Gunnar Köhlin
Dagens Nyheter - 2015-01-01
Modelling Household Cooking Fuel Choice: a Panel Multinomial Logit
Approach

Yonas Alem, Abebe D. Beyene, Gunnar Köhlin, Alemmu Mekonnen
- 2015-01-01
Pricing carbon: The
challenges

Thomas Sterner, Gunnar Köhlin
Towards a Workable and Effective Climate Regime. Edited by Scott Barrett, Carlo Carraro and Jaime de Melo. - 2015-01-01
The Impact of Food Price Inflation on Subjective Well-being: Evidence From Urban
Ethiopia

Yonas Alem, Gunnar Köhlin
Social Indicators Research - 2014-01-01
Thanks but No Thanks: A New Policy to Reduce Land
Conflict

Martin Dufwenberg, Gunnar Köhlin, Peter Martinsson, Haileselassie Medhin
- 2014-01-01
Property rights, tenure security and forest investment incentives: evidence from China's Collective Forest Tenure
Reform

Yuanyuan Yi, Gunnar Köhlin, Jintao Xu
Environment and Development Economics - 2014-01-01
Adoption and disadoption of electric cookstoves in urban Ethiopia: Evidence from panel
data

Yonas Alem, Sied Hassen, Gunnar Köhlin
Resources and Energy Economics - 2014-01-01
The Environment for Development Initiative: lessons learned in research, academic capacity building and policy intervention to manage resources for sustainable
growth

Thomas Sterner, Yonas Alem, F. Alpizar, C. S. Berck, C. A. C. Rebolledo, J. Dikgang, S. Kirama, Gunnar Köhlin, J. Mariara-Kabubo, A. Mekonnen, J. T. Xu
Environment and Development Economics - 2014-01-01
The persistence of subjective poverty in urban
Ethiopia

Yonas Alem, Gunnar Köhlin, Jesper Stage
World Development - 2014-01-01
Thanks but No Thanks: A New Policy to Avoid Land
Conflict

Martin Dufwenberg, Gunnar Köhlin, Peter Martinsson, Haileselassie Medhin
- 2013-01-01
Tenure and forest management in India: Impacts on equity and efficiency of van panchayats in
Uttarakhand

A. Datta, Gunnar Köhlin
Land Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa Assessing Impacts on Poverty and Natural Resource Management / editors: Stein T. Holden, Keijiro Otsuka, Klaus Deininger - 2013-01-01
Cropping system diversification, conservation tillage and modern seed adoption in Ethiopia: Impacts on household income, agrochemical use and demand for
labor

Hailemariam Teklewold, Menale Kassie, bekele shiferaw, Gunnar Köhlin
Ecological Economics - 2013-01-01
The Dynamics of Electric Cookstove Adoption: Panel data evidence from
Ethiopia

Yonas Alem, Sied Hassen, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2013-01-01
The Persistence of Subjective Poverty in Urban
Ethiopia

Yonas Alem, Gunnar Köhlin, Jesper Stage
- 2012-01-01
Life Satisfaction in Urban Ethiopia: Trends and
determinants

Yonas Alem, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2012-01-01
Strategies to Adapt to Climate Change and Farm Productivity in the Nile basin of
Ethiopia

Salvatore Di Falco, Gunnar Köhlin, Mahmud Yesuf
Climate Change Economics - 2012-01-01
Urban energy transition and technology adoption: The case of Tigrai, northern
Ethiopia

Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Alemu Mekonnen, Menale Kassie, Gunnar Köhlin
Energy Economics - 2012-01-01
Capacity Building to Deal With Climate Challenges Today and in the
Future

Thomas Sterner, Maria Damon, Gunnar Köhlin, Martine Visser
Journal of Environment & Development - 2012-01-01
Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Low-Income Countries: Household Level Evidence from the Nile Basin,
Ethiopia

S. Di Falco, Mahmud Yesuf, Gunnar Köhlin, C. Ringler
Environmental & Resource Economics - 2012-01-01
Trust, Tenure Insecurity, and Land Certification in Rural
Ethiopia

Mintewab Bezabih, Gunnar Köhlin, Andrea Mannberg
Journal of Socio-Economics - 2011-01-01
Agricultural Investment and Productivity - Building Sustainability in East
Africa

Gunnar Köhlin, R. Bluffstone
- 2011-01-01
Conclusions and Key
Lessons

R. Bluffstone, Gunnar Köhlin
Agricultural Investment and Productivity - Building Sustainability in East Africa (eds. R. Bluffstone and G. Köhlin) - 2011-01-01
Soil Conservation and Small Scale Food Production in Highland Ethiopia: A Stochastic Metafrontier
Approach

Haileselassie Medhin, Gunnar Köhlin
Agricultural Investment and Productivity - Building Sustainability in East Africa (eds. R. Bluffstone and G. Köhlin) - 2011-01-01
Agricultural Production in East Africa: Stagnation, Investment and
Poverty

R. Bluffstone, Gunnar Köhlin
Agricultural Investment and Productivity - Building Sustainability in East Africa (eds. R. Bluffstone and G. Köhlin) - 2011-01-01
Are Soil Conservation Technologies "Win-Win? A case study of Anjeni in the north-western Ethiopian
highlands

Menale Kassie, Gunnar Köhlin, S. Holden
Natural Resources Forum - 2011-01-01
Risk preferences as determinants of soil conservation decisions in
Ethiopia

Hailemariam Teklewold, Gunnar Köhlin
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation - 2011-01-01
Climate Change Policy in Africa with Special Reference to Energy and Land
Use

Gunnar Köhlin, A. Mekonnen, Lisa Westholm
Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research - 2011-01-01
The Economics of Sustainable Land Management Practices in the Ethiopian
Highlands

Menale Kassie, Precious Zikhali, J. Pender, Gunnar Köhlin
Journal of Agricultural Economics - 2010-01-01
Farmers' Choice between Public Goods and Agricultural Extension Packages in Ethiopia: A Stated Preference
Analysis

Alemu Mekonnen, Mahmud Yesuf, Fredrik Carlsson, Gunnar Köhlin
Bennett, J. and E. Birol (eds.): Choice Experiments in Developing Countries. Implementation, Challenges and Policy Implications - 2010-01-01
Household Tree Planting in Tigrai, Northern Ethiopia: Tree Species, Purposes, and
Determinants

Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Alemu Mekonnen, Menale Kassie, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2010-01-01
How can emissions from fuelwood be
reduced?

O. Hofstad, Gunnar Köhlin, J. Namaalwa
Angelsen, A, M. Brockhaus, M. Kanninen, E. Sills, W.D. Sunderlin, S. Wertz-Kanounnikoff (eds.): Realising REDD+: National strategy and policy options - 2010-01-01
Biomass Fuel Consumption and Dung Use as Manure - Evidence from Rural Households in the Amrahara Region of
Ethiopia

Alemu Mekonnen, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2009-01-01
Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian
Highlands

Mahmud Yesuf, Menale Kassie, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2009-01-01
The Role of Production Risk in Sustainable Land-Management Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian
Highlands

Menale Kassie, Mahmud Yesuf, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2009-01-01
Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia: Does Agroecology
Matter?

Menale Kassie, Precious Zikhali, John Pender, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2009-01-01
The Role of Soil Conservation on Mean Crop Yield and Variance of Yield - Evidence from the Ethiopian
Highlands

Menale Kassie, John Pender, Mahmud Yesuf, Gunnar Köhlin, Elias Mulugeta
- 2009-01-01
Economics of Soil Conservation Adoption in High-Rainfall Areas of the Ethiopian
Highlands

Menale Kassie, Stein Holden, Gunnar Köhlin, Randy Bluffstone
- 2009-01-01
Soil Conservation and Small-Scale Food Production in Highland Ethiopia A Stochastic Metafrontier
Approach

Haileselassie A. Medhin, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2009-01-01
Market Imperfections and Farm Technology Adoption Decisions - A Case Study from the Highlands of
Ethiopia

Mahmud Yesuf, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2009-01-01
Estimating Returns to Soil and Water Conservation Investments - An Application to Crop Yield in
Kenya

Wilfred Nyangena, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2009-01-01
Determinants of Household Fuel Choice in Major Cities in
Ethiopia

Alemu Mekonnen, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2009-01-01
Can local communities in Zimbabwe be trusted with wildlife management?: Evidence from contingent valuation of
elephants

Edwin Muchapondwa, Fredrik Carlsson, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2009-01-01
The Value of Time saved due to community plantations in developing countries: The case of the Orissa Social Forestry
Project

Gunnar Köhlin
- 2009-01-01
Organic Farming Technologies and Agricultural Productivity: The case of Semi-Arid
Ethiopia

Menale Kassie, Precious Zikhali, John Pender, Gunnar Köhlin
- 2008-01-01
Estimating returns to soil conservation adoption in the northern Ethiopian
highlands

Menale Kassie, M. Pender, Mahmud Yesuf, Gunnar Köhlin, R. Bluffstone, E. Mulugeta
Agricultural Economics - 2008-01-01
Production risk impact on agricultural technology adoption: Evidence from the Ethiopian
highlands

Menale Kassie, M. Yesuf, Gunnar Köhlin
The European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 16th Annual Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 2008 - 2008-01-01
Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: Evidence from a contingent valuation
study

Edwin Muchapondwa, Fredrik Carlsson, Gunnar Köhlin
South African Journal of Economics - 2008-01-01
Fuel Demand Elasticities for Energy and Environmental Policies: Indian sample survey
evidence

Haripriya Gundimeda, Gunnar Köhlin
Energy Economics - 2008-01-01
Fuelwood, Forests and Community Management - Evidence from household
studies

P.C. Cooke-St. Clair, Gunnar Köhlin, William F. Hyde
Environment and Development Economics - 2008-01-01
Aspects of Land Degradation in Lagging Regions: Extent, Driving Forces, Responses, and Further Research with Special Reference to
Ethiopia

Gunnar Köhlin
Agriculture and Development, G Kochendorfer-Lucius, B Pleskovic, editors - 2008-01-01
Woodfuels, livelihoods and policy interventions: Changing
perspectives

M. Arnold, Gunnar Köhlin, R. Persson
World Development - 2006-01-01
Preferences for domestic fuel: Analysis with socio-economics factors and rankings in Kolkata,
India

G. Gupta, Gunnar Köhlin
Ecological Economics - 2006-01-01
Are Agricultural Extension Packages What Ethiopian Farmers Want? A Stated Preference
Analysis

Fredrik Carlsson, Gunnar Köhlin, Alemu Mekonnen, Mahmud Yesuf
- 2005-01-01
Welfare Implications of Community Forest Plantations in Developing Countries: The Orissa social forestry
project

Gunnar Köhlin, Gregory S. Amacher
American Journal of Agricultural Economics - 2005-01-01
Contingent valuation of community plantations in Ethiopia: a look into value elicitation formats and intra-household preference
variations

Fredrik Carlsson, Gunnar Köhlin, Alemu Mekonnen
- 2004-01-01
Fuelwood Revisited: What has changed in the last
decade?

Gunnar Köhlin, M. Arnold, R. Persson, G. Shephard
- 2003-01-01
Fuelwood - Crisis or
Balance?

Gunnar Köhlin
Workshop proceedings edited by G. Köhlin. Workshop at Göteborg University, 2003 - 2003-01-01
A Fuelwood Crisis: Where and for
whom?

Gunnar Köhlin, Priscilla Cooke St Clair, William Hyde
Published in G. Köhlin (ed.), Fuelwood - Crisis or Balance? Proceedings from workshop at Göteborg University, 2003 - 2003-01-01
What Do We Know About the Fuelwood Scenario in
India?

Gunnar Köhlin, Haripriya Gundimeda
Published in G. Köhlin (ed.), Fuelwood - Crisis or Balance? Proceedings from workshop at Göteborg University, 2003 - 2003-01-01
Environmental Taxes in
Europe

Thomas Sterner, Gunnar Köhlin
Public Finance and Management - 2003-01-01
Impact of Plantations on Forest Use and Forest Status in Orissa,
India

Gunnar Köhlin, Madelene Ostwald
Ambio - 2001-01-01
Contingent Valuation in Project Planning and Evaluation: The case of social forestry in Orissa,
India

Gunnar Köhlin
Environment and Development Economics - 2001-01-01
Spatial Variability and Disincentives to Harvest: Deforestation and fuelwood collection in South
Asia

Gunnar Köhlin, Peter J. Parks
Land Economics - 2001-01-01
Politicera inte
katastrofbiståndet

Madelene Ostwald, Gunnar Köhlin
Göteborgs Posten - 2000-01-01
Spatial Variability and Incentives to Harvest: Deforestation and Fuelwood Collection in South
Asia

Gunnar Köhlin
- 2000-01-01
Social Forestry
Reconsidered

Gunnar Köhlin, William F. Hyde
Silva Fennica - 1999-01-01
The Value of Social Forestry in Orissa,
India

Gunnar Köhlin
- 1998-01-01
Capacity Building of Environmental Economics in Developing Countries - Synthesis of Experience
Workshop

Gunnar Köhlin
- 1996-01-01
Approaches to valuation of the Orissa Social Forestry
Project

Gunnar Köhlin
- 1995-01-01
Comparison of Methods for Valuation of Social Forestry Projects: Cases from Orissa,
India

Gunnar Köhlin
- 1994-01-01
Sustainability, Deforestation and Policies in
Africa

Gunnar Köhlin
Economic Policies for Sustainable Development - 1994-01-01
The Political Economy of
Evaluation

Gunnar Köhlin, Anders Ekbom, Jerker Carlsson
- 1994-01-01
Sustainability, Deforestation and Policy Implications for
Africa

Gunnar Köhlin
- 1993-01-01
Natural resource accounting : a survey of techniques, problems and some recent studies in developing
countries

Gunnar Köhlin, Thomas Sterner
- 1993-01-01
Strukturanpassningsprogrammens effekter på miljön - en skiss över möjliga
samband

Gunnar Köhlin, Lena Höglund
- 1993-01-01
Making the rich pay for the global
environment

Gunnar Köhlin, Thomas Sterner
- 1992-01-01
Economic Valuation of the Environment in Developing Countries: A Review of Methods and Case
Studies

Gunnar Köhlin
- 1992-01-01
Disaster Prevention in Wollo: The effects of
food-for-work

Gunnar Köhlin
- 1987-01-01