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Mateus Souza
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Environmental and energy economist.
Assistant Professor at the University of Mannheim, Department of Economics.

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During the European #energy crisis, Spain & Portugal intervened directly in the wholesale market, decoupling electricity prices from gas. This lowered consumer bills, with little impact on public funds.
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Graph of electricity prices in European exchanges of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK. Spain had much lower electricity prices than the rest of the countries after implementing their solution of directly intervening in the wholesale market. Europe’s recent energy crisis generated large windfall rents for electricity producers. Yet, most EU governments responded with costly downstream measures that left wholesale prices – and producer profits – largely untouched. This column shows that Spain and Portugal charted a different course by intervening directly in the wholesale market, decoupling electricity prices from gas. This substantially lowered consumer bills, with little impact on public funds. Crucially, the intervention provided proportionally greater relief to low-income households, highlighting how policy design can shape both efficiency and equity in times of crisis.
September 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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New paper out: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... We study (using DiD) effects of 1968 Poor People's Campaign on election outcomes. Overall these peaceful protests had no effects on elections (contrasting prior civil rights era findings) but they hurt Ds in the South and helped them in the West.
Civil rights protests and election outcomes: Exploring the effects of the poor people’s campaign
The Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) of 1968 was focused on highlighting, and ultimately reducing, poverty in the United States. As part of the campaign, …
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April 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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🚭 Publication alert!
Are smoking bans effective in shaping smoking behavior?

New paper w/ @paulapereda.bsky.social in the Journal of Development Economics explores Brazil’s experience with smoke-free policies, uncovering key mechanisms.
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