Estelle Cantillon
@estellecantillon.bsky.social
I'm an economist at Université Libre de Bruxelles, interested in market design, climate transition and sustainability. Posting mostly in EN but sometimes also in FR and NL. Webpage: https://ecantill.ulb.be/
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German taxpayers are handing BMW €273m to once again attempt to push hydrogen-powered cars, when battery prices have once again dropped >50% in the past ~18 month and CATL is on its 5th-gen LFP battery.
CATL, BYD et al must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Sigh.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
CATL, BYD et al must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Sigh.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
Wasserstoff-Autos: BMW erhält staatliche Förderung zur Entwicklung
Hat der Einsatz von Wasserstoff eine Zukunft bei der Autoentwicklung? BMW glaubt nach wie vor daran. Jetzt erhält der Konzern eine staatliche Förderung für die Weiterentwicklung der Technologie.
www.spiegel.de
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
German taxpayers are handing BMW €273m to once again attempt to push hydrogen-powered cars, when battery prices have once again dropped >50% in the past ~18 month and CATL is on its 5th-gen LFP battery.
CATL, BYD et al must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Sigh.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
CATL, BYD et al must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Sigh.
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...
Last month, I spoke with Tim Philipps @talknormal.co.uk about our proposal for reforming nature-based markets and scaling up funds for nature restoration and conservation. The podcast is here 🎙️ Comments welcome ! Presenting this paper has helped us crystallize and improve our proposal.
How can we design markets that protect nature and rebuild trust?
@estellecantillon.bsky.social (Université libre de Bruxelles) joins @talknormal.co.uk to discuss a new approach to funding conservation through market incentives — and how to avoid greenwashing
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@estellecantillon.bsky.social (Université libre de Bruxelles) joins @talknormal.co.uk to discuss a new approach to funding conservation through market incentives — and how to avoid greenwashing
cepr.org/multimedia/d...
#EconSky
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Last month, I spoke with Tim Philipps @talknormal.co.uk about our proposal for reforming nature-based markets and scaling up funds for nature restoration and conservation. The podcast is here 🎙️ Comments welcome ! Presenting this paper has helped us crystallize and improve our proposal.
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How to address the problem of poor children being assigned to poor schools, in England
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School choice and performance gaps in England: a report by Burgess, Cantillon, Greaves and Cavallo
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November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
How to address the problem of poor children being assigned to poor schools, in England
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/11/scho...
#econsky
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#econsky
On how priority rules in school admissions can contribute or instead harm educational equity (access to effective schools). Based on data from all secondary schools and local authorities in England. 🏫
NEW REPORT: Modelling and reforming school choice
By Ellen Greaves, @estellecantillon.bsky.social, @mariagraziacavallo.bsky.social and me.
Blog economics.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/11/06/a...
Policy briefing
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By Ellen Greaves, @estellecantillon.bsky.social, @mariagraziacavallo.bsky.social and me.
Blog economics.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/11/06/a...
Policy briefing
www.bristol.ac.uk/media-librar...
#EconSky #EduSky
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Access to highly effective schools: The case for reform – Welcome to the Economics blog
How do we address the gap in attainment between the most advantaged and disadvantaged students in the UK? Pioneering research, led by the University of Bristol, reveals the reforms most likely to equa...
economics.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
On how priority rules in school admissions can contribute or instead harm educational equity (access to effective schools). Based on data from all secondary schools and local authorities in England. 🏫
Reposted by Estelle Cantillon
One of the key barriers to electrification is the ratio of electricity to gas prices.
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
One of the key barriers to electrification is the ratio of electricity to gas prices.
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
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📈 Record interest in ERC Starting Grants 2026!
4,807 proposals - a 22% increase compared to last year’s call.
👩🔬 Women submitted nearly 43% of proposals - the highest share ever recorded in an ERC call.
More stats 👉 bit.ly/4hcYJln
#ChooseEurope
4,807 proposals - a 22% increase compared to last year’s call.
👩🔬 Women submitted nearly 43% of proposals - the highest share ever recorded in an ERC call.
More stats 👉 bit.ly/4hcYJln
#ChooseEurope
Starting Grants 2026 applications: Facts and figures
The ERC Starting Grants 2026 call closed for applications on 14 October 2025. These are the preliminary data on submitted proposals:
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October 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
📈 Record interest in ERC Starting Grants 2026!
4,807 proposals - a 22% increase compared to last year’s call.
👩🔬 Women submitted nearly 43% of proposals - the highest share ever recorded in an ERC call.
More stats 👉 bit.ly/4hcYJln
#ChooseEurope
4,807 proposals - a 22% increase compared to last year’s call.
👩🔬 Women submitted nearly 43% of proposals - the highest share ever recorded in an ERC call.
More stats 👉 bit.ly/4hcYJln
#ChooseEurope
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Yes! Yes, we are hiring! Two positions are opened, one in International Trade. The other one in Microeconomics. Full time. Great colleagues. Great location. Have you already applied ?
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Yes! Yes, we are hiring! Two positions are opened, one in International Trade. The other one in Microeconomics. Full time. Great colleagues. Great location. Have you already applied ?
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
For those who follow the debate in France on the @gabrielzucman.bsky.social tax : the mood among the ultra rich is about the same 🫠
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.
Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
September 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
For those who follow the debate in France on the @gabrielzucman.bsky.social tax : the mood among the ultra rich is about the same 🫠
Was cursing against DB for being late again and sabotaging long-distance, low-carbon travel. A missed connection in Cologne would have cost me 3 extra hours of travel. And then🙏 they announced that the train to Brussels would wait for the connecting passengers. Thank you @deutschebahn.com !
September 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Was cursing against DB for being late again and sabotaging long-distance, low-carbon travel. A missed connection in Cologne would have cost me 3 extra hours of travel. And then🙏 they announced that the train to Brussels would wait for the connecting passengers. Thank you @deutschebahn.com !
Please share 📢 The Belgian Climate Centre (Federal Gov) is hiring a Head of Department to lead its team and mission at the heart of Belgium’s climate transition.
www.climatecentre.be/post/job-opp...
Deadline: Sept 22 (need to speak either FR or NL)
www.climatecentre.be/post/job-opp...
Deadline: Sept 22 (need to speak either FR or NL)
Job opportunity: Head of the Belgian Climate Centre (m/f/x)
The Belgian Climate Centre is seeking a Head of Department to direct its team and mission.The position seeks a candidate who combines in-depth knowledge in a research field relevant to the climate tra...
www.climatecentre.be
September 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Please share 📢 The Belgian Climate Centre (Federal Gov) is hiring a Head of Department to lead its team and mission at the heart of Belgium’s climate transition.
www.climatecentre.be/post/job-opp...
Deadline: Sept 22 (need to speak either FR or NL)
www.climatecentre.be/post/job-opp...
Deadline: Sept 22 (need to speak either FR or NL)
A quote from robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal... that also applies to our leaders in the EU. Time to uphold int'l and humanitarian law. Time to ask for journalists to be let in. And of course high time to let humanitarian organizations and food in.
July 30, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A quote from robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal... that also applies to our leaders in the EU. Time to uphold int'l and humanitarian law. Time to ask for journalists to be let in. And of course high time to let humanitarian organizations and food in.
I had the pleasure to work with Bea and Eric on scaling finance for forests in the Global South. Our starting point: the nature-based VCM is broken. Higher standards and better monitoring will not fix it. It can’t serve as a template for nature. Why? It can’t deal with nature’s impermanence. 🧵1/6
July 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I had the pleasure to work with Bea and Eric on scaling finance for forests in the Global South. Our starting point: the nature-based VCM is broken. Higher standards and better monitoring will not fix it. It can’t serve as a template for nature. Why? It can’t deal with nature’s impermanence. 🧵1/6
That would be my guess too. Currently collecting data that will help us figure that out. Stay tuned.
Vaste contracten voor elektriciteit en gas bieden bescherming tegen prijsschokken door de klant de rest van de tijd meer te laten betalen.
www.tijd.be/ondernemen/m...
www.tijd.be/ondernemen/m...
Energiefactuur: Vlaanderen verplicht leveranciers dynamische en vaste energiecontracten aan te bieden
De Vlaamse regering maakt komaf met energieleveranciers die enkel nog variabele tarieven aanbieden. Consumenten moeten bij de grootste leveranciers verplicht vaste prijzen kunnen krijgen en overal dyn...
www.tijd.be
July 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
That would be my guess too. Currently collecting data that will help us figure that out. Stay tuned.
If you’re in Brussels today: the dress code is red.
Alongside 150 civil society organizations, let's give our politicians some courage to draw the red line for Gaza.
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#RodeLijn #LigneRouge
Alongside 150 civil society organizations, let's give our politicians some courage to draw the red line for Gaza.
11.be/en/draw-the-...
#RodeLijn #LigneRouge
Join us in drawing the red line for Gaza | 11.11.11
On Sunday 15 June we will draw the red line. Because all red lines in Gaza have long been crossed. On Sunday 15 June we will stand side by side. Thousands of citizens, organisations, trade unions, NGO...
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June 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
If you’re in Brussels today: the dress code is red.
Alongside 150 civil society organizations, let's give our politicians some courage to draw the red line for Gaza.
11.be/en/draw-the-...
#RodeLijn #LigneRouge
Alongside 150 civil society organizations, let's give our politicians some courage to draw the red line for Gaza.
11.be/en/draw-the-...
#RodeLijn #LigneRouge
👏👏 The power of remote sensing (and a little bit of AI).
Can it one day replace the costly Monitoring-Reporting-Verification cycle ?
Can it one day replace the costly Monitoring-Reporting-Verification cycle ?
A new study compared Climate TRACE emissions data to emissions disclosure reports from 279 companies, finding that 75 of those companies were significantly underreporting their emissions. www.ft.com/content/0392...
June 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
👏👏 The power of remote sensing (and a little bit of AI).
Can it one day replace the costly Monitoring-Reporting-Verification cycle ?
Can it one day replace the costly Monitoring-Reporting-Verification cycle ?
Interesting. Yet again evidence of how this conflict is eroding the foundations of our societies. Across the world.
It’s not Denmark’s children who can’t handle debating Gaza. It’s our politicians | Rune Lykkeberg
It’s not Denmark’s children who can’t handle debating Gaza. It’s our politicians | Rune Lykkeberg
In banning a schools debate on Palestinian sovereignty, our leaders have revealed the nation we’re becoming, says Rune Lykkeberg, editor-in-chief of the Danish newspaper Information
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Interesting. Yet again evidence of how this conflict is eroding the foundations of our societies. Across the world.
Good news of the day: EU one percentage point away from meeting its 2030 climate target (-55% relative to 1990).
Yes, it can be done 💪 (and we have not even started doing the more difficult stuff: behavior & agriculture)
on.ft.com/4mr3Ro9
Next milestone: 2040 and -90% relative to 1990.
Yes, it can be done 💪 (and we have not even started doing the more difficult stuff: behavior & agriculture)
on.ft.com/4mr3Ro9
Next milestone: 2040 and -90% relative to 1990.
May 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Good news of the day: EU one percentage point away from meeting its 2030 climate target (-55% relative to 1990).
Yes, it can be done 💪 (and we have not even started doing the more difficult stuff: behavior & agriculture)
on.ft.com/4mr3Ro9
Next milestone: 2040 and -90% relative to 1990.
Yes, it can be done 💪 (and we have not even started doing the more difficult stuff: behavior & agriculture)
on.ft.com/4mr3Ro9
Next milestone: 2040 and -90% relative to 1990.
EV charging is a great source of flexibility for electricity markets. But we need EV charging prices that reflect the state of the wholesale market. Curious to read if Bram receives other answers.
Interesting Q: which EV charger offers negative or significantly reduced tariffs during negative price moments on electricity spot market?
Jaap only found one: Sonnenstrom Saarpfalz in DE.
Do you know any others?
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Jaap only found one: Sonnenstrom Saarpfalz in DE.
Do you know any others?
🔌💡
I only found one that actually offered negative prices to users: Sonnenstrom Saarpfalz in Germany! At locations with their own solar power generation, the rate was minus(!) 8.8 cents per kWh (those charging ad-hoc with
bank/credit card: 0 cents)
sonnenstrom-saarpfalz.de/preise/flex
bank/credit card: 0 cents)
sonnenstrom-saarpfalz.de/preise/flex
May 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
EV charging is a great source of flexibility for electricity markets. But we need EV charging prices that reflect the state of the wholesale market. Curious to read if Bram receives other answers.
Happy for Canada today. 🍁 From Carney’s victory speech: “Virtue is a muscle that grows with its exercise. We become just by doing just acts, brave by doing brave acts. When we are kind, kindness grows.” and, on top, he's a great economist interested in evidence and evidence-based policies.
April 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Happy for Canada today. 🍁 From Carney’s victory speech: “Virtue is a muscle that grows with its exercise. We become just by doing just acts, brave by doing brave acts. When we are kind, kindness grows.” and, on top, he's a great economist interested in evidence and evidence-based policies.
Interesting about emissions from the LULUCF sector in Finland but also great data organisation and vizualisation by @robbieandrew.bsky.social Everything you want to know about energy and emissions at your fingertips.
Probably the best example of a collapse in the uptake of carbon dioxide on land (LULUCF) is in Finland.
A significant and sustained carbon sink turned into a source in 10 years.
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A significant and sustained carbon sink turned into a source in 10 years.
robbieandrew.github.io/country/?cou...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Interesting about emissions from the LULUCF sector in Finland but also great data organisation and vizualisation by @robbieandrew.bsky.social Everything you want to know about energy and emissions at your fingertips.
Just came across this interesting blog on why carbon removal markets don't scale up. Choices made in the past still influence things today. There are lessons for the emerging biodiversity market too (don’t use the existing carbon credit market as a template), but maybe not the same tradeoffs.
April 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Just came across this interesting blog on why carbon removal markets don't scale up. Choices made in the past still influence things today. There are lessons for the emerging biodiversity market too (don’t use the existing carbon credit market as a template), but maybe not the same tradeoffs.
Sad to read about Pat's passing. I fondly remember him from my Ph.D time at Harvard. He had just joined as an AP. Excited about the new developments then in empirical auctions ... and fishing in the Midwest. My thoughts are with his family.
Pat Bajari was one of the most influential economists of the past 30 years, and an amazing person
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Remembering Patrick L. Bajari (1969-2025)
Patrick L. Bajari was a pioneer spanning the academic and business worlds.
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April 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Sad to read about Pat's passing. I fondly remember him from my Ph.D time at Harvard. He had just joined as an AP. Excited about the new developments then in empirical auctions ... and fishing in the Midwest. My thoughts are with his family.
La France étudie la suppression des Low Emissions Zones. Marion Leroutier 🧵résume l’impact de ces mesures : les bénéfices santé sont clairs, on en sait moins sur l’impact sur la mobilité des ménages. Et si on s’y intéressait réellement, plutôt que de les supprimer ou les postposer comme à Bruxelles?
April 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
La France étudie la suppression des Low Emissions Zones. Marion Leroutier 🧵résume l’impact de ces mesures : les bénéfices santé sont clairs, on en sait moins sur l’impact sur la mobilité des ménages. Et si on s’y intéressait réellement, plutôt que de les supprimer ou les postposer comme à Bruxelles?
We should all sweep in front of our doors. This report by AI reminds me of a quote in a recent Brussels Times article: Many people don't care about asylum seeker rights, but "what is happening now with their rights is exactly what will happen to ours tomorrow." Not proud of my country.
April 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We should all sweep in front of our doors. This report by AI reminds me of a quote in a recent Brussels Times article: Many people don't care about asylum seeker rights, but "what is happening now with their rights is exactly what will happen to ours tomorrow." Not proud of my country.
Go Princeton 💪
Princeton has announced that it is considering selling approximately $320 million of taxable bonds. The bonds are a way for the University to raise short-term funds. The major credit-rating agencies rate University bonds AAA, the highest level of creditworthiness.
Princeton considers issuing bonds same day as federal government pauses grants
The University announced its consideration to sell approximately $320 million of taxable bonds on Tuesday, following a notification from government agencies about the suspension of research grants.
www.dailyprincetonian.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Go Princeton 💪