Lutz Sager

Lutz Sager is an Assistant Professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy. Before joining Georgetown University, he completed his PhD at the London School of Economics. Sager is interested in a range of topics in the fields of Environmental and Public Economics. In his current research, Sager aims to better understand the interplay between climate policy and economic inequality, with a particular focus on the distributional effects of carbon pricing. He also researches the energy choices of consumers and the costs of air pollution.

Expertise

Climate Policy, Consumer Energy Choices, Economic Policy, Environmental Economics

Companies

• Assistant Professor Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy (2019)
• PhD in Environmental Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2015 — 2019)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2016 — 2018)
• Strategy Consultant Estin & Co (2014 — 2015)
• Carlo Schmid Fellow OECD - OCDE (2013 — 2013)
• Intern (Country Risk Analysis) Deutsche Bank (2011 — 2011)
• Intern (Economic Journalist) Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (2011 — 2011)
• Intern (Economic Research) DIW Berlin (2010 — 2010)
• Civilian Service Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau (2006 — 2007)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy - PhD The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2015 — 2019)
• MPhil University of Oxford (2011 — 2013)
• Institut d'Etudes politiques de Paris / Sciences Po Paris (2009 — 2010)
• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Universität St. Gallen-Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften (2007 — 2011)