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Staff of the Max Planck Institute

Dr. Julia Sophie Wörsdorfer



	Dr. Julia Sophie Wörsdorfer
	Research Associate
	Max Planck Institute of Economics Evolutionary Economics Group Kahlaische Straße 10 D-07745 Jena Germany
	This page is not maintained anymore since January 2011.

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Curriculum Vitae

July 2010-January 2011:	Research Associate at the Max Planck Institute of Economics.
March 2006-June 2010:	Doctoral Student at the Max Planck Institute of Economics (Title of Thesis: Technical Change and Consumer Learning in Household Production Processes).
July 2004-February 2006:	Research Associate at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), Halle/Saale, Department of Macroeconomics.
October 1998-May 2004:	Studies in Economics and Business Administration (Diploma), University of Leipzig.

Research Interests

• Evolutionary Economics
• Household Production
• Sustainable Consumption

Work in Progress

The 20th century transformation of household production processes

Can information-based policies reduce residential energy consumption?

Working Papers

Will imitators follow pioneer consumers in the adoption of solar thermal systems? (PDF)

Consumer needs and their satiation properties as drivers of the rebound effect (PDF)

Publications

• Woersdorfer, J.S.: When Do Social Norms Replace Status-Seeking Consumption? An Application to the Consumption of Cleanliness, in: Metroeconomica, Vol. 61 (1), 2010, pp. 35-67.
• Wörsdorfer, J.S.: Zur Diffusion von Solarthermieanlagen aus Sicht evolutionsökonomischer Konsumforschung, in: Antoni-Komar, I.; Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, M.; Pfriem, R.; Welsch, H. (Eds.): WENKE² - Wege zum nachhaltigen Konsum, Metropolis, Marburg, 2010.
• Wörsdorfer, J.S. (zusammen mit Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, B.C.; Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, M.; Antes, R.; Antoni-Komar, I.; Fichter, K.; Pfriem, R.; Kühling, J.; Welsch, H.): Integration der theoretischen Ansätze im WENKE²-Projekt im Modell für nachhaltigen Konsum MonaKo, in: Antoni-Komar, I.; Lehmann-Waffenschmidt, M.; Pfriem, R.; Welsch, H. (Eds.): WENKE² - Wege zum nachhaltigen Konsum, Metropolis, Marburg, 2010.
• Woersdorfer, J.S. (together with Alex Coad and Peter de Haan): Consumer Support for Environmental Policies: An Application to Purchases of Green Cars, in: Ecological Economics, Vol. 68, 2009, pp. 2078-2086.