Matthias van den Heuvel is an Associate with the Brattle Group in New York. He holds a PhD in economics from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and did his Master's at the Graduate Institute Geneva and Yale University.

Dr. van den Heuvel's primary fields are environmental & energy economics, entrepreneurial finance and applied econometrics. His work draws on various statistical methods, from using econometric analysis in order to demonstrate causality to building machine learning models to extract information from newspaper articles.

He has produced analysis for a variety of litigation and arbitration matters, including the estimation of the economic benefit resulting from non-compliance with environmental regulations. Prior to joining the Brattle Group, Matthias worked as an economist for a private bank and for the World Trade Organization (WTO). He is experienced translating finance and economic theory into practice for a wide range of audiences.

His academic research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and has helped inform policy-making. His work received financial support from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

Research

"COVID-19: Insights from innovation economists". (2020) Science and Public Policy, with G. Younes, et al.

• Column published in VoxEU.

"The Role of Venture Capital and Governments in Clean Energy: Lessons from the First Cleantech Bubble". (2023) Energy Economics, with D. Popp.

• Column published in VoxEU.
• Invited to present at the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
• Featured in the NBER Bulletin on Entrepreneurship.
• Recipient of the 2022 Student Awards of the Swiss Association for Energy Economics
• Cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President (Chapter 6)

"Does Environmental Policy Uncertainty Hinder Investments Towards a Low-Carbon Economy?". (2022) NBER Working Paper, with J. Noailly and L. Nowzohour.

• Invited to present at the European Securities and Markets Authority (EU).
• Column published in VoxEU.
• Cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the President (Chapter 6)

"Heard the News? Environmental Policy and Clean Investments". (2021) CIES Research Paper 70, with J. Noailly and L. Nowzohour.

• Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Public Economics.

"Certification or Cash Prize: The Heterogeneous Effect of Venture Competitions". (2022) available at SSRN, with G. de Rassenfosse.

• Revise and Resubmit at Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.

Teaching

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

2021 - MGT 581 Introduction to Econometrics (TA)

• Received the 2021 EPFL CDM Best Teaching Assistant Award

2020 - MGT 581 Introduction to Econometrics (TA)

2019 - MGT 303 Economics of Ideas (TA)