JEFF ALTHOUSE

Research

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Gonon, M., Godin, A., Daumas, L., Althouse, J., & Svartzman, R. (2026). Chronicle of a debt foretold green debt strategies in a fossil fuel-dependent economy. International Review of Economics & Finance. 105301. [PDF]
  • Tausch, L. & Althouse, J. (2025). Ecologically unequal exchange as a multi-tiered hierarchy: Investigating the interdependence of global and domestic unevenness to explain China’s rise. Ecological Economics. 235: 108644. [PDF]
  • Althouse, J., Carballa Smichowski, B., Cahen-Fourot, L., Durand, C., & Knauss, S. (2023). “Ecologically unequal exchange and uneven development patterns along global value chains”. World Development. 170: 106308. [PDF]
  • Althouse, J. & Svartzman, R. (2022). Bringing Subordinated Financialisation Down to Earth: The Political Ecology of Finance-Dominated Capitalism. Cambridge Journal of Economics. 46(4): pp. 679-702. [Link]
  • Svartzman, R., & Althouse, J. (2022). Greening the international monetary system? Not without addressing the political ecology of global imbalances. Review of International Political Economy. 29(3): pp. 844-869. [Link]
  • Althouse, J., Guarini, G., & Porcile, J. G. (2020). Ecological macroeconomics in the open economy: Sustainability, unequal exchange and policy coordination in a center-periphery model. Ecological Economics. 172: 106628. [Link]

Book Chapters in Edited Volumes

  • Althouse, J. (forthcoming, 2026). "Ecological Constraints". In: Haddad, Brent M. and Solomon, Barry D., (eds.), Dictionary of Ecological Economics, 2nd ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [Link]
  • Althouse, J. (forthcoming, 2026). "Structural Decomposition Analysis". In: Haddad, Brent M. and Solomon, Barry D., (eds.), Dictionary of Ecological Economics, 2nd ed. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [Link]
  • Althouse, J. & Svartzman, R. (2024). "Prospects and Roadblocks to a ‘Sustainable’ International Monetary and Financial System: Understanding the Political Ecology of the Global Currency Order". (pp. 182-198) In: Johannes, J. and Dziwok, E. (eds.), Understanding Green Finance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [PDF]

Reports for NGOs, Public & Multilateral Institutions

  • Althouse, J., Bedossa, B., Espagne, E., Hynes, W., Mercure, J.-F., & Ouedraogo, N. S. (2026). Climate and nature economic policy scenarios (CNEPS) for ministries of finance, public development banks, and financial authorities: What is at stake for the post-COP30 implementation agenda. AFD Policy Paper No. 21. Éditions AFD. [PDF]
  • Frantzeskaki, N., et al. (2024). Chapter 4: Overcoming the challenges of achieving transformative change towards a sustainable world. In: Thematic Assessment Report on the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change and Options for Achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. O’Brien, K., Garibaldi, L., and Agrawal, A. (eds.). IPBES secretariat, Bonn, Germany. [PDF]
  • NGFS (2023). Recommendations Toward the Development of Scenarios for Assessing Nature-Related Economic and Financial Risks. NGFS Technical Document. Network for Greening the Financial System. [PDF]

Working Papers

  • Althouse, J. (forthcoming, 2026). “Degradation by Design: How the International Monetary and Financial System Reproduces Extractive Dependency”. International Development Economists Associates. IDEAs Working Papers.
  • Gonon, M., Daumas, L., Godin, A., Althouse, J., & Svartzman, R. (2025). Sovereign Debt Management with Environmental Conditionality and Macroeconomic Stability-Evidence from Colombia. SSRN Working Paper no. 5589542. [PDF]
  • Gonon, M., Daumas, L., Godin, A., Althouse, J., & Svartzman, R. (2025). Chronicle of a Debt Foretold: Sovereign Debt Management Strategies for Colombia’s Climate and Biodiversity Transition. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 20443. CEPR Press. [Link]
  • Althouse, J., Bedossa, B., Espagne, E., Faucher, L., Gonon, M., Kedward, K., Modica Scala, A., Poupard, A., & Svartzman, R. (2025). From Climate to Nature Macro-Criticality: Exploring New Scenarios and Modeling Frameworks. CEPR Discussion Paper No. 19987. CEPR Press. [Link]
  • Gonon, M., Althouse, J. & Svartzman, R. (2024). Bridging the Gap in Biodiversity Financing – Current Landscape, Available Data, and Strategies for Mobilization. UCL IIPP Working Paper Series: WP 2024-14. University College London. [PDF]

Media — Podcasts & Radio

  • Tordjman, H. & Althouse, J. (2024). “Les économistes se préoccupent-ils d’écologie ?”. Entendez-Vous l’Éco?. Radio France. [Link]
  • Althouse, J. & Svartzman, R. (2024). “The Ecological Economics of the International Monetary System”. Economics For Rebels podcast. European Society for Ecological Economics. [Link]

Media — Blogs

  • Espagne, E., Bedossa, B., Mercure, J.-F., Hynes, W., & Althouse, J. (2025). “The post-COP30 implementation agenda: What next for finance ministries around the world?” Global dev. 10 December 2025. [Link]
  • Althouse, J. & Svartzman, R. (2024). “Is there a sustainability "finance gap" to fill?: Transforming the international monetary and financial system to enable an ecological transition”. World Capital Institute. 27 August 2024. [Link]
  • Althouse, J., Faucher, L. & Svartzman, R. (2024). "Biodiversity COP 16: Where EU Member States Stand on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans". Institute for European Policymaking (IEP) Bocconi University. [Link]