IGS: Current and Recent Graduate Research
Eric Knight
Corporate Finance and Climate Change
Supervisor(s):
Contact Info:
- Email: eric.knight@ouce.ox.ac.uk
- Email: eric.knight@magd.ox.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)75151 03302
Personal Information
Eric Knight is a D.Phil. Candidate in Economic Geography at the School of Geography and the Environment as an Australian Rhodes Scholar.
He is an admitted solicitor and has worked for international law firm Baker & McKenzie in their climate change and carbon team. His doctoral research is focused on the intersection between corporate finance and climate change. This research has implications for capital flows into infrastructure and private equity investments in the energy, waste and agribusiness sectors, as well as the optimal mix of fiscal policies required to attract in-country investment in clean technologies.
Concurrent but separate to the D.Phil. Eric has been an independent economics consultant with the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Indonesian Ministry of Finance, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and in political office in Australia. He has worked in the investment management team of a leading European private equity firm.
Research Interests
- International finance;
- Private equity;
- Infrastructure finance;
- Public financing approaches to clean technology deployment; and
- Investment management of pension funds and sovereign wealth funds.
Publications
Academic and Working Papers
- Knight, E.R.W. and Dixon, A. (2009) The role of asset consulting in transforming investment decision-making: The integration of environmental, social and governance considerations into corporate valuation, Centre for Employment, Work and Finance Working Paper, available on SSRN.
- Clark, G.L. and Knight, E.R.W. (2009) Implications of the UK Companies Act 2006 for Institutional Investors and the Market for Corporate Social Responsibility. University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, 11(2): 259-296.
- Knight, E.R.W. (2008) The Economic Geography of Carbon Market Trading: how legal regimes and environmental performance influence share performance under a carbon market, Centre for Employment, Work and Finance Working Paper, available on SSRN.
- Miller, M., Wilder, M. and Knight, E.R.W. (2008) Legal Issues and Contractual Solutions for LULUCF Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism. In, Streck et al. Climate Change and Forests, Emerging Policy and Market Solutions, Brookings Institute Press.
Policy Papers and Reports
- Knight, E.R.W. (2009) Fiduciary responsibility – Legal and practical aspects of integrating environmental, social and governance issues into institutional investment, United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative.
- Knight, E.R.W. (2009) The post-2012 financing landscape for developing countries: Indonesia. Presented to Indonesian Ministry of Finance and World Bank, Jakarta.
- Doornbosch, R. and Knight, E.R.W. (2008) What Role for Public Finance in International Climate Change Mitigation, OECD Roundtable for Sustainable Development, SG/SD/RT(2008)3.
Other Publications
- Knight, E.R.W. (2009) Rudd's gambit may be a move for global prizes, Canberra Times, 9 October 2009.
- Knight, E.R.W. (2009) Here's One Good Climate Idea, Kevin. The New Matilda, 21 September 2009.