Research

Published Papers

“Market Power in Coal Shipping and Implications for U.S. Climate Policy”
Review of Economic Studies 91(4): 2508–2537. 2024.
[ungated PDF] [online appendix] [supplemental appendix] [EI@Haas blog] [Axios]
“Out of the Darkness and Into the Light? Development Effects of Rural Electrification”
Journal of Political Economy, 132(9): 2937–2971. 2024.
(with Fiona Burlig)
[ungated PDF] [online appendix] [VoxDev piece] [Ideas for India piece] [IEEE Spectrum] [video by econimate] [Phys.org] [Indian Express] [Down to Earth] [The Hindu] [The Hindu Business Line]
“MPAs and Aspatial Policies in Artisanal Fisheries”
Marine Resource Economics 36(4): 341–367. 2021.
(with H. Jo Albers, Madison Ashworth, Tabaré Capitán, and Róger Madrigal-Ballestero)
[ungated PDF] [online appendix]
“Optimal Siting, Sizing, and Enforcement of Marine Protected Areas”
Environmental and Resource Economics 77(1): 229–269. 2020.
(with H. Jo Albers, Tabaré Capitán, Elizabeth Robinson, and Róger Madrigal-Ballestero)
“Panel Data and Experimental Design”
Journal of Development Economics 144: 102548. 2020.
(with Fiona Burlig and Matt Woerman)
[ungated PDF] [online appendix] [Stata package: type - ssc describe pcpanel - in Stata console]
“Environmental and Technology Policy Options in the Electricity Sector: Are We Deploying Too Many?”
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 4(4): 959–984. 2017.
(with Carolyn Fischer and Richard Newell)
[ungated PDF] [online appendix]
“Combining Policies for Renewable Energy: Is the Whole Less Than the Sum of Its Parts?”
International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 4(1): 51–92. 2010.
(with Carolyn Fischer)

Working Papers

“Blackouts: The Role of India's Wholesale Electricity Market”
Revise and resubmit, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
(with Fiona Burlig and Akshaya Jha)
[VoxDev piece] [VoxEU piece] [Ideas for India piece | हिंदी ]
“Groundwater and Crop Choice in the Short and Long Run”
Revise and resubmit, Review of Economic Studies
(with Fiona Burlig and Matt Woerman)
[Forbes piece] [Forecast Direct podcast] [Barron's piece] [EI@Haas Blog] [The Hill]

Selected Works in Progress

“The Market and Environmental Impacts of India's Renewable Energy Expansion”
(with Fiona Burlig and Akshaya Jha)
“Groundwater in a Changing Climate”
(with Fiona Burlig, Aaron Hrozencik, and Matt Woerman)
“Growing Risk? The Distortionary Effects of the Federal Crop Insurance Program”
(with Fiona Burlig, Aaron Hrozencik, and Matt Woerman)
“Supplier Market Power in the Energy Transition: An Empirical Study of Coal Mines, Railroads, and Power Plants”
(with Andrew Sweeting)
“Pricing the Pump: Demand Response to Two-Part Electricity Tariffs”
(with Fiona Burlig and Matt Woerman)
“Exporting Carbon: U.S. Coal Demand, International Leakage, and Implications for Climate Policy”
(with Joshua Blonz)