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Working Papers

2019

1. Worker Location Decisions by Skill Level: The Welfare Impacts of Weather Shocks and Industry Composition on the Demand for High and Low Skill Labor
   2019 Annual Meeting, July 21-23, Atlanta, Georgia, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2016

2. Water in the Balance: The Impact of Water Infrastructure on Agricultural Adaptation to Rainfall Shocks in India
   2016 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2015

3. Should We Give Up After Solyndra? Optimal Technology R&D Portfolios under Uncertainty
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (4)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2015) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Should We Give Up after Solyndra? Optimal Technology R&D Portfolios under Uncertainty, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2014

4. Adapting to Monsoon Variability in India: the Case for Irrigation
   2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2013

5. Factors influencing energy intensity in four Chinese industries
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
6. The Higher Order Impacts of Hurricane: Evidence from County Level Analysis
   2013 Annual Meeting, August 4-6, 2013, Washington, D.C., Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (1)

2012

7. Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Migration and Household Location Choice
   2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association View citations (2)
8. Costly Blackouts? Measuring Productivity and Environmental Effects of Electricity Shortages
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (20)
   See also Journal Article Electricity shortages and firm productivity: Evidence from China's industrial firms, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (106) (2015)
9. Technology Variation vs. R&D Uncertainty: What Matters Most for Energy Patent Success?
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Technology variation vs. R&D uncertainty: What matters most for energy patent success?, Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (36) (2013)
10. The Effects of Adaptation Measures on Hurricane Induced Property Losses
    2012 Annual Meeting, August 12-14, 2012, Seattle, Washington, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

2008

11. Voluntary Corporate Environmental Initiatives and Shareholder Wealth
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Voluntary corporate environmental initiatives and shareholder wealth, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2011) View citations (126) (2011)

1997

12. International Policy Instrument Prominence in the Climate Change Debate: A Case Study of the United States
    Working Papers, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Journal Articles

2022

1. Integrated hydrological, power system and economic modelling of climate impacts on electricity demand and cost
   Nature Energy, 2022, 7, (2), 163-169 View citations (3)

2021

2. How Well Do U.S. Western Water Markets Convey Economic Information?
   Land Economics, 2021, 97, (1), 1-16

2020

3. Technological spillover through industrial and regional linkages: Firm-level evidence from China
   Economic Modelling, 2020, 89, (C), 523-545 View citations (16)
4. The Evolution of Integrated Assessment: Developing the Next Generation of Use-Inspired Integrated Assessment Tools
   Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2020, 12, (1), 471-487 View citations (8)
5. The impact of water access on short‐term migration in rural India
   Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2020, 64, (2), 505-532 View citations (7)

2018

6. Climate Change, Migration, and Regional Economic Impacts in the United States
   Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2018, 5, (3), 643 - 671 View citations (17)

2017

7. Should We Give Up after Solyndra? Optimal Technology R&D Portfolios under Uncertainty
   Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2017, 4, (S1), S123 - S151 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Should We Give Up After Solyndra? Optimal Technology R&D Portfolios under Uncertainty, CESifo Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (4) (2015)
8. The effects of adaptation measures on hurricane induced property losses: Which FEMA investments have the highest returns?
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, 81, (C), 93-114 View citations (33)

2016

9. Achieving CO2 reductions in Colombia: Effects of carbon taxes and abatement targets
   Energy Economics, 2016, 56, (C), 575-586 View citations (43)
10. Baseline projections for Latin America: base-year assumptions, key drivers and greenhouse emissions
    Energy Economics, 2016, 56, (C), 499-512 View citations (10)
11. Does Extreme Weather Drive Interregional Brain Drain in the U.S.? Evidence from a Sorting Model
    Land Economics, 2016, 92, (2), 363-388 View citations (18)
12. Macroeconomic impacts of climate change mitigation in Latin America: A cross-model comparison
    Energy Economics, 2016, 56, (C), 625-636 View citations (14)

2015

13. Electricity shortages and firm productivity: Evidence from China's industrial firms
    Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 114, (C), 172-188 View citations (106)
    See also Working Paper Costly Blackouts? Measuring Productivity and Environmental Effects of Electricity Shortages, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (20) (2012)

2014

14. Coal’s medium-run future under atmospheric greenhouse gas stabilization
    Climatic Change, 2014, 123, (3), 763-783 View citations (3)
15. Inaction and climate stabilization uncertainties lead to severe economic risks
    Climatic Change, 2014, 127, (3), 463-474 View citations (3)

2013

16. Confronting the challenge of integrated assessment of climate adaptation: a conceptual framework
    Climatic Change, 2013, 117, (3), 497-514 View citations (9)
17. Modeling climate change feedbacks and adaptation responses: recent approaches and shortcomings
    Climatic Change, 2013, 117, (3), 481-495 View citations (12)
18. Moving Pollution Trading from Air to Water: Potential, Problems, and Prognosis
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2013, 27, (1), 147-72 View citations (40)
19. Technology variation vs. R&D uncertainty: What matters most for energy patent success?
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2013, 35, (4), 505-533 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper Technology Variation vs. R&D Uncertainty: What Matters Most for Energy Patent Success?, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (3) (2012)

2012

20. Decomposing the impact of alternative technology sets on future carbon emissions growth
    Energy Economics, 2012, 34, (S3), S359-S365 View citations (12)

2011

21. Voluntary corporate environmental initiatives and shareholder wealth
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2011, 62, (3), 430-445 View citations (126)
    See also Working Paper Voluntary Corporate Environmental Initiatives and Shareholder Wealth, CEPR Discussion Papers (2008) View citations (3) (2008)

2010

22. Technology, development, and the environment
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2010, 59, (1), 94-108 View citations (20)

2009

23. Energy in China: Understanding Past Trends and Future Directions
    International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 2009, 3, (3), 217-244 View citations (10)
24. Is technology acquisition enough to improve China's product quality? Evidence from firm-level panel data
    Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2009, 18, (1), 21-38 View citations (2)

2008

25. Accounting for quality: Issues with modeling the impact of R&D on economic growth and carbon emissions in developing economies
    Energy Economics, 2008, 30, (6), 2771-2784 View citations (36)
26. Introduction to the special issue on technological change and the environment
    Energy Economics, 2008, 30, (6), 2731-2733 View citations (2)
27. Technology diversity and development: Evidence from China's industrial enterprises
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2008, 36, (4), 658-672 View citations (27)

2007

28. Does Cost-Share Replicate Water Quality Trading Projects? Implications for a Possible Partnership
    Review of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 29, (2), 201-215 View citations (1)
    Also in Review of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 29, (2), 201-215 (2007) View citations (1)
29. How do market reforms affect China's responsiveness to environmental policy?
    Journal of Development Economics, 2007, 82, (1), 200-233 View citations (31)

2006

30. Technology development and energy productivity in China
    Energy Economics, 2006, 28, (5-6), 690-705 View citations (122)

2005

31. Trust and Communication: Mechanisms for Increasing Farmers’ Participation in Water Quality Trading
    Land Economics, 2005, 81, (2) View citations (27)

2004

32. What is driving China's decline in energy intensity?
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2004, 26, (1), 77-97 View citations (232)

2003

33. Management structure and technology diffusion in Chinese state-owned enterprises
    Energy Policy, 2003, 31, (3), 247-257 View citations (7)
34. The Effect of Market Reforms on Structural Change: Implications for Energy Use and Carbon Emissions in China
    The Energy Journal, 2003, Volume24, (Number 3), 27-62 View citations (10)