CE Specialist Ellen Bruno and UC Davis co-authors publish research in Environmental Research Letters assessing the cost-effectiveness of various urban water management tools.
Untapped Potential: Leak Reduction is the Most Cost-Effective Urban Water Management Tool
With Defiance and Solidarity, Berkeley’s Ukrainian Scholars Respond to Invasion
In the hours immediately following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Berkeley News asked Ukrainian faculty and students at UC Berkeley for their reactions. Their thoughts ranged across issues of family, geopolitics and justice, but each of them, in their own ways, expressed shock and defiance — and hope that the global community would rally to protect democracy and freedom.
Fictional Money, Real Costs: Impacts of Financial Salience on Disadvantaged Students
ARE alum '20 and Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh, Claire Duquennois, has her research published in the current issue of the American Economic Review. Read Professor Duquennois' article here.
Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from China's War on Air Pollution
ARE alum '14 Guojun He and co-authors publish research in the American Economic Review: Insights examining the introduction of automatic air pollution monitoring to counter suspected tampering at the local level, a central feature of China's "war on pollution."
Why Soil Fumigation Changed the Strawberry Industry
In the current publication of the ARE Update, ARE alum '21 Ryan Olver and David Zilberman assess the U.S. strawberry industry and its transition from land to capital intensity, with emphasis on the role of methyl bromide, a broad-spectrum soil fumigant, and its impact on the supply chain.
Campus Indoor Mask Requirement Extended Through March 6
Masks will continue to be required indoors for an additional week — through Sunday, March 6 — with masks remaining strongly recommended for fully vaccinated individuals beginning Monday, March 7. Read more here.
Can Federal Appliance Standards Spur Electrification?
In this EI blog, ARE Professor James Sallee addresses key features of existing programs, their limited ability to foster fuel switching and the alternatives.
"Disbursing Emergency Relief Through Utilities: Evidence from Ghana"
Berkeley ARE graduate student Pierre Biscaye, ARE alum '20 and Assistant Professor of Business Economics & Public Policy at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Susanna Berkouwer, Steve Puller, and Catherine Wolfram publish their recent research in the Journal of Development Economics.
ARE Phd Candidate Livia Alfonsi Selected to Participate in the WEAI Graduate Student Workshop
The Western Economic Association's International Graduate Student Workshop will be held at WEAI's 97th Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon, June 29th-July 3rd, 2022. Read more about Livia and her research here.
ARE Alum '14 Guojun He Co-Editor of JEEM in 2022
Guojun He is Associate Professor in Economics and Management & Strategy at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Professor He holds a concurrent appointment at the Energy Policy Institute of the University of Chicago (EPIC) and serves as the research director of its China center (EPIC-China).
Tracking Inequality in Real Time — a Powerful New Tool from Berkeley Economists
A powerful new web tool from a team of prominent Berkeley economists will allow users to track, almost in real time, how economic growth and policy affect the distribution of income and wealth in the United States.
Latest Publication from ARE Professor Emeritus George Judge
"An Entropy-Based Approach for Nonparametrically Testing Simple Probability Distribution Hypotheses" is a research paper recently published in Econometrics from Emeritus Professor George Judge and co-authors.
More Than 1 million Fewer Students Are In College. Here's How That Impacts the Economy
UC Berkeley News features an NPR news piece reporting that more than 1 million fewer students are enrolled in college now than before the pandemic began. According to new data released Thursday, U.S. colleges and universities saw a drop of nearly 500,000 undergraduate students in the Fall of 2021, continuing a historic decline that began the previous Fall. Read more about the data released, here.
The San Joaquin Valley Has a Salinity Problem
After decades of salt accumulation, Berkeley scientists look for new solutions. ARE Professor David Zilberman was interviewed in the Winter 2021 issue of California Magazine regarding the matter.
UC Berkeley Will Begin Spring Semester with Mostly Remote Instruction
Chancellor Carol Christ, Catherine Koshland, interim executive vice chancellor and provost, and Guy Nicolette, assistant Vice Chancellor for University Health Services sent the following message:
ARE Mourns the Loss of Outstanding Scholar, Esteemed Colleague and Dear Friend Leo K. Simon
The ARE community's caring thoughts are with Leo's family. Leo K. Simon, December 6, 1948 - January 10, 2022.
Subways and Urban Air Pollution
Marco Gonzalez-Navarro et al. investigate the effect of subway system openings on urban air pollution in the current issue of the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 14, Issue 1.
The Cost of Air Pollution
The 2021 season of the ARE Discussions webinar series concluded with an episode on the cost of air pollution, featuring research by ARE Professor Michael Anderson.