Judson Boomhower is assistant professor of economics at the University of California, San Diego. His research uses data and economic models to inform societal decisions about environmental quality and economic well-being. This includes studying how policy and markets can guide adaptation to a warmer world and how to balance the benefits and costs of energy production and use. Read more about Judd and the Carnegie Fellowship here.
Preferences for Sustainability and Supply Chain Worker Conditions: Evidence During COVID-19
ARE Professor Sofia Berto Villas-Boas and co-authors, EEP major alumni Nica Campbell and Jackie Copfer, investigate whether consumers are willing to pay for greater sustainability and safer working conditions in food supply chains in their research published in the recent issue of Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy.
If the Grid is Getting Greener, How Can EVs Be Driving Dirtier?
And what does this mean for our vehicle electrification goals? Meredith Fowlie addresses this question in her recent EI blog.
Ellen Bruno awarded New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research grant
The award will support Bruno’s work on sustainable groundwater use and regulation.
Equity Implications of Market Structure and Appliance Energy Efficiency Regulation
Research Scientist with the Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and ARE alum '13, C. Anna Spurlock, and co-author K. Sydny Fujita, evaluate the impacts of minimum efficiency standards for products such as appliances in the recent issue of Energy Policy.
Inflation and Tipping
ARE alum '20 and marketing professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Kwabena Donkor, was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal and a local Fox News channel about changing tipping habits. His research has shown how people show monetary appreciation under different circumstances.
Wetlands, Flooding, and the Clean Water Act
Resources for the Future Fellow, and ARE alum '21, Hannah Druckenmiller and co-author Charles A. Taylor, address the impact of the 2020 EPA revision to the definition of "the waters of the United States" in research published in the current issue of the American Economic Review.
Unemployment Insurance as a Worker Indiscipline Device? Evidence from Scanner Data
University of Sydney Assistant Professor and ARE alum '17, Rebecca Taylor, and co-authors, published research in the recent edition of the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.
What is Energy Security? And What It Isn’t
What is energy security? That’s what Maximilian Auffhammer asks and tries to answer, and he starts by saying what it is not and what solutions should not be used.
ARE Doctoral Job Placements 2022
We're very proud of the placements of our graduating PhD students. See the 2022 doctoral job placements here. Congratulations!
Mitigating Emissions Leakage in Incomplete Carbon Markets
ARE Professor Meredith Fowlie and co-author Mar Reguant recently published research in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (JAERE).
Katherine Wagner Named Winner of Distinguished CESifo Network Award
ARE Assistant Professor Katherine Wagner and co-author Jonathan T. Hawkins-Pierot are being awarded by CESifo Network with the distinguished affiliate award in the area of energy and climate economics for their paper "Technology Lock-In and Optimal Carbon Pricing."
Jeremy Magruder Appointed Chair of ARE
ARE is pleased to announce that Professor Jeremy Magruder has agreed to serve as the Chair of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, effective July 1, 2022. This news is shared in conjunction with the recent announcement of Jeremy’s promotion to Full Professor.
Per Capita Income, Consumption Patterns, and CO2 Emission
Do consumption choices explain and help project energy demand and CO2 emissions? Thibault Fally and co-author Justin Caron have their research addressing this question published in the recent edition of the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.
Thank You to 27 Donors Who Gave $20,720 to ARE During Cal's Big Give!
You can always help to make a difference! Please donate to ARE anytime here and thank you for your continued support!
Untapped Potential: Leak Reduction is the Most Cost-Effective Urban Water Management Tool
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.
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.