Ph.D. Economics, University of Michigan (2008)
B.A. Economics and Political Science, Macalester College (2001)
Publications
(See personal website or CV for a full list of publications)
"Who Benefits When Firms Game Corrective Policies" (with Mathias Reynaert) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. 13, 2021, pp. 372-412.
“The Use of Regression Statistics to Analyze Imperfect Pricing Policies” (with Mark Jacobsen, Christopher Knittel and Arthur van Benthem) Journal of Political Economy, May 2020, pp. 1826-1876.
“The Economics of Attribute-Based Regulation: Theory and Evidence from Fuel-Economy Standards” (with Koichiro Ito) Review of Economics and Statistics, 100 May 2018, pp. 319-336.
"Do Consumers Recognize the Value of Fuel Economy? Evidence from Used Car Prices and Gasoline Price Fluctuations" (with Sarah West and Wei Fan) Journal of Public Economics 134, March 2016, 61-73.
“Rational Inattention and Energy Efficiency” Journal of Law and Economics, 57(3), August 2014, pp. 781-820.
“What Do Consumers Believe About Future Gasoline Prices? (with Soren T. Anderson and Ryan Kellogg) Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 66(3), November 2013, pp. 383-403.
“Car Notches: Strategic Automaker Responses to Fuel Economy Policy” (with Joel Slemrod) Journal of Public Economics, 96(11-12), December 2012, pp. 981-999.
*Awarded the 2015 Atkinson Award (Best Paper in the Journal of Public Economics 2012-4)
“Using Loopholes to Reveal the Marginal Cost ofRegulation: The Case of Fuel-Economy Standards” (with Soren T. Anderson) American Economic Review 101(4), June 2011, pp. 1375-1409.
“The Surprising Incidence of Tax Credits for the Toyota Prius” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 3(2), May 2011, pp. 189-219.
