Yes, and how many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind
--Blowin' in the Wind by Bob Dylan
Research Interests
My fields of interest are environmental economics, health economics, and development economics.
Broadly, I am interested in the study of interactions between environmental policies, public health, and economic activities, and their implications for economic development in low-income countries.
In particular, I am interested in;
Effects of environmental pollution on human health
Evaluations of environmental policies regulating pollution emissions or automobile fuel economy
Valuation of environmental risk
Health policies and early childhood health
Publications
"The Light of Life: The Effects of Sunlight on Suicide"
With Tetsuya Matsubayashi
Journal of Health Economics, 99(January), 2025, 102947.
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 128 (November), 2024, 103072.
Media Coverage: [UConn Today]
With Hideto Koizumi
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 228 (December), 2024, 106791.
Media Coverage: [UConn Today], [KUER 90.1], [Cato Institute]
"Challenges to Expanding EV Adoption and Policy Responses"
With Christopher R. Knittel
In: Jean-Michel Glachant, Paul L. Joskow, Michael G. Pollitt (Eds.), Forthcoming, The Handbook on Electricity Regulation.
"North-South Displacement Effects of Environmental Regulation: The Case of Battery Recycling"
With Kensuke Teshima and Eric Verhoogen
American Economic Review: Insights, 4(3): 271-288, 2022 [Lead article].
[NBER WP#29146] [CEPR DP 16463] [BREAD WP 595] [IZA DP 14664]
Media Coverage: [The Weeds podcast (at 49:14)] [NBER Digest] [VoxDev] [VoxEU] [AEA Featured Chart] [AEA Top Ten Charts of 2022]
"Fuel Economy and the Price of Gasoline: Evidence from Fueling Level Micro Data"
With Christopher R. Knittel
Journal of Public Economics, 202 (October), 2021.
Media Coverage: [Energy Institute Blog], [The Economist]
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 104 (November), 2020
“Valuing Nuclear Energy Risk: Evidence from the Impact of the Fukushima Crisis on U.S. House Prices”
With Jeffrey Zabel
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 88 (March): 411-426, 2018.
"Abolishing User Fees, Fertility Choice, and Educational Attainment"
With Takahiro Ito
Journal of Development Economics, 130(January): 33-44, 2018.
"Environmental Regulations on Air Pollution in China and Their Impact on Infant Mortality"
Journal of Health Economics, 42(July): 90-103, 2015.
Media Coverage: [The Paper]
"Does Abolishing User Fees Lead to Improved Health Status? Evidence from Post-Apartheid South Africa"
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 6(3): 282-312, 2014.
Working Papers
"Estimating the Potential Effects of Solar Geoengineering on Suicide in the United States"
With Tetsuya Matsubayashi
[medRxiv]
Under Review.
"Environmental Regulation and Industrial Performance: Evidence from China"
With Gary Jefferson and Wesley Yin
"Uncovering the Market Price of Bribes: Information, Competition, and Corruption in India"
Revised, April 2014.