Short CV
Current Appointment:
De-Min and Chin-Sha Wu Associate Professor, University of Kansas, Department of Economics
Previous Appointment:
Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Education:
Ph.D. - Agricultural and Resource Economics (2013)
University of Connecticut, Storrs (CT)
M.S. - Agricultural and Resource Economics (2010)
University of Connecticut, Storrs (CT)
M.A. - Economics (2008)
Columbia University, New York (NY)
B.A. - Economics, German Studies (2006)
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie (NY)
Research Areas:
Environmental and resource economics, energy economics, applied microeconomics, behavioral economics
Published Work:
Tsvetanov, T. (2025). "Demand for a 'Smart' Add-On: The Case of In-Home Displays," Applied Economics Letters, 32(7): 908-912. link to article
Bollinger, B., K. Gillingham, S. Lamp, and T. Tsvetanov (2024). "Promotional Campaign Duration and Word of Mouth in Solar Panel Adoption," Marketing Science, 43(5): 1132-1148. link to article
Tsvetanov, T. (2024). "Tax Holidays and the Heterogeneous Pass-Through of Gasoline Taxes," Energy Economics, 136: doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107682. link to article
Tsvetanov, T. (2022). "The Deterring Effect of Monetary Costs on Smart Meter Adoption," Applied Energy, 318: doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119247. link to article
Tsvetanov, T. and S. Slaria (2021). "The Effect of the Colonial Pipeline Shutdown on Gasoline Prices," Economics Letters, 209: doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.110122. link to article
Tsvetanov, T., T. Miceli, and K. Segerson (2021). "Products Liability with Temptation Bias," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 186: 76-93. link to article
Yuan, Y., H. Duan, and T. Tsvetanov (2020). "Synergizing China's Energy and Carbon Mitigation Goals: General Equilibrium Model and Policy Assessment," Energy Economics, 89: doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104787. link to article
Tsvetanov, T. and D. Earnhart (2020). "The Effectiveness of a Water Right Retirement Program at Conserving Water," Land Economics, 96(1): 56-74. link to article
Hayden, H. and T. Tsvetanov (2019). "The Effectiveness of Urban Irrigation Day Restrictions in California," Water Economics and Policy, 5(3): doi: 10.1142/S2382624X19500012. link to article
Tsvetanov, T. (2019). "When the Carrot Goes Bad: The Effect of Solar Rebate Uncertainty," Energy Economics, 81: 886-898. link to article
Gillingham, K. and T. Tsvetanov (2019). "Hurdles and Steps: Estimating Demand for Solar Photovoltaics," Quantitative Economics, 10(1): 275-310. link to article
Du, Y., B. Song, H. Duan, T. Tsvetanov, and Y. Wu (2019). "Multi-Renewable Management: Interactions between Wind and Solar within Uncertain Technology Ecological System," Energy Conversion and Management, 187: 232-247. link to article
Gillingham, K. and T. Tsvetanov (2018). "Nudging Energy Efficiency Audits: Evidence from a Field Experiment," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 90(1): 303-316. link to article
Tsvetanov, T., D. Mukherjee, L. Qi, F. Shah, and B. Bravo-Ureta (2016). "Climate Change and Land Use in Southeastern U.S.: Did the 'Dumb Farmer' Get It Wrong?" Climate Change Economics, 7(3): doi: 10.1142/S2010007816500056. link to article
Tsvetanov, T. and K. Segerson (2014). "The Welfare Effects of Energy Efficiency Standards When Choice Sets Matter," Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 1(1): 233-271. link to article
Tsvetanov, T. and K. Segerson (2013). "Re-evaluating the Role of Energy-Efficiency Standards: A Behavioral Economics Approach," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 66(2): 347-363. link to article
Tsvetanov, T. and F. Shah (2013). "The Economic Value of Delaying Adaptation to Sea-level Rise: An Application to Coastal Properties in Connecticut," Climatic Change, 121(2): 177-193. link to article
Segerson, K. and T. Tsvetanov (2013). "Regulation vs. Liability: A Behavioral Economics Perspective," in Miceli, T. and M. Baker (eds.): Research Handbook on Economic Models of Law, Edgar Elgar Publishers. link to chapter
Working Papers:
"Peer Effects in New Energy Vehicle Adoption: Evidence from China" (with H. Duan and X. Ming)
"Online Markets or Physical Stores? Analyzing Market Complementarity under Product Match Uncertainty" (with R. Ahmed)
"Interactions between Water Conservation Nudges and Financial Incentives: Experimental Evidence from India" (with S. Slaria)
Selected Work in Progress:
"Water Conservation in Western Kansas" (with D. Earnhart)
"Fossil Fuel Endgame? The Economics of Coal, Solar Energy, and Policy Trade-offs in South Africa" (with M. Lachaud and F. Shah)