Rising US Income Inequality and Declining Residential Electricity Consumption: Is There a Link? Review of Economics and Statistics, (forthcoming).
The Implications of Pre-Existing Market Power Distortions for Electric Vehicle Tax Policies: Evidence from Colombia (with J. Callejas and J. Steinbuks). ). Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, (forthcoming).
Building Subway Systems and Improving Air Quality in China: Evidence from Multiple Chinese Cities (with L. Xie and H. Yan). Environmental and Resource Economics (forthcoming).
The Effect of Income on Vehicle Demand: Evidence from China’s New Vehicle Market (with C. Shen). Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 11 (2024).
The Welfare Cost of Beijing’s Lottery Policy—Evidence from a Contingent Valuation Survey (with P. Qin, Y. Quan, A. A. Liu, and J. Yang). Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, vol. 14 (2023).
Coal Demand, Market Forces, and US Coal Mine Closures (with B. Jordan and I. Lange). Economic Inquiry, vol. 61 (2023).
Environmental Regulation and Product Attributes: The Case of European Passenger Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards (with Yujie Lin). Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 10 (2023).
How Much Do Consumers Value Fuel Economy and Performance? Evidence from Technology Adoption (with Benjamin Leard and Yichen Christy Zhou. Review of Economics and Statistics, 105 (2023): 158-74.
How Does State-Level Carbon Pricing in the United States Affect Industrial Competitiveness? (with B. Casey, W. Gray, and R. Morgenstern). Environmental and Resource Economics, 83 (2022): 831-60.
How Do US Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards Affect Purchases of New and Used Vehicles? (with Xiaoya Dou). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 102 (2020).
The Effects of Market Size and Fuel Costs on Fuel-Saving Technology Adoption in Passenger Vehicles (with Thomas Klier and Yichen Christy Zhou). Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 29 (2020), 543-78 .
The Effect of Owning a Car on Travel Behavior: Evidence from the Beijing License Plate Lottery (with Jun Yang, Antung Anthony Liu, and Ping Qin). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 99 (2020): 134-57.
Does Electricity Storage Innovation Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? (with Jhih-Shyang Shih). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 96 (2019): 130-58.
The Roles of Energy Markets and Environmental Regulation in Reducing Coal-Fired Plant Profits and Electricity Sector Emissions (with Kristen McCormack). RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 50 (2019): 733-67.
The Impacts of Lower Natural Gas Prices on Jobs in the US Manufacturing Sector (with Wayne Gray and Richard Morgenstern). Energy Journal, vol. 40 (2019).
Interactions between Climate and Local Air Pollution Policies: The Case of European Passenger Cars. Journal of the Association for Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 6 (2019): 709-40.
Charging Drivers by the Pound: The Effects of the UK Vehicle Tax System (with Davide Cerruti and Anna Alberini). Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 74 (2019): 99-129.
Explaining the Evolution of Passenger Vehicle Miles Traveled in the United States (with Benjamin Leard and Clayton Munnings). Energy Journal, vol. 40 (2019): 25-54.
The Role of State Policies under Federal Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards (with Virginia McConnell). Energy Policy, vol. 126 (2019) 507-17.
How Do Low Gas Prices Affect Costs and Benefits of US New Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards (with Virginia McConnell and Benjamin Leard). Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, vol. 7 (2018).
Bento, A. M., K. Gillingham, M. R. Jacobsen, C. R. Knittel, B. Leard, J. Linn, V. McConnell, D. Rapson, J. M. Sallee, A. A. van Benthem, and K. S. Whitefoot. Flawed Analyses of U.S. Auto Fuel Economy Standards. Science vol. 362: 1119-21.
Vehicle Ownership Restrictions and Fertility in Beijing (with Antung Anthony Liu, Ping Qin, and Yun Yang). Journal of Development Economics, vol. 135 (2018): 85-96.
The Heterogeneous Impacts of Low Natural Gas Prices on Consumers and the Environment (with Lucija Muehlenbachs). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 89 (2018): 1-28.
The Long-Run Effects of Housing Location on Travel Behavior: Evidence from China’s Housing Reform (with Zhongmin Wang and Lunyu Xie). China Economic Review, vol. 49 (2018): 114-40.
Fuel Prices, New Vehicle Fuel Economy, and Implications for Attribute-Based Standards (with Benjamin Leard and Virginia D. McConnell) Journal of the Association for Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 4 (2017): 659-700
Who Will Be Affected by a Congestion Pricing Scheme in Beijing? (with Zhongmin Wang and Lunyu Xie). Journal of Transport Policy, vol. 47 (2016): 34-40.
Technological Change, Vehicle Characteristics and the Opportunity Costs of Fuel Economy Standards (with Thomas Klier). Journal of Public Economics, vol. 133 (2016): 41-63
The Rebound Effect for Passenger Vehicles. The Energy Journal, vol. 37 (2016).
Estimating the Job Impacts of Environmental Regulation (with Anna Belova, Wayne Gray, Richard Morgenstern, and William Pizer). Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, vol. 6, (2015): 325-40.
Using Vehicle Taxes to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rates of New Passenger Vehicles: Evidence from France, Germany, and Sweden (with Thomas Klier). American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. 7, (2015): 212-42.
Regulating Greenhouse Gases in the Electricity Sector under the Clean Air Act (with Dallas Burtraw and Erin Mastrangelo). Journal of the Association for Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 1/2 (2014): 97-134. Winner, Best Paper Award for 2014.
Gasoline Taxes and Consumer Behavior (with Shanjun Li and Erich Muehlegger). American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. 6 (2014): 302-42.
The Effect of Voluntary Brownfields Programs on Nearby Property Values: Evidence from Illinois. Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 78 (2013): 1-18.
Renewable Electricity Policy, Intermittency, and Cost-Effectiveness (with Harrison Fell). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 66 (2013): 688-707.
Fuel Prices and New Vehicle Fuel Economy—Comparing the United States and Western Europe (with Thomas Klier). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 66 (2013): 280-300.
Evaluating “Cash for Clunkers”: Program Effect on Vehicle Sales and Cost-Effectiveness (with Shanjun Li and Elisheba Spiller). Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 65 (2013): 175-193.
New Vehicle Characteristics and the Cost of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standard (with Thomas Klier). RAND Journal of Economics, vol. 43 (2012): 186-213.
Incentives of Carbon Dioxide Regulation for Investment in Low-carbon Electricity Technologies in Texas (with Anya Castillo). Energy Policy, vol. 39 (2011): 1831-1844.
The Price of Gasoline and New Vehicle Fuel Economy: Evidence from Monthly Sales Data (with Thomas Klier). American Economic Journal: Economic Policy vol. 2 (2010): 134-53.
The Effect of Cap-and-Trade Programs on Firms’ Profits: Evidence from the Nitrogen Oxides Budget Trading Program. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 59 (2010): 1-14.
Why Do Oil Shocks Matter? The Role of Inter-Industry Linkages. Economic Inquiry, vol. 47 (2009): 549-567.
Energy Prices and the Adoption of Energy-Saving Technology. The Economic Journal, vol. 118 (2008): 1986-2012.
Technological Modifications in the Nitrogen Oxides Tradable Permit Program. The Energy Journal, vol. 29 (2008): 153-176.
Bush v. Gore and the Effect of New Source Review on Power Plant Emissions (with Ian Lange). Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 40 (2008): 571-591.
Regulatory Conflict in the Chicago VOC Control Program (with Richard Kosobud, Houston Stokes and Carol Tallarico). Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, vol. 51 (2008): 561-579.
Market Size in Innovation: Theory and Evidence from the Pharmaceutical Industry (with Daron Acemoglu). Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 119 (2004): 1049-1090.