Publications:

1. Nguyen, H., Mills, B., Ta, C., & Stewart, S. L. (2026). Rising Tides, Falling Harvests: Examining the Effects of Salinity Intrusion on Paddy Production in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 77(2), 771-785. 

2. Mills, B., Ta, C., Ta, D. P., & Nguyen, H. (2025). Salinity inundation, profitability, and rice farming exits in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 4(2), 170-186. 

3. Fullerton, D., & Ta, C. L. (2025). What determines effectiveness of renewable energy standards? General equilibrium analytical model and empirical analysis. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 12(1), 65-103. 

4. Ta, C. L. (2024). Do conservation contests work? An analysis of a large-scale energy competitive rebate program. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 124, 102926. 

5. Fullerton, D., & Ta, C. L. (2020). Costs of energy efficiency mandates can reverse the sign of rebound. Journal of public economics, 188, 104225. 

6. Fullerton, D., & Ta, C. L. (2019). Environmental policy on the back of an envelope: A Cobb-Douglas model is not just a teaching tool. Energy Economics, 84, 104447. 

7. Fullerton, D., & Ta, C. L. (2017). Public finance in a nutshell: A cobb Douglas teaching tool for general equilibrium tax incidence and excess burden. National Tax Journal, 70(1), 155-170. 

8. Ohler, A. M., & Ta, C. L. (2015). Modeling Impacts from EPA's Clean Power Plan and Building Block 3 for Renewable Energy. The Electricity Journal, 28(7), 72-82. 

Working Papers

1. A Comparison of Contests and Contracts to Deliver Cost-Effective Energy Conservation, with Garg, T., Lemus, J., & Marshall, G. (2026).

2. Scaling Low-Cost Digital Interventions: Lessons from an Energy Conservation Experiment, with Garg, T., Lewis, E., & Ko, M. (2026).

3. Measuring Local Economic Disruptions with Electricity Data and Night-Time Lights, with Kumar, D., & Gupta, A. (2026).

4. Energy Conservation under Repeated Contracts and Contests, with Garg, T., Marshall, G., & Lemus, J. (2026). Registered Report accepted based on pre-results review, Journal of Development Economics. 

5. Rebound Effects and the Economy-Wide Performance of Circular Economy Policies, with Vuong, N. (2026).

6. A General Equilibrium Analysis of Decarbonization Policy and Energy Security in Small Open Economies, with Matsushima, H., & Igdal, A. (2026).

7. A Global Waste Trade Shock: Structural Vulnerability and Quality-Differentiated Tariff Design, with Wellhausen, R., & Cha, Y. (2026).

Works in Progress

1. Do Energy Audit Mandates Work? An Empirical Analysis Using 12-Year Firm-Level Panel Data, with Garg, T.

2. Low Emission Zone Policies in Vietnam, with Waxman, A.

3. Blackout Risk and Energy Use in Vietnam, with Myers, E., & Reguant, M.