Research Interests

I use economic methods to examine challenges in environmental management and energy policy, with a primary focus on environmental public goods. I study a wide variety of topics, including global climate change mitigation, energy efficiency policy, markets for environmentally-friendly products, nonmarket valuation, and pollution control. This page contains my current research; see my publications here.

Working Papers


Legalization and innovation in the cannabis market [draft version: September 2023]Lucy X. Wang and Nathan W. Chan(Accepted for publication in International Journal of Industrial Organization)
Market structure, evolution and regulation with prosocially motivated firmsNathan W. Chan and Andreas Lange
Voting-based approaches to environmental valuationNathan W. Chan(Accepted for publication in Handbook of Environmental Valuation)
Existence and nature of CvdN equilibrium [draft version: August 2025]Nathan W. Chan and Anne van den Nouweland(R&R)
Real-time social information and charitable giving: an experimental investigationNathan W. Chan, Stephen Knowles, Ronald Peeters, and Leonard Wolk(R&R)
Core properties of cost sharing approaches to local public good provisionNathan W. Chan and Anne van den Nouweland
The potential and limitations of consumer-facing energy policyNathan W. Chan, Grant Jacobsen, Dan Kaffine, and Casey Wichman

Works-in-Progress


Experimental evidence on consumer responses to bundled public goodsNathan Berg, Nathan W. Chan, Zack Dorner, and Steven Tucker