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(R&R)
Market structure, evolution and regulation with prosocially motivated firmsNathan W. Chan and Andreas Lange
Voting-based approaches to environmental valuationNathan W. Chan(Undergoing revision for Handbook of Environmental Valuation)
CvdN equilibrium in public good economies: An investigation of existence and the nature of equilibrium [draft version: August 2025]Nathan W. Chan and Anne van den Nouweland
Real-time social information and charitable giving: an experimental investigationNathan W. Chan, Stephen Knowles, Ronald Peeters, and Leonard Wolk

Works-in-Progress


The potential and limitations of consumer-facing energy policyNathan W. Chan, Grant Jacobsen, Dan Kaffine, and Casey Wichman
Experimental evidence on consumer responses to bundled public goodsNathan Berg, Nathan W. Chan, Zack Dorner, and Steven Tucker
Core properties of cost sharing approaches to local public good provisionNathan W. Chan and Anne van den Nouweland