Research

__Conditionally Accepted JAERE (2024)__ We document the tendency of coal-fueled electricity plants to locate on jurisdictional borders. We then develop a simple test to detect if the plants are strategically sited. Lastly, we use an atmospheric dispersion model to provide new descriptive statistics on the pervasiveness of the pollution transport problem.

__Quantitative Economics__ (2022) We examine the effects of stringent local land-use regulations on household carbon and particulate matter emissions. We develop and estimate a spatial equilibrium model and predict that relaxing tight land use regulations in California would decrease national carbon output by 0.6%.