Research

 

publications

  1. Using Loopholes to Reveal the Marginal Cost of Regulation: The Case of Fuel-Economy Standards (with Soren T. Anderson) American Economic Review vol. 101 n. 4 (June 2011), pp. 1375-1409.

  2. The Surprising Incidence of Tax Credits for the Toyota Prius American Economic Journal: Economic Policy vol. 3 n. 2 (May 2011), pp. 189-219.

  3. The Value of Honesty: Empirical Evidence from the Case of the Missing Children (with Sara LaLumia) International Tax and Public Finance Forthcoming (NBER working paper #17247.)

  4. A Cautionary Tale About the Use of Administrative Data: Evidence from Age of Marriage Laws (with Rebecca M. Blank and Kerwin Kofi Charles) American Economic Journal: Applied Microeconomics, vol. 1 n. 2 (April 2009), pp. 128-149. (NBER working paper #13667.)

  5. The Taxation of Fuel Economy Tax Policy and the Economy Ed. Jeffrey Brown, v. 25 (2011), pp. 1-37. (NBER working paper #16466.)

  6. Fuel Economy Standards: Impacts, Efficiency, and Alternatives (with Soren T. Anderson, Ian W.H. Parry and Carolyn Fischer) Review of Environmental Economics and Policy vol. 5 n. 1 (Winter 2011), pp. 89-108. (NBER working paper #16370.)

  7. Forecasting Gasoline Prices Using Consumer Surveys (with Soren T. Anderson, Ryan Kellogg and Richard T. Curtin) American Economic Review Papers & Proceedings, vol. 101 n. 3 (May 2011), pp. 110-114.

  8. Financial Reporting, Tax, and Real Decisions: Toward a Unifying Framework (with Douglas A. Shackelford and Joel Slemrod) International Tax and Public Finance vol. 18 n. 4 (August 2011), pp. 461-494. (NBER working paper #12873.)

  9. The Optimal Allocation of Students and Resources in a System of Higher Education (with Alexandra M. Resch and Paul N. Courant) The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Advances Tier), vol. 8 n. 1 (January 2008), Article 11.

working papers

  1. Car Notches: Strategic Automaker Responses to Fuel Economy Policy (with Joel Slemrod) NBER working paper #16604, Energy Institute at Haas working paper #212 (Submitted).

  2. What Do Consumers Believe About Future Gasoline Prices? (with Soren T. Anderson and Ryan Kellogg) NBER working paper #16974, Energy Institute at Haas working paper #215 (Submitted).

  3. Rational Inattention and Energy Efficiency

  4. The Formation and Persistence of Preferences for Automobiles (with Soren Anderson, Ryan Kellogg and Ashley Langer)

work in progress

  1. Do Consumers Recognize the Value of Fuel Economy? Evidence from Used Car Prices and Gasoline Price Fluctuations (with Sarah West and Wei Fan)