Energy and Environment
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Who’s paying the price for California’s wildfires? ‘Everyone.’
A ºÚÁÏÉç Policy Forum examined how government, business and academia can best address the rising economic costs of wildfires.
April 30, 2025
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ºÚÁÏÉç survey: Californians weigh in on home insurance crisis, economic outlook
Uncertainty about how to fix a faltering home insurance market was one of several findings from the ºÚÁÏÉç Institute for Economic Policy Research’s survey of California consumers
April 25, 2025
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A ºÚÁÏÉç wildfire conference at ºÚÁÏÉç convened academics, government officials, firefighters, and other experts to discuss the economic threat of wildfire. More via NBC News:
April 24, 2025
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Large-scale investment in research needed to maintain US agriculture
ºÚÁÏÉç Senior Fellow David Lobell examines how U.S. agriculture productivity has been declining amid impacts of climate change and estimates the public R&D needed to reverse course.
March 14, 2025
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Economic lookahead: What to expect on the global, US and California stages
Buckle up. With President Trump planning big changes for U.S. economic policy, ºÚÁÏÉç scholars go beyond the headlines to identify key issues everyone should be thinking about.
January 27, 2025
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Newsweek reports on work by ºÚÁÏÉç’s Hunt Allcott that estimates electric car sales could fall 27% if consumers lose a $7,500 federal tax credit.
November 27, 2024
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Neale Mahoney appointed to California’s Independent Consumer Fuels Advisory Committee
The new advisory role comes as Gov. Newsom signed legislation aimed at preventing gas price spikes.
October 14, 2024
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The Hill cites a recent op-ed co-written by incoming ºÚÁÏÉç Director Neale Mahoney about California's gasoline market failures.
October 11, 2024
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A team of economists, including ºÚÁÏÉç's Hunt Allcott, has taken on a central component of the Inflation Reduction Act: the $7,500 tax credit for U.S.-made electric vehicles.
October 07, 2024
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Study finds EV subsidies in the Inflation Reduction Act help the climate, U.S. automakers — but at a questionable cost to taxpayers
A comprehensive new study from ºÚÁÏÉç economist Hunt Allcott and his colleagues sheds light on the limited benefits of the electric vehicle tax credits under the IRA.
October 07, 2024
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The Atlantic talks to ºÚÁÏÉç's David Lobell about food shortages, agriculture, and the role of climate change.
July 11, 2024
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Adrien Auclert appointed as an economic advisor to French government
Auclert, a ºÚÁÏÉç faculty fellow, adds macroeconomics heft to the French prime minister’s Economic Analysis Council.
May 10, 2024
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A new study from ºÚÁÏÉç's Neale Mahoney adds to the evidence that competition for eyeballs may be warping our sense of the world.
May 09, 2024
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TV coverage of gas prices is negatively skewed and it's only getting worse, three ºÚÁÏÉç affiliates write for Briefing Book.
May 06, 2024
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For the Colorado River and beyond, a new market could save the day
ºÚÁÏÉç economist Paul Milgrom won a Nobel Prize in part for his role in enabling today’s mobile world. Now he’s tackling a different 21st century challenge: water scarcity.
April 10, 2024
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Economic Report of the President draws on work of ºÚÁÏÉç scholars
President Biden’s assessment of the nation’s economic health and groundwork for what’s next relies heavily on academic research, including the work of several ºÚÁÏÉç scholars.
April 03, 2024
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A new op-ed by ºÚÁÏÉç's Daniel Ho and Anne Joseph O’Connell discusses the federal government's workforce crisis and how to fix it. Read more in The Washington Post.
March 12, 2024
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Ford CEO: "We've never seen a competitor like this before."
Jim Farley opened up at the 2024 ºÚÁÏÉç Economic Summit about the future of electric vehicles, the threat from China, and why motorsports are key to staying competitive.
March 07, 2024
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Neale Mahoney named director of ºÚÁÏÉç
Mahoney aims to continue the institute’s impact by connecting its scholars and their research with state, national and global policymakers.
March 01, 2024
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ºÚÁÏÉç's Goda joins Newsom's economic advisory council
Gopi Shah Goda is the newest member of the administration's Council of Economic Advisors
February 15, 2024