New paper in @science.org: As of 2025, 80 carbon-pricing instruments were in place across 50 jurisdictions. By coordinating across systems, we can increase emission reductions and avoid trade barriers from a profusion of different border adjustments. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Building a scalable climate coalition for heavy industry

Emissions could be reduced, with minimal impact on production, while generating billions in public revenues

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Guess what? The Summer School in Environmental and Energy Economics was funded again! Thanks to the Sloan Foundation! Berkeley. In person. August 17-21, 2026. Applications are due May 15th! Lineup includes J. Shapiro, T. Deryugina, R. Walker, J. Boomhower and more! www.auffhammer.com/summer-school

Looking forward to seeing this in print! It was a pleasure working with Jacob and Karthik. We study food policy in a warming world. 🌾

Econometrica@ecmaeditors.bsky.social · 7mo ago

How does agricultural policy shape climate damages? @allanhsiao.bsky.social, Jacob Moscona, and Karthik Sastry show that governments move to protect consumers when extreme heat causes food shortages, redistributing damages within and across countries. buff.ly/QqnRwi0

So nice to see this in print! My paper on green trade policy, deforestation, and palm oil. 🌲🌳

Econometrica@ecmaeditors.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Econometrica Volume 94, Issue 1 (January 2026) is now online www.econometricsociety.org/publications...

📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Deforestation is out now! Senior Editors @franciscocosta.bsky.social & @allanhsiao.bsky.social (@stanford.edu) review economic research on deforestation. Read & download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/de...

Deforestation

Deforestation is a major source of global carbon emissions, but efforts to curb deforestation rates have faced significant challenges. In this VoxDevLit, we synthesise recent economic research that at...

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🆕 Climate politics: Understanding political inaction on climate change Today on VoxDev, @allanhsiao.bsky.social (@stanford.edu) & @nickkuipers.bsky.social (Princeton) discuss the reasons politicians underestimate the demand for climate policy responses in Indonesia: voxdev.org/topic/energy...

Climate politics: Understanding political inaction on climate change

Despite strong public concern for climate change and pollution in Indonesia, politicians underestimate the demand for policy responses and fail to act – even when informed of voter preferences. Politi...

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Thank you to the amazing @econimate.bsky.social for featuring our work! We study how governments use trade policy to deal with agricultural shocks. 🍞🌽🌾 Paper: allanhsiao.com/files/HMS_fo...

econimate@econimate.bsky.social · last yr.

How does agricultural policy reshape the economic consequences of climate change? @allanhsiao.bsky.social (Stanford), Jacob Moscona (MIT) & Karthik Sastry (@princetonecon.bsky.social) on food policy in a warming world: youtu.be/dWA3hhAibag

🚨 Call for papers: Environment week at LSE will be Sept 22-25th. Submissions are due soon (July 14)! www.lse-environment-week.com/environment-...

Carbon border adjustment mechanism policies reduce emissions leakage, boost domestic competitiveness and encourage global carbon pricing — without disproportionately harming lower-income countries from @kclausing.bsky.social, Colmer, Hsiao and @cwolfram.bsky.social https://www.nber.org/papers/w33723

🌎 PhD students: apply to 2025 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental/Energy Economics! 🔗 Info + application: www.auffhammer.com/summer-school 📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 at Berkeley w @auffhammer.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social, TCarleton, MFowlie, KJack...

Here it is! The amazing "political economics of environmental sustainability" program, organized by Partha Dasgupta and yours truly. You can apply to attend here: www.gsb.stanford.edu/events/polit...

** Development econ job market candidates ** The devo group at Princeton is hiring 2 postdocs for 2025-26. Come spend the year with us before starting your faculty job. Nina Buchmann, who deferred her postdoc w/ us until 2025-6, will also be here for the year. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....