Excited to be visiting MIT-CEEPR this semester! Cambridge friends, let’s catch up over lunch/ coffee / beer

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RFF Summer Research Internship Program

The RFF summer internship program provides an opportunity for students to prepare for careers that engage in academic and policy-relevant research.

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USDOT settling with Southwest for $75 coupons over 2022 meltdown is a rookie mistake. That just incentivizes SW to raise price to other flyers, as shown in 1996 paper. Cost to SW is tiny, as is total benefit to customers. apnews.com/article/sout... faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/borenste/dow...

Southwest Airlines reaches $140 million settlement over holiday flight-canceling meltdown last year

Southwest Airlines is paying $140 million to settle a government investigation over a meltdown last holiday season that led to thousands of canceled flights.

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🚨Seeking pre-doctoral research fellow in environmental economics (summer/fall 2024) 🚨 👉 tinyurl.com/cvjzufsk 🌎Research pollution, trade, water, labor, climate, machine learning, energy, health... 💡Predoc community with mentoring/training ✳️Please r/t, apply! (first ever bluesky post here!)

Your regular reminder that we can't have anything nice until we get rid of the Jones Act: www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/b...

What Ails Offshore Wind: Supply Chains, Ships and Interest Rates

Government officials and energy developers misjudged the difficulty of building huge clean energy projects in the United States, which has built very few of them.

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Boston College is conducting a senior search for a social scientist working on a) climate change impact, mitigation and adaptation, or b) the energy transition. Please share widely. Also feel free to DM or email me with questions + nominations. 1/2 apply.interfolio.com/135671

#Econsky Who is doing modern IO in the Ag Space. Paul Scott and Will Rafey come to mind but I'm not thinking very deeply. Help me broaden my horizons, @marcfbellemare.bsky.social @jeffbloem.bsky.social :)

Why has warming accelerated? Our emissions of greenhouse gases – and their accumulation in the atmosphere – have continued to increase. At the same time, we have cleaned up air pollution and reduced the planet-cooling effect of aerosols by 30% since 2005.

short non technical writeup of my recent paper with thom covert

Auctions versus negotiations in the real world | Microeconomic Insights

Asset owners often need to identify and choose between potential contracting partners to monetize their asset’s value. For example, companies that are acquisition targets may have multiple potential...

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