Education
BA, Magna Cum Laude, Amherst College
MS, Economics, University of Wisconsin
PhD, Economics, University of Wisconsin
Positions Held
At Haas since 2009
2009 - present, Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business
2008 - 2009, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, MIT
2005 - 2009, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan
External Service and Assignments
- Associate Editor, Journal of Public Economics
- Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
Current Research and Interests
- Public Finance
- Applied Microeconomics
- Energy and Environmental Economics
Selected Papers and Publications
- “The Welfare Costs of Unreliable Water Service,” with Brian Baisa, Stephen Salant, and William Wilcox. Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming.
- “The Effect of Driving Restrictions on Air Quality in Mexico City.” Journal of Political Economy 116, no. 1 (2008): 38-81.
- “Durable Goods and Residential Demand for Energy and Water: Evidence from a Field Trial.” RAND Journal of Economics 39, no. 2 (2008): 530-546.
- “The Effect of Health Risk on Housing Values: Evidence from a Cancer Cluster.” American Economic Review 94, no. 5 (2004): 1693-1704.
Teaching
- Data and Decisions
- Energy and Environmental Markets

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