Energy and Environment
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Who’s paying the price for California’s wildfires? ‘Everyone.’
A ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Policy Forum examined how government, business and academia can best address the rising economic costs of wildfires.
April 30, 2025
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Institute for Economic Policy Research’s survey of California consumers
April 25, 2025
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A ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ wildfire conference at ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Director Neale Mahoney about California's gasoline market failures.
October 11, 2024
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A team of economists, including ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ'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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ'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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ'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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ scholars.
April 03, 2024
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A new op-ed by ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ'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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ
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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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ'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