BFI Working Papers

Sharing research in progress—and refining it through rigorous discussion and debate—is a hallmark of scholarship at the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics.
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BFI Working Paper Sep 20, 2023

Private Actions in the Presence of Externalities: The Health Impacts of Reducing Air Pollution Peaks but not Ambient Exposure

Susanna B. Berkouwer, Joshua Dean
Topics:  Health care, Energy & Environment, Development Economics
BFI Working Paper Aug 29, 2023

Does the Squeaky Wheel Get More Grease? The Direct and Indirect Effects of Citizen Participation on Environmental Governance in China

Mark Buntaine, Michael Greenstone, Guojun He, Mengdi Liu, Shaoda Wang, Bing Zhang
Topics:  Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper Jul 10, 2023

Think Globally, Act Globally: Opportunities to Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Rachel Glennerster, Seema Jayachandran
Topics:  Development Economics, Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper Jun 22, 2023

Carbon Prices and Forest Preservation Over Space and Time in the Brazilian Amazon

Juliano J. Assunção, Lars Peter Hansen, Todd Munson, José A. Scheinkman
Topics:  Energy & Environment, Financial Markets
BFI Working Paper Jun 15, 2023

Finance and Climate Resilience: Evidence from the Long 1950s US Drought

Raghuram Rajan, Rodney Ramcharan
Topics:  Energy & Environment, Financial Markets
BFI Working Paper Jun 8, 2023

Anticipating Climate Change Across the United States

Adrien Bilal, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg
Topics:  Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper Jun 5, 2023

When Cryptomining Comes to Town: High Electricity-use Spillovers to the Local Economy

Matteo Benetton, Giovanni Compiani, Adair Morse
Topics:  Financial Markets, Energy & Environment
BFI Working Paper May 31, 2023

Green Tilts

Lubos Pastor, Robert F. Stambaugh, Lucian A. Taylor
Topics:  Financial Markets, Energy & Environment