Energy and Environment
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The rush to quit coal is leading countries into the “gas trap”
Research by SIEPR Senior Fellow Bård Harstad warns policymakers of a dilemma: As countries turn to natural gas, investments in renewable energy end up taking a hit.
July 07, 2025
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The natural gas trap
SIEPR's Bård Harstad writes in a Financial Times op-ed about his research showing how Europe’s shift away from coal to natural gas could increase emissions over the long run.
July 06, 2025
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A new tool for sizing up the US economy
The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and MIT have developed a tool that makes it easier for journalists, policymakers and others to spot trends in the U.S. economy.
June 17, 2025
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‘Our country has a building problem’
The U.S. isn’t moving fast enough to meet demand for necessities like energy and housing. A recent SIEPR Policy Forum examined how the ‘abundance’ movement aims to fix that.
May 27, 2025
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Who’s paying the price for California’s wildfires? ‘Everyone.’
A SIEPR Policy Forum examined how government, business and academia can best address the rising economic costs of wildfires.
April 30, 2025
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SIEPR 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 Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research’s survey of California consumers
April 25, 2025
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Forum at Stanford tackles wildfire strategies, goals
A SIEPR wildfire conference at SIEPR 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
SIEPR 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, SIEPR scholars go beyond the headlines to identify key issues everyone should be thinking about.
January 27, 2025
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EPA reports another record year for fuel efficiency ahead of Trump's return.
Newsweek reports on work by SIEPR’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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California lawmakers advance Newsom’s plan to prevent gas price spikes
The Hill cites a recent op-ed co-written by incoming SIEPR Director Neale Mahoney about California's gasoline market failures.
October 11, 2024
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Are Today’s Tax Credits the Best Way to Get Americans to Buy E.V.s?
A team of economists, including SIEPR'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 Stanford 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 Sad Future of Grocery Shopping
The Atlantic talks to SIEPR'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 SIEPR faculty fellow, adds macroeconomics heft to the French prime minister’s Economic Analysis Council.
May 10, 2024
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How our sense of economic reality is being distorted
A new study from SIEPR'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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Bad news bias in gasoline price coverage
TV coverage of gas prices is negatively skewed and it's only getting worse, three SIEPR 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
Stanford 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 SIEPR 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 SIEPR scholars.
April 03, 2024