Energy and Environment
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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
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The government has a workforce crisis. One of its best-kept secrets can fix it.
A new op-ed by SIEPR'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 SIEPR 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 SIEPR
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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SIEPR'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
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7 economic trends to watch in 2024
Policymakers have their work cut out for them this election year.
January 05, 2024
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European leaders talk cleaner chips, geopolitics at SIEPR
The prime minister of the Netherlands and other European officials met with Stanford students and discussed sustainability challenges of the semiconductor industry.
December 12, 2023
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Does it pay to link executive compensation to ESG goals?
SIEPR Senior Fellow Stefan Reichelstein examines the rapid growth of “ESG pay” and its impact on the environmental, social and governance goals of firms.
July 19, 2023
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What we don’t know about wildfires might kill us
Hazardous smoke’s economic toll is probably enormous, but an alarming data gap masks its threat, reports Bloomberg. “The science is just catching up," SIEPR's Marshall Burke says.
June 11, 2023
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Wildfires pose workplace conundrum: Stay home or come to the office?
“If you are vulnerable and have to be outside, it’s a great day to take paid time off,” SIEPR Senior Fellow Marshall Burke says.
June 08, 2023