This reminds me of my inefficient Stata programming #EconTwitter

New #JEEM paper on 🚴‍♂️ and the value of ⏰ by Casey J. Wichman (@cjwich) and Brandon Cunningham. Cyclists value their time at a fraction of the wage rate, largely due to the recreational benefits of cycling. Read more here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Met up with Bella Carpenter (AppState SD major and Sustainable Business minor) at the Bonn Climate Conference. These meetings set the stage for COP28 in Dubai. Walker College of Business Department of Sustainable Development at ASU sustain Appalachian AppStateToCOP Appalachian State

Recently accepted in #JEEM: "The property value impacts of industrial chemical accidents," by Dennis Guignet, Robin R. Jenkins, James Belke, & Henry Mason. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Solar geoengineering might help reduce the impacts of #CimateChange. However, more research is needed to understand its potential impacts. 🌤️🌎 Join us this month for a conference illuminating the opportunities and challenges with #SolarGeoengineering. rff.org/events/confere…

Chegg (where students go to cheat) has a new program called Honor Shield that seems to hold exam answers for ransom (faculty need to register their exam in order to block it). Something seems off. #EconTwitter chegg.com/honorshield

Join RFF for an upcoming conference on the future of solar geoengineering research and governance (Sept 28-29). rff.org/events/confere… I'm part of a panel on "moral hazard". Resources for the Future

There is a 90% chance that 2023 will be more than 1.5°C above the 1850-1900 average [Oh, but it is only one year & not the trend. Well, the trend looks pretty ominous too!] Great analysis by Dr. Robert Rohde, do read: berkeleyearth.org/september-2023…

Nice example for environmental econ Polluting Industries Say the Cost of Cleaner Air Is Too High nytimes.com/2023/11/13/bus…

COP28 UAE begins on November 30 in Dubai. The student delegation from Appalachian State will participate during the first week. Find out more here: economics.appstate.edu/student-engage… Walker College of Business Dr. Heather Norris sustain Appalachian Department of Sustainable Development at ASU

In these crazy times, at least we still have the Law of Demand. Sales of sugary drinks fell in cities with soda taxes, study finds : Shots - Health News npr.org/sections/healt…

🆕 Ahead-of-print in Review of Environmental Economics and Policy:

Rival and Excludable

📢 Out now 📢 in the July 2024 issue of JAERE: "International Climate Agreements under the Threat of Solar Geoengineering" by David M. McEvoy (David McEvoy), Matthew McGinty, Todd L. Cherry, and Stephan Kroll Read it here: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72…

I have always used seminars to make my science better--using a strategy of the rawer the work the better. This is because I felt the value add from the audience can then be maximized, making the science better in turn. I sense more and more that today people are using seminars

No NPR. Economists are like stone-washed cargo jeans - they never go out of fashion. npr.org/sections/plane…

COP29 Azerbaijan begins on November 11 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The student delegation from Appalachian State will be participating both weeks. Find out more here: economics.appstate.edu/student-engage… Walker College of Business sustain Appalachian Dr. Heather Norris

What do experts in SRM think? Dave McEvoy explains pod.link/1529459393