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Thom Covert retweeted
A new study from @RyanMKellogg & @tcovert finds that had the Dakota Access Pipeline’s construction been enjoined, we estimate that 81% of the blocked pipeline flows would move by rail instead. Learn more:
Thom Covert retweeted
I’m hiring research professionals (aka predocs) to join my team. Lots of exciting ongoing projects on energy, environment, development, and agriculture. Please share widely!
#NowHiring:
📌Research Professional – Fiona Burlig
📌Research Professional – Koichiro Ito
📌 Research Professional – Michael Greenstone / Climate Impact Lab
Application deadline is Oct 15: epic.uchicago.edu/about/jobs… #UChiEnergy #Fellowships
A market for counterexamples. I post a conjecture and some bounty (in fiat or crypto). First to find and publicly announce a counter example gets the bounty. Cool use case for crypto + a theorem prover? Or is this me cooking up word salad?
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Thom Covert retweeted
I'll be at @UChiEnergy tomorrow to talk about the critical role of accurate carbon accounting on success of Inflation Reduction Act & other policies.
Excited to meet students & faculty and geek out on energy policy! If you're around, I'd love to say hi!
epic.uchicago.edu/events/eve…
Thom Covert retweeted
very happy that this paper with @josephaldy and @ToddGerarden found a home at @JaereAere .
quick 🧵 on the key results and implications for subsidizing the energy transition. 1/N
🍃 Just accepted 🍃 in @JaereAere:
"Investment versus Output Subsidies: Implications of Alternative Incentives for Wind Energy" by @josephaldy, @ToddGerarden, and @richlsweeney.
Read it here: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…
For the record, it was @richlsweeney’s idea to do a meme ;)
🚨🚨🚨 new wp with @tcovert on secrecy policy and exploratory investment.
meme abstract below. ungated version of the paper here:
richard-sweeney.com/pdfs/cs_…
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New working paper with @richlsweeney. Here it is in meme form; real tweet storm description follows.
Fitting this data to our model, and assuming that PA had “complete secrecy” while WV had “full disclosure” policies, we estimate that secrecy policy did reduce firm welfare in PA, and that a secrecy policy would have reduced firm welfare in WV.
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There’s more in the paper, both in terms of theory and empirical results. Official NBER WP here: nber.org/papers/w30548, ungated working paper available on @richlsweeney’s website: richard-sweeney.com/pdfs/cs_…
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