Working-Paper

Steering Adaptation: Firms, Labor Contracts, and Driver Behavior in Trucking

We study how firms and labor contracts shape workers' adaptation to climate risk. Using real-time GPS and AI driver-monitoring data on truck drivers, we show that extreme heat …

wenzhi-ding

Who Pays for Growth? Evidence from Data Centers and the Grid

Artificial intelligence is driving rapid growth in electricity demand through the expansion of data centers. Meeting this demand requires complementary infrastructure investment, …

robyn-meeks

Measurement Error Bias in Air Pollution IV Designs

Instrumental variables are often used to address measurement error in air pollution exposure. This paper shows why that logic can fail when thermal inversion instruments are paired …

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Zhenxuan Wang

Climate Adaptation in Distorted Electricity Markets

We study climate adaptation in a distorted electricity market in one of the world's most heat-exposed cities, Karachi, Pakistan. Poor households respond to extreme heat by …

husnain-ahmad

Co-Pollutant Bias in Air Pollution IV Designs

This paper studies air pollution IV estimates when instruments move several pollutants simultaneously and provides diagnostic tools for interpreting them. We distinguish two …

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Zhenxuan Wang

Bridge or Barrier to Net Zero? Gas Infrastructure Expansion and the Cost of Electrification

This paper investigates the potential cost of natural gas expansion when electrification is a long-term goal. I provide empirical evidence that natural gas expansion shifts …

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Zhenxuan Wang