Research
- Christopher J. Ruhm
- Craig Volden
- Bala Mulloth
- Eileen Chou
- Benjamin Castleman
- Sarah Turner
- Edgar O. Olsen
- Sophie Trawalter
- Benjamin Converse
- Christine Mahoney
- Timothy Wilson
- Adam Leive
- James H. Wyckoff
- William Shobe
- Charles Holt
- Daniel W. Player
- Daphna Bassok
- Harry Harding
- Jeanine Braithwaite
- John Pepper
- Richard Bonnie
- David Leblang
- John Holbein
- Leora Friedberg
- Molly Lipscomb
- James Savage
- Sebastian Tello Trillo
- Frederick P. Hitz
- Gabrielle Adams
- Gerald Warburg
- Isaac Mbiti
- Paul S. Martin
- Raymond C. Scheppach
- Ruth Gaare Bernheim
- Andrew S. Pennock
- Gerald Higginbotham
- Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi
- Jennifer Lawless
- Michele Claibourn
- Noah Myung
- Philip Potter
- (-) Jay Shimshack
Disparities in PM2.5 air pollution in the United States
Particulate air pollution in the contiguous United States has decreased considerably over recent decades, but where exactly has that progress been made? Batten's Jay Shimshack and his co-authors dive in.
Costly Sanctions and the Treatment of Frequent Violators in Regulatory Settings
Regulators typically treat frequent violators more harshly. When does such harsh treatment maximize overall compliance?
Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response: Evidence from Sales of Emergency Supplies Before and After Hurricanes
Government information warns households to acquire emergency supplies as hurricanes threaten and directs households to stay off roads after hurricanes make landfall. Do households follow this advice?
Environment Spillovers: Lessons from Strategic Interactions in Regulation and Product Markets
We explore enforcement spillovers - when sanctions at one entity influence behavior at other entities. Our model illustrates when spillovers arise from a regulatory channel and when they arise from a channel not previously emphasized: product markets.
Environmental Enforcement and Compliance: Lessons from Pollution, Safety, and Tax Settings
Environmental monitoring and enforcement are controversial and incompletely understood. This survey reviews what we do and do not know about the overall effectiveness, as well as the cost effectiveness, of pollution monitoring and enforcement.