Faculty & Research Published Research Research Environmental Policy Facet Area of Focus - 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 Philip Potter Raymond C. Scheppach Ruth Gaare Bernheim Andrew S. Pennock Gerald Higginbotham Jazmin Brown-Iannuzzi Jennifer Lawless Kyle S. H. Dobson Michele Claibourn Noah Myung (-) Jay Shimshack Facet People - Research Facet UVA Partner - Research Published Research Disparities in PM2.5 air pollution in the United States Authors: Jay Shimshack, Jonathan Colmer, Ian Hardman, John Voorheis 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. Learn more Working Paper Environmental Policy Costly Sanctions and the Treatment of Frequent Violators in Regulatory Settings Authors: Jay Shimshack, Michael B. Ward Regulators typically treat frequent violators more harshly. When does such harsh treatment maximize overall compliance? Learn more Working Paper Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response: Evidence from Sales of Emergency Supplies Before and After Hurricanes Authors: Jay Shimshack, Thomas K.M. Beatty, Richard J. Volpe 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? Learn more Working Paper Environmental Policy Environment Spillovers: Lessons from Strategic Interactions in Regulation and Product Markets Authors: Jay Shimshack, Mary Evans, Scott Gilpatric 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. Learn more Published Research Environmental Policy Environmental Enforcement and Compliance: Lessons from Pollution, Safety, and Tax Settings Authors: Jay Shimshack, James Alm 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. Learn more
Published Research Disparities in PM2.5 air pollution in the United States Authors: Jay Shimshack, Jonathan Colmer, Ian Hardman, John Voorheis 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. Learn more
Working Paper Environmental Policy Costly Sanctions and the Treatment of Frequent Violators in Regulatory Settings Authors: Jay Shimshack, Michael B. Ward Regulators typically treat frequent violators more harshly. When does such harsh treatment maximize overall compliance? Learn more
Working Paper Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response: Evidence from Sales of Emergency Supplies Before and After Hurricanes Authors: Jay Shimshack, Thomas K.M. Beatty, Richard J. Volpe 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? Learn more
Working Paper Environmental Policy Environment Spillovers: Lessons from Strategic Interactions in Regulation and Product Markets Authors: Jay Shimshack, Mary Evans, Scott Gilpatric 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. Learn more
Published Research Environmental Policy Environmental Enforcement and Compliance: Lessons from Pollution, Safety, and Tax Settings Authors: Jay Shimshack, James Alm 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. Learn more