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WashPost – Tariffs against China hamstring the transition to a clean energy future. Prof. Michael Greenstone comments
Citing the need to protect U.S. jobs from what otherwise would be Chinese domination of clean energy manufacturing, President Biden has announced stee...
May 28, 2024
The Washington Post: Researchers, Including Michael Greenstone, Who Have Formed Climate Impact Lab, Find that Heat-Related Mortality Will Expand Dramatically
Read this article, which highlights Michael Greenstone's recent study with the Climate Impact Lab, in the Washington Post. ...
November 22, 2023
AKCIGIT RECEIVES 2019 MAX PLANCK-HUMBOLDT RESEARCH AWARD (2019)
PUBLISHED ON SEP 19, 2019 UChicago economist’s innovative research honored with €1.5 million prize; Akcigit will study Germany’s east-west divide b...
November 22, 2023
GREENSTONE, ET AL.: RENEWABLE ENERGY MANDATES REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS—BUT AT A COST (2019)
PUBLISHED ON APR 29, 2019 A new working paper co-authored by Michael Greenstone and Ishan Nath finds programs which require a certain percentage of...
November 22, 2023
ALI HORTAÇSU AWARDED KOÇ UNIVERSITY RAHMI M. KOÇ MEDAL OF SCIENCE (2021)
PUBLISHED ON NOV 30, 2021 The UChicago economist’s work has focused on assessing the efficiency of markets. By Sarah Steimer “It's easy to ge...
November 22, 2023
OP-ED: A VACCINE LOTTERY WOULD BE A WIN FOR ALL OF ILLINOIS
PUBLISHED JUNE 8. 2021 This links directly to the Chicago Tribune article ...
November 22, 2023
JPE AWARDS 2021 LUCAS PRIZE (2021)
The Journal of Political Economy has announced the winners of this year's Robert E. Lucas Jr. Prize: Charles I. Jones and Jihee Kim for their paper, "...
November 22, 2023
DOUGLAS DIAMOND, ASSOCIATED FACULTY MEMBER IN THE DEPARTMENT, WINS NOBEL PRIZE FOR RESEARCH ON BANKS AND FINANCIAL CRISES (2022)
PUBLISHED ON OCT 10, 2022 Editor’s note: The University of Chicago will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. CT Oct. 10 to honor Prof. Douglas Diamond...
November 22, 2023
DOES WELFARE REDUCE CRIME? MANASI DESHPANDE ON BIG BRAINS (2022)
PUBLISHED ON AUG 25, 2022 Does Welfare Reduce Crime? with Manasi Deshpande Groundbreaking study examines one program’s impact on employment and ...
November 22, 2023