Lucas W. Davis

University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

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2220 Piedmont Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94720

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Do Housing Prices Reflect Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from More than 1600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings

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Do Housing Prices Reflect Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from More than 1600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 12-30
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 22 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 27 Dec 2012
Janet Currie, Lucas W. Davis, Michael Greenstone, Reed Walker and Reed Walker
Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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toxic pollutants, hedonic analysis, environmental health risks, local externalities

Do Housing Prices Reflect Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from More than 1600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP - 13-14
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Apr 2013
Janet Currie, Lucas W. Davis, Michael Greenstone, Reed Walker and Reed Walker
Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Do Housing Prices Reflect Environmental Health Risks? Evidence from More than 1600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings

NBER Working Paper No. w18700
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 05 Feb 2023
Janet Currie, Lucas W. Davis, Michael Greenstone, Reed Walker and Reed Walker
Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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The Effect of Power Plants on Local Housing Values and Rents: Evidence from Restricted Census Microdata

US Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies Paper No. CES-WP- 08-19
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Jul 2009
Lucas W. Davis
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Power Plants, Siting, Local Air Quality, Housing Markets

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Anticipation, Tax Avoidance, and the Price Elasticity of Gasoline Demand

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Anticipation, Tax Avoidance, and the Price Elasticity of Gasoline Demand

CFS Working Paper, No. 503, 2015
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Feb 2015
John M. Coglianese, Lucas W. Davis, Lutz Kilian and James H. Stock
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Anticipation, Tax Avoidance, and the Price Elasticity of Gasoline Demand

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5764
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Mar 2016
John M. Coglianese, Lucas W. Davis, Lutz Kilian and James H. Stock
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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IV, price elasticity of demand, gasoline, anticipation, intertemporal substitution, storage

Anticipation, Tax Avoidance, and the Price Elasticity of Gasoline Demand

NBER Working Paper No. w20980
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2023
John M. Coglianese, Lucas W. Davis, Lutz Kilian and James H. Stock
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Anticipation, Tax Avoidance, and the Price Elasticity of Gasoline Demand

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10430
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 24 Feb 2015
John M. Coglianese, Lucas W. Davis, Lutz Kilian and James H. Stock
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Anticipation, Forward-looking behavior, Gasoline market, Gasoline tax, IV, Price elasticity of demand

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Does Better Information Lead to Better Choices? Evidence from Energy-Efficiency Labels

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Does Better Information Lead to Better Choices? Evidence from Energy-Efficiency Labels

USAEE Working Paper No. 14-187
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 29 Nov 2014
Lucas W. Davis and Gilbert E. Metcalf
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Tufts University - Department of Economics
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Energy-Efficiency, Information Provision, Air Conditioning, Energy Demand

Does Better Information Lead to Better Choices? Evidence from Energy-Efficiency Labels

NBER Working Paper No. w20720
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 01 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2023
Lucas W. Davis and Gilbert E. Metcalf
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Tufts University - Department of Economics
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Estimating the Effect of a Gasoline Tax on Carbon Emissions

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Estimating the Effect of a Gasoline Tax on Carbon Emissions

NBER Working Paper No. w14685
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 31 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2022
Lucas W. Davis and Lutz Kilian
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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Estimating the Effect of a Gasoline Tax on Carbon Emissions

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7161
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 18 Feb 2009
Lucas W. Davis and Lutz Kilian
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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carbon tax, elasticity, gasoline consumption, gasoline tax, global warming, price endogeneity

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International Trade in Used Durable Goods: The Environmental Consequences of NAFTA

NBER Working Paper No. w14565
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 29 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Lucas W. Davis and Matthew E. Kahn
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Southern California
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The Equity and Efficiency of Two-Part Tariffs in U.S. Natural Gas Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w16653
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 01 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Severin Borenstein and Lucas W. Davis
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Evaluating the Slow Adoption of Energy Efficient Investments: Are Renters Less Likely to Have Energy Efficient Appliances?

NBER Working Paper No. w16114
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 21 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2023
Lucas W. Davis
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Do Americans Consume Too Little Natural Gas? An Empirical Test of Marginal Cost Pricing

NBER Working Paper No. w15885
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
Lucas W. Davis and Erich Muehlegger
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Are Fuel Economy Standards Regressive?

NBER Working Paper No. w22925
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 12 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2023
Lucas W. Davis and Christopher R. Knittel
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR)
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Are Energy Executives Rewarded for Luck?

NBER Working Paper No. w25391
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 26 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 19 May 2023
Lucas W. Davis and Catherine Hausman
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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The Allocative Cost of Price Ceilings in the U.S. Residential Market for Natural Gas

NBER Working Paper No. w14030
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 02 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2022
Lucas W. Davis and Lutz Kilian
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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The Economic Cost of Global Fuel Subsidies

NBER Working Paper No. w19736
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2023
Lucas W. Davis
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Prospects for Nuclear Power

NBER Working Paper No. w17674
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 17 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2023
Lucas W. Davis
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Deregulation, Consolidation, and Efficiency: Evidence from U.S. Nuclear Power

NBER Working Paper No. w17341
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 21 May 2023
Lucas W. Davis and Catherine Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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The Distributional Effects of U.S. Clean Energy Tax Credits

NBER Working Paper No. w21437
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2023
Severin Borenstein and Lucas W. Davis
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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The Value of Transmission in Electricity Markets: Evidence from a Nuclear Power Plant Closure

NBER Working Paper No. w20186
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 02 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2022
Lucas W. Davis and Catherine Hausman
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
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Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver at the Right Time?

NBER Working Paper No. w23097
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 30 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2023
Judson Boomhower and Lucas W. Davis
Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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An Economic Perspective on Mexico's Nascent Deregulation of Retail Petroleum Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w24547
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 May 2018 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2023
Lucas W. Davis, Shaun McRae and Enrique Seira
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, ITAM, Centro de Investigación Económica and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) - Centro de Investigacion Economica
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Cash for Coolers

NBER Working Paper No. w18044
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 May 2012 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2023
Lucas W. Davis, Alan Fuchs and Paul J. Gertler
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, World Bank Group and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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How Effective is Energy-Efficient Housing? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Mexico

NBER Working Paper No. w24581
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 May 2018 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Lucas W. Davis, Sebastian Martinez and Bibiana Taboada
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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The Environmental Cost of Global Fuel Subsidies

NBER Working Paper No. w22105
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 27 May 2023
Lucas W. Davis
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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Two Empirical Tests of Hypercongestion

NBER Working Paper No. w24469
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 02 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Michael L. Anderson and Lucas W. Davis
U.C. Berkeley - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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The Allocative Cost of Price Ceilings: Lessons to Be Learned from the US Residential Market for Natural Gas

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6142
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 19 May 2008
Lucas W. Davis and Lutz Kilian
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
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Allocative cost, deadweight loss, natural gas, price ceiling, regulation

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Durable Goods and Residential Demand for Energy and Water: Evidence from a Field Trial

RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 39, No. 2, 2008
Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Lucas W. Davis
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

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Durable Goods, Household Production, Energy Efficiency, Climate Change

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The Effect of Driving Restrictions on Air Quality in Mexico City

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 116, No. 1, 2008
Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Lucas W. Davis
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

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air quality, vehicle emissions, unintended consequences

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The Effect of Health Risk on Housing Values: Evidence from a Cancer Cluster

American Economic Review, Vol. 94, No. 5, 2004
Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Lucas W. Davis
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business

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hedonic pricing, environmental health risk, statistical value of life

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The Welfare Costs of Unreliable Water Service

Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 92, No. 1, May 2010
Posted: 09 Jun 2011
Lucas W. Davis, Brian Baisa, Stephen W. Salant and William Wilcox
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Yale University - Faculty of Arts & Sciences, University of Michigan and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Water Supply Uncertainty, Water Storage, Distributional Inefficiency