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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 1h

✨ We will be featuring the 2025 AERE Scholars & Mentors over the coming weeks! Stay tuned to learn more about the amazing cohort! ✨

AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 1h

🌟 The AERE Scholars Program works to ⬆️ diversity and foster an inclusive culture in environmental & resource economics! 🌍📊
👥 Scholars receive 1:1 & peer mentoring, plus insights into the 🎓 "hidden curriculum" of economics.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/77cAKsh

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 1h

🌿AERE Scholars Program Mentor Spotlight: Marc Jeuland 🌿
Jeuland’s research focuses on South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, using household survey data and experimental approaches alongside systems level modeling.
Website: buff.ly/R9NsOn9
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 3d

🏭 Just accepted in #JAERE! 🏭
"Timing is Everything: Labor Market Winners and Losers during Boom-Bust Cycles" by Erik Katovich ( @ekatovich.bsky.social ), Dominic Parker, and Steven Poelhekke.
Read it here: buff.ly/C2ArZ2M
📈📉 #Econsky

Timing is Everything: Labor Market Winners and Losers during Boom-Bust Cycles | Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists: Vol 0, No ja

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 3d

💼 Early, well-educated workers gained lasting benefits, while later entrants and less-educated workers faced long-term job losses and lower earnings.
🎓 The boom also sparked new training programs—but many became “stranded human capital” when demand collapsed.

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 3d

💭 Have you ever wondered if joining a booming industry pays off in the long run? What happens when the boom ends?
📉 A new #JAERE study on Brazil’s oil sector finds that timing and education are everything. Early, well-educated workers gained lasting benefits.
#JaereFigureFriday
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Monitoring and Enforcement and Environmental Compliance: Power Plant Emissions During the 2018–19 Federal Government Shutdown" by Ruohao Zhang, Huan Li, and Neha Khanna.
Read it here: buff.ly/AJKAhBX
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 6d

📢 What’s current in #REEP? 📢
"Valuing Mortality Risk Reduction Benefits of Federal Regulations: Comments on Circular A-4" by Joseph E. Aldy and W. Kip Viscusi.
🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/1eJnFYn
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 7d

✨ We will be featuring the 2025 AERE Scholars & Mentors over the coming weeks! Stay tuned to learn more about the amazing cohort! ✨

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 7d

🌟 The AERE Scholars Program works to ⬆️ diversity and foster an inclusive culture in environmental & resource economics! 🌍📊
👥 Scholars receive 1:1 & peer mentoring, plus insights into the 🎓 "hidden curriculum" of economics.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/77cAKsh

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 7d

🌿AERE Scholars Program Mentor Spotlight: Julia Berazneva🌿
Berazneva's research focuses on environmental and resource economics, with particular interest in human-environment interactions and sustainable development, both in low-income countries and USA.
Website: buff.ly/5WKU0Sn
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 10d

"On the Feasibility, Costs, and Benefits of an Immediate Phasedown of Coal for U.S. Electricity Generation" by Matthew J. Kotchen, Stephen P. Holland, Erin T. Mansur, and Andrew J. Yates.
Read it here: buff.ly/lpB9PdQ
📈📉 #Econsky

AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 10d

⚡ Can the U.S. rapidly cut coal use with today’s grid?
📉 A new #JAERE study says yes. Replacing coal with spare natural gas capacity could:
• Shrink coal generation 66–93%
• Cut CO₂ emissions 18–29%
• At $49–92/t — below the social cost of carbon
📊 #JaereFigureFriday
🌎 #EconSky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 12d

📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Microeconomics of the Solar Rebound Under Net Metering" by Matthew E. Oliver, Juan Moreno-Cruz ( @jmorenocruz.bsky.social ), and Kenneth T. Gillingham.
Read it here: buff.ly/v7T2nxE
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 13d

📢 What’s current in #REEP? 📢
"Reforming Regulatory and Spending Analysis: Introduction to a Symposium on Revising Benefit–Cost Guidance" by Kenneth T. Gillingham.
🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/oU3Dhgc
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 14d

✨ We will be featuring the 2025 AERE Scholars & Mentors over the coming weeks! Stay tuned to learn more about the amazing cohort! ✨

AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 14d

🌟 The AERE Scholars Program works to ⬆️ diversity and foster an inclusive culture in environmental & resource economics! 🌍📊
👥 Scholars receive 1:1 & peer mentoring, plus insights into the 🎓 "hidden curriculum" of economics.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/77cAKsh

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 14d

🌿AERE Scholars Program Mentor Spotlight: Jingjing Wang 🌿
Wang's research examines the role of public policy in internalizing externalities and the performance of markets for efficient resource allocation in the context of the environment, agriculture, and water.
Website: buff.ly/wNzuNqQ
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 18d

📢 Just accepted in #JAERE! 📢
"Incentivising Efficient Effort When Monitoring Individuals Is Costly" by Ben Balmford, Brett Day, Ian Bateman, and Greg Smith.
Read it here: buff.ly/Sgvs81T
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 19d

📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Industrial Water Pollution and Agricultural Production in India" by Nick Hagerty ( @hagertynw.bsky.social ) and Anshuman Tiwari.
Read it here: buff.ly/oAalYIW
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 20d

📢 What’s current in #REEP? 📢
"Groundwater Pricing in Agriculture in South Asia: Research for Practical Policy-Making" by Soumya Balasubramanya.
🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/ux99aKK
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 21d

✨ We will be featuring the 2025 AERE Scholars & Mentors over the coming weeks! Stay tuned to learn more about the amazing cohort! ✨

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 21d

🌟 The AERE Scholars Program works to ⬆️ diversity and foster an inclusive culture in environmental & resource economics! 🌍📊
👥 Scholars receive 1:1 & peer mentoring, plus insights into the 🎓 "hidden curriculum" of economics.
🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/77cAKsh

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 21d

🌿AERE Scholars Program Mentor Spotlight: Eric Edwards🌿
Edwards is interested in how property rights, quasi-governmental organizations and bureaucracies affect economic incentives and market outcomes related to land, water, and other natural resources.
Website: buff.ly/1dDalZO
📈📉 #Econsky

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AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 24d

"Global Impact of a Unilateral Waste Trade Regulation" by Prakrati Thakur ( @prakrati.bsky.social ) was just accepted at #JAERE.
Read it here: buff.ly/pllD4kQ

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