Peter Christensen
Associate Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Economics. (on leave 2023/2024 at Stanford)
Selected Work in Progress:
"Ridesharing and Transport Externalities: Using RCTs to Evaluate Decarbonization Policy."
with Adam Osman and Nick Tsivanidis
"Ridehailing and the ‘First/Last Mile’ Challenge in Public Transit: Experimental Evidence from a Ride-2-Connect Program."
with Lewis Lehe and Adam Osman
"Measuring the Social Cost of Flood Delays in Urban Transport: Evidence from São Paulo"
with Amanda Ang and Antonio Bento
"Does Camera-Based Speed Enforcement Reduce Traffic Fatalities in Developing Country Cities?"
with Gabriel Kreindler and Renato Vieira
"Racial Housing Price Differentials and Neighborhood Segregation"
with Sebastien Box-Couillard
Working Papers:
[19] "Can Incentive-Based Pay Increase the Marginal Value
of Public Spending on Energy Efficiency? Experimental Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program."
with Paul Francisco and Erica Myers
NBER Working Paper #31322
[18] "Racial Discrimination and Housing Outcomes in the United States Rental Market"
with Ignacio Sarmiento and Chris Timmins
NBER Working Paper #29516
[17] "The Demand for Mobility: Evidence from an Experiment with Uber Riders"
(revise & resubmit, *Journal of Political Economy*)
with Adam Osman
NBER Working Paper #31330
Published and Forthcoming:
[16] "Energy Efficiency Can Deliver For Climate Policy: Evidence From Machine Learning-Based Targeting."
(forthcoming, *Journal of Public Economics*)
with Paul Francisco, Erica Myers, Hansen Shao, and Mateus Souza
NBER Working Paper #30467
[15] "Weathering the Ride: Experimental Evidence on Transport Pricing, Climate Extremes, and Future Travel Demand." (forthcoming, *Journal of Environmental Economics and Management*)
with Abigail Stocker and Adam Osman
[14] "The Damages and Distortions from Discrimination in the Rental Housing Market."
Christsnsen, P. and Timmins, C. 2023. Quarterly Journal of Economics. 138 (4), 2505-2557.
Github Repository NBER Working Paper #29049
[13] "Economic Effects of Environmental Crises: Evidence from Flint, Michigan"
Christensen, P., Keiser, D., and Lade, G. 2023. *American Economic Journal: Economic Policy*. 15(1), pp.196-232.
AbstractSSRN Working Paper
[12] "Decomposing the Wedge Between Projected and Realized Returns in Energy Efficiency Programs"
Christensen, P., Myers, E., Francisco, P., and Souza, M. 2023. *Review of Economics and Statistics*, 105 (4): 798–817.
E2e Working Paper #46
[11] "Sorting or Steering: The Effects of Housing Discrimination on Location Choice"
Christensen, P. and Timmins, C. 2022. *Journal of Political Economy*, 130:8: 2110–2163.
AbstractNBER Working PaperGithub Repository
[10] "A Market for Snow: Modeling Winter Recreation Patterns Under Current and Future Climate"
Parthum, B. and Christensen, P., 2022. *Journal of Environmental Economics and Management*, 113, 102637.
ArticleWorking Paper
[9] "Housing Discrimination and the Toxics Exposure Gap in the United States: Evidence from the Rental Market"
Christensen, P., Sarmiento, I. and Timmins, C., 2022.
*Review of Economics and Statistics*, 0034-6535, 1-37.
ArticleNBER Working PaperGithub Repository
[8] "Should Congested Cities Reduce their Speed Limits? Evidence from Sao Paulo, Brazil"
Ang, A., Christensen, P. and Vieira, R. 2020.
*Journal of Public Economics*, 184, 104155.
ArticleGithub Repository
[7] "Unlocking Amenities: Complementarity in Public Good Consumption"
Albouy, D., Christensen, P. and Sarmiento-Barbieri, I. 2020.
*Journal of Public Economics*, 182, 104110.
ArticleNBER Working PaperGithub Repository
[6] "Suburbs or Skyscrapers: The Effect of China’s Land Leasing Market on Housing Decentralization"
Christensen, P. 2019.
*Land Economics*, 95(4): 557-576.
Article
[5] "Uncertainty in Forecasts of Long-Run Economic Growth."
Christensen, P., Gillingham, K., and Nordhaus. W. 2018.
*Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences*, 115(21): 5409–5414
Article
[4] "Modeling Uncertainty in Integrated Assessment of Climate Change: A Multimodel
Comparison".
Gillingham, K., Nordhaus, W. D., Anthoff, D., Blanford, G., Bosetti, V., Christensen, P., McJeon, H.,
and Reilly, J. 2018.
*Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists*, 5(4): 791-826.
Article
[3] "Geographic Determinants of China’s Urbanization"
Christensen, P. and McCord, G. C. 2016.
*Regional Science and Urban Economics*, 59: 90-102.
Article
[2] "Remote Sensing Science to Inform Urban Climate Change Mitigation Strategies"
Seto, K. C. and Christensen, P. 2013.
Urban Climate, 3: 1-6.
Article
[1] "A Ricardian Analysis of Mexican Farms"
Mendelsohn, R., Arellano-Gonzalez, J., and Christensen P. 2010.
*Environment and Development Economics*, 15(2): 153-171
Article