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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Economics

Peter Christensen

Assistant Professor (Ag. and Consumer Economics)

Additional Campus Affiliations

Adjunct Associate Professor, Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Recent Publications

Christensen, P., Francisco, P., Myers, E., Shao, H., & Souza, M. (2024). Energy efficiency can deliver for climate policy: Evidence from machine learning-based targeting. Journal of Public Economics, 234, Article 105098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105098

Christensen, P., Baylis, P., v, T., Li, S., McCord, G. C., Muehlegger, E., Myers, E., Noble Smith, E., & Rapson, D. S. (2024). How to spend one trillion dollars: the US decarbonization conundrum. Nature, 634(8036), 1050-1052. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03474-3

Christensen, P., Osman, A., & Stocker, A. (2024). Weathering the ride: Experimental evidence on transport pricing, climate extremes, and future travel demand. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 125, Article 102978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102978

Christensen, P., Francisco, P., Myers, E., & Souza, M. (2023). DECOMPOSING THE WEDGE BETWEEN PROJECTED AND REALIZED RETURNS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS. Review of Economics and Statistics, 105(4), 798-817. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01087

Christensen, P., Keiser, D. A., & Lade, G. E. (2023). Economic Effects of Environmental Crises: Evidence from Flint, Michigan. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 15(1), 196-232. https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20190391

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Economics

214 David Kinley Hall

1407 West Gregory Drive | MC-707

Urbana, IL 61801

217-333-0120

Email: econ@illinois.edu

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