Excited to share new work on the returns to US environmental policy. We use the MVPF framework to examine 96 policies spanning subsidies, nudges and revenue raisers. Check out this thread from Nathaniel Hendren:

Incredibly excited to be releasing this working paper today with colleagues Bob Hahn, Nathaniel Hendren, and Ben Sprung-Keyser. We believe our framework captures the costs and benefits associated with climate change policy more fully than previous approaches. Our goal is to offer

We're thrilled to present our new paper, “A Welfare Analysis of Policies Impacting Climate Change,” at the NBER Summer Institute this morning at 9am ET. Catch it on a live stream on YouTube (Environmental & Energy): youtube.com/nbervideos [1/3]

Which are the most effective subsidies for green energy? dlvr.it/TB5SSZ

On Nov 21-22, we will host our 3rd annual conference on economic opportunity. Opening remarks from Raj Chetty and a keynote from Henrik Kleven on optimal policy and taxation when the goal is equality of opportunity! Submit papers by 9/18. #econtwitter shorturl.at/8jZfx

Come work with me @policyimpacts at MIT Economics ! We're hiring pre-doctoral fellows to start next summer. Work closely with me and Ben Sprung-Keyser on how to fight climate change, the returns to tax audits, and more! Apply now thru 10/13. policyimpacts.org/announcements/… PREDOC.org Econ RA Listings

This is a fantastic conference - submit your work! Conference spans many different subfields coming together to focus on economic opportunity.

📢 Call for Proposals Measuring the causal effect of a policy change and seeking to measure its Marginal Value of Public Funds? We just launched the next round of @policyimpacts Early Career Scholars Grants to support your work. policyimpacts.org/announcements/…

Applications due this Friday!

Insightful and important analysis of the returns and costs of tax audits across the income distribution by Boning, Hendren (Nathaniel Hendren ), and Sprung-Keyser (Ben Sprung-Keyser) now in the QJE (QJE)

Insightful and important analysis of the returns and costs of tax audits across the income distribution by Boning, Hendren (Nathaniel Hendren ), Sprung-Keyser (Ben Sprung-Keyser), and Stuart now in the QJE (QJE)

#QJE Feb 2025, #2, “A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution,” by Boning, Hendren (Nathaniel Hendren), Sprung-Keyser (Ben Sprung-Keyser), and Stuart: doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

📣We’re hosting our 4th annual conference on economic opportunity on October 9-10 with opening remarks from Raj Chetty and a Keynote from @DavidAutor. This is an excellent opportunity for both junior and senior scholars to share their work. ⬇️

1/ New working paper with Trevor Bakker, Stefanie DeLuca, Eric English, Jamie Fogel, and Nathaniel Hendren: We use newly linked Census, IRS, and credit bureau data to explore differences in credit access by race, class, and hometown. djh1202.github.io/website/credit… 🧵...

Constructing new population-level linked administrative data to study households' access to credit in the US, from Trevor J. Bakker, Stefanie DeLuca, Eric A. English, James S. Fogel, Nathaniel Hendren, and Dan Herbst nber.org/papers/w34053