Almond et al., published in the American Economic Review in 2009, spurred an influential literature that exploits quasi-experimental spatial variation in atmospheric emissions associated with winter heating policies in the world’s most populous nation, China. Our study takes advantage of an...

We leverage the timing of coalmine accidents to examine the effect of coal mining on air pollution. Safety regulations mandate that coal mining be suspended if a mine experiences an accident with 10 or more fatalities. We use a stacked difference-in-differences approach to compare counties with...

Following the Fukushima nuclear accident, Japan gradually shut down all its nuclear power plants, causing a country-wide power shortage. In response, the government launched large-scale campaigns that aimed to reduce summer electricity consumption by as much as 15% in some regions. Because...