Ashley Langer
Industrial Organization and Environmental and Energy Economics | University of Arizona and NBER
ashleylanger.com
- New paper with Robert Baluja, @boguo.bsky.socialout, Wes Howden, and Derek Lemoine out in PNAS! We use groundwater flow to understand the effect of PFAS contamination in drinking water on infant health outcomes. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Mothers who receive drinking water from wells downstream of PFAS contaminated sites have much worse infant health outcomes than similar mothers receiving water from wells upstream of these sites. A full writeup of the study is available here: theconversation.com/pfas-in-preg...
- This was a great interdisciplinary team to work with! The @uarizona.bsky.social Arizona Institute for Resilience helped bring together economists and scientists to learn about each others work, and this was the outcome.
- Reposted by Ashley LangerThe FTC is hiring economists! Applications due 12/17 so it’s a quick turnaround! Happy to chat with anyone interested in the position, especially if you have a non-IO background like me…
- The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)! Please repost/quote so JMCs can see. - no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400 - some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300 - much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000 #Economics #EconSky
- Reposted by Ashley LangerMy group at the University of Illinois is hiring a tenure-track applied economist. We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group. Tell your students to apply! #EconSky www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
- Reposted by Ashley LangerIf you'll be on the #EconJobMarket this coming year, you may want to join this webinar by @aereorg.bsky.social, titled, "Navigating Uncertain Waters: Advice for the Current Job Market," with Min Gong & @adrienneohler.bsky.social. 29 Sept 2025 @ 11am ET.
- This job was central to me becoming an Economist. A great place to try out research and policy analysis!
- #econ_ra Brookings RA job social.icims.com/viewjob/pl17...
- Reposted by Ashley Langer🌎 PhD students: apply to 2025 Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental/Energy Economics! 🔗 Info + application: www.auffhammer.com/summer-school 📅 Deadline: May 14 | Program: Aug 18–22 at Berkeley w @auffhammer.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social, TCarleton, MFowlie, KJack...
- Recently the President ordered that coal generators don’t need to comply with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS). My forthcoming JPE paper with Gautam Gowrisankaran and Wendan Zhang on uncertainty surrounding MATS, so it seems like it’s time for a thread! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
- 2. “Policy Uncertainty in the Market for Coal Electricity: The Case of Air Toxics Standards” looks at the original uncertainty surrounding MATS enforcement. MATS was announced in 2012 with 2016 enforcement. It was challenged in the courts but enforced on time. www.ashleylanger.com/files/policy...
- Many executive branch policies are challenged in the courts and these challenges can take years to resolve. Yet firms may need to take irreversible actions before the courts have ruled. How might these actions change if policy uncertainty was resolved more quickly?
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View full thread13. Excited to see this paper in print soon! Thanks to many for their comments on this! @sebafle.bsky.social @econjim.bsky.social @jonathanelliott.bsky.social @amackay.bsky.social and many others who I don’t think are on here! Special thanks to our editor, John Asker for a great publication process!
- Reposted by Ashley Langer🚨Incredible lineup at @nber.org conference this Thurs/Fri 3/20-21: **Energy Markets, Decarbonization, and Trade** 📑Agenda www.nber.org/conferences/... 🎥 Webstream www.youtube.com/nbervideos Organized w Natalia Ramondo, supported by @sloanfoundation.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ashley LangerApplications are now open for the 2025 - 2026 Transportation Library Travel Grant. This grant of up to $3,000 supports research projects that benefit from substantial onsite use of our collections. Learn more here: www.library.northwestern.edu/libraries-co...
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I've gotten a flurry of requests to access my slides on "Models, Measurement, and Language in Economics" (presumably thanks to the great new year's reading list from @rohitlamba.bsky.social). The file is publicly available via my web page, but here is the link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ntgkb... - Reposted by Ashley Langer🌿 Interested in learning more about the AERE Scholars program? Join us for an info session **today** Dec. 12 at 3pm Eastern/12pm Pacific. 🌿 Register here: buff.ly/49zwPMH Learn more here: buff.ly/4grLvzC Applications for the 2025 cohort will open soon and be due mid-January!
- Reposted by Ashley LangerSave the date: 9th Conference on Econometric Models of Climate Change (EMCC) will be at the University of Victoria BC, Canada, Aug. 27-28, 2025. Come if you want to learn about climate and econometrics (or just want to visit Vancouver Island...) Formal call for papers to follow in 2025. #EconSky
- Reposted by Ashley LangerWe are hiring predocs!! Come join us: cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCaree... #econsky PLEASE RT! @aaronsojourner.org what was the version of @econ_ra here again? Sorry I forgot!
- Reposted by Ashley LangerThe Environmental Inequality Lab is hiring 2 new pre-docs to join our team! We do research in environmental economics but those with interests in labor/public/urban/spatial/development economics should def apply. Apply here: tinyurl.com/EIL-pre-doc @AereOrg
- Do you have a favorite Environmental or Natural Resource Economics paper? Nominate it for AERE's Publication of Enduring Quality! Any publication (book/journal article/chapter) that's at least 5 years old is eligible, and nominations are due December 15! www.aere.org/peq-nominati...
- We encourage you to comb not only through the typical environmental / resource economics journals, but also consider general-interest and multi-disciplinary work that falls under the general umbrella of our field.
- Nominators must be AERE members, and the list of past winners is available here: www.aere.org/peq-award-re... I look forward to seeing nominations and learning about new work!
- Flagging this for some folks to get out the word! @sarahjacobson.bsky.social @cjwich.bsky.social @joseph-s-shapiro.bsky.social @severinborenstein.bsky.social @willwheels1.bsky.social
- Reposted by Ashley LangerThe School of Sustainability at ASU is hiring two full time positions (one assistant professor rank, one open rank) in sustainable energy systems. Especially encouraging applicants using data analytics (e.g. economics, techno-economics, etc). Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/157579
- Reposted by Ashley LangerPlease repost and spread the news! And time to complete that political environmental economics paper of yours! (Submission deadline Nov 1) www.gsb.stanford.edu/events/polit...
- Not to promote the other place, but if you’re interested in a predoc for next year, please apply to this! Columbia sponsors visas for international predocs! x.com/profalanger/...
- Good evening to head to Massachusetts!
- This may be obvious to some who know my work, but I’m a BIG fan of this paper. It looks like the revisions will really contribute to our understanding of how and why escalation mechanisms are valuable in environmental (and other) enforcement!
- New revision!📈📉 In the previous version (link to thread), we showed linked regulation (increasing scrutiny of past offenders AND of plants co-owned w/ past offenders) was good. Now, we provide more insight *why*. Essentially, there are 2 effects. x.com/LeistenEcon/status/…
- Let me also add that for those looking for research topics, we still have a lot to learn here!
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- Reposted by Ashley Langerwww.utilitydive.com/news/aep-ohi... AEP proposal for extremely large customers to take on some of the cost risk of new investments to serve them makes sense to me.
- Reposted by Ashley LangerMy office (NCEE at the U.S. EPA) is recruiting for a summer research participant! Project areas will be health benefits and/or water affordability. Applicants should be pursuing a bachelor’s in economics or similar field. (1/2) www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/...
- Submission day!! Taking input on how everyone celebrates initial paper submissions, because we all know that these milestones don’t come frequently enough!
- Reposted by Ashley Langer🚨Seeking pre-doctoral research fellow in environmental economics (summer/fall 2024) 🚨 👉 tinyurl.com/cvjzufsk 🌎Research pollution, trade, water, labor, climate, machine learning, energy, health... 💡Predoc community with mentoring/training ✳️Please r/t, apply! (first ever bluesky post here!)
- Reposted by Ashley LangerIO economists, the Call for Papers for the IIOC is out. It is May 3-5 in Boston. There are special sessions to showcase the work of grad students. Submit by Jan 31. www.indorgsociety.org/conference
