Joseph S. Shapiro

Joseph S. Shapiro
Associate Professor
UC Berkeley
Agricultural & Resource Economics
University Hall #3310
Berkeley, CA 94720
Telephone: 510-642-3345
joseph.shapiro@berkeley.edu

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Working Papers

Burning Waters to Crystal Springs? U.S. Water Pollution Regulation Over the Last Half Century (with Dave Keiser). December 2018.

The Incidence of Carbon Taxes in U.S. Manufacturing: Lessons from Energy Cost Pass-Through (with Sharat Ganapati and Reed Walker). August 2018.

Published and Forthcoming Papers

The Low but Uncertain Measured Benefits of US Water Quality Policy
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Forthcoming. With Dave Keiser and Cathy Kling.

Consequences of the Clean Water Act and the Demand for Water Quality
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming. With Dave Keiser.

Why is Pollution from U.S. Manufacturing Declining? The Roles of Environmental Regulation, Productivity, and Trade
American Economic Review, 2018, 108(12): 3814-54. With Reed Walker.

Regulating Mismeasured Pollution: Implications of Firm Heterogeneity for Environmental Policy
AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108: 136-42. With Eva Lyubich and Reed Walker.

Defensive Investments and the Demand for Air Quality: Evidence from the NOx Budget Program
American Economic Review, 2017, 107(10): 2958-89. With Olivier Deschenes and Michael Greenstone.

Trade Costs, CO2, and the Environment
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8(4): 220-54

Adapting to Climate Change: The Remarkable Decline in the U.S. Temperature-Mortality Relationship Over the 20th Century
Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 124(1): 105-159. With Alan Barreca, Karen Clay, Olivier Deschenes, and Michael Greenstone.

Will Adaptation to Climate Change Be Slow and Costly? Evidence from High Temperatures and Mortality, 1900-2004
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 2015, 105(5): 247-51. With Alan Barreca, Karen Clay, Olivier Deschenes, and Michael Greenstone

Globalization and the Role of Public Transfers in Redistributing Income in Latin America and the Caribbean
World Development, 2010, 38(6): 895-907. With Emmanuel Skoufias and Kathy Lindert

The Benefits of Delayed Primary School Enrollment: Discontinuity Estimates using Exact Birthdates
Journal of Human Resources, 2008, 43(1): 1-29. With Patrick J. McEwan.

Community-Based Production of Open-Source Software: What do we Know About the Developers who Participate?
Information Economics and Policy, 2008, 20(4): 364-398. With Paul A. David.