Announcing the Formation of Climate Economics: A New Climate Resilience Consulting Firm

 In the midst of this recession, I think it is time that I engage in some job creation.  I have created a webpage for my new consulting firm called Climate Economics.   I won’t take on too many clients but my goal is to help businesses use ideas from environmental and urban economics to both shrink their carbon footprints and to prepare for the climate change risk.  

The novel feature of my efforts will be to build a connection between the leading climate economists and firms that both want to mitigate their emissions and adapt to climate risk.   Here I want to point out some my relevant work.

Some of my research on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the urban sector.

Glaeser, Edward L. & Kahn, Matthew E., 2010. “The greenness of cities: Carbon dioxide emissions and urban development,” Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 67(3), pages 404-418, May

Kahn, Matthew E. & Kok, Nils & Quigley, John M., 2014. “Carbon emissions from the commercial building sector: The role of climate, quality, and incentives,” Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 1-12.

Kahn, Matthew E. & Kok, Nils, 2014. “The capitalization of green labels in the California housing market,” Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 25-34

Qiu, Yueming & Kahn, Matthew E. & Xing, Bo, 2019. “Quantifying the rebound effects of residential solar panel adoption,” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 310-341.

Eyer, Jonathan & Kahn, Matthew E., 2020. “Prolonging coal’s sunset: Local demand for local supply,” Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).

Qiu, Yueming & Kahn, Matthew E., 2019. “Impact of voluntary green certification on building energy performance,” Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 461-475.

Some of my work on the climate change adaptation challenge.  My 2021 Yale University Press Book.

My well known 2010 book.